Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, Volume 21, Part 2South African Museum, 1927 - Natural history |
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Page 437
... less than its distance from hind end of base of ventrals . PLEUROSCOPUS n . g . Body scaly . Scales thickened , subtubercular , not imbricate except at base of tail , but scattered more or less closely on the surface , not in pits . Top ...
... less than its distance from hind end of base of ventrals . PLEUROSCOPUS n . g . Body scaly . Scales thickened , subtubercular , not imbricate except at base of tail , but scattered more or less closely on the surface , not in pits . Top ...
Page 452
... less than interorbital width , 1 in snout , 4-5 in length of head . Anterior nostril with 2 fringed flaps . Maxilla extending to below posterior nostril . D XVIII - XIX 23-24 , spines graduated up to about 10th , which is 3 in length of ...
... less than interorbital width , 1 in snout , 4-5 in length of head . Anterior nostril with 2 fringed flaps . Maxilla extending to below posterior nostril . D XVIII - XIX 23-24 , spines graduated up to about 10th , which is 3 in length of ...
Page 470
... less distinct vertical cross - bars ; head , body , and fins with small , round , black- edged blue spots ; dorsal , anal , and caudal with yellowish margins . Locality . - Mozambique coast . Distribution . - Indo - Pacific Ocean ...
... less distinct vertical cross - bars ; head , body , and fins with small , round , black- edged blue spots ; dorsal , anal , and caudal with yellowish margins . Locality . - Mozambique coast . Distribution . - Indo - Pacific Ocean ...
Page 478
... less than snout . Teeth in 2 series on side of mandible ; canines moderate . Preopercle finely serrated , angle often produced , armed with 2-5 , usually 2 , very strong spines . Gill - rakers 15-16 on lower part of anterior arch , not ...
... less than snout . Teeth in 2 series on side of mandible ; canines moderate . Preopercle finely serrated , angle often produced , armed with 2-5 , usually 2 , very strong spines . Gill - rakers 15-16 on lower part of anterior arch , not ...
Page 480
... less than snout . Teeth in 2 series on side of mandible ; canines small . Preopercle serrated , serrae coarser at angle . Gill - rakers 16 on lower part of anterior arch , shorter than ( most of them much shorter than ) gill - fringes ...
... less than snout . Teeth in 2 series on side of mandible ; canines small . Preopercle serrated , serrae coarser at angle . Gill - rakers 16 on lower part of anterior arch , shorter than ( most of them much shorter than ) gill - fringes ...
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adult Agulhas Bank anal fins anterior arch arch band Biol blackish Bleeker Blkr Bloch Brit canines caudal fin caudal peduncle Caudal rounded cheek Colour compressed ctenoid Cuvier and Valenciennes dark Distribution.-Indo-Pacific dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal rays dorsal spines Durban Mus elongate equal to length False Bay fathoms Fische Fish Fowler genus Gilchrist and Thompson Gill Gill-membranes Gill-rakers Günther hind margin Hist Ichth Ichthyol interorbital width Lacépède Lateral line length of body length of head Length.-Up less Locality.-Natal coast lower jaw lxxvii margin of eye Maxilla reaching moderate Natal nostril opercle palatines Philad Poiss posterior preopercle preorbital Proc Profile Pyloric caeca Regan Rüppell Scales scaly serrate silvery slightly snout soft dorsal South African Museum South African species specimen spine longest spinous dorsal synonymy teeth tentacle U.S. Nat upper Ventrals vertical villiform vomer yellowish young Zool