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 434
... ; teeth on palatines . Opercle large . Preorbital and 1st sub- orbital bones forming a shelf . Premaxilla protractile . Maxilla broad , without supplemental bones , excluded from margin of 434 Annals of the South African Museum .
... ; teeth on palatines . Opercle large . Preorbital and 1st sub- orbital bones forming a shelf . Premaxilla protractile . Maxilla broad , without supplemental bones , excluded from margin of 434 Annals of the South African Museum .
Page 437
... Opercle not free above , without fringe . Gill - openings not extending above upper end of pectoral base . A strong humeral spine , but no fringed appendage . No spines on pre- or sub - opercle . A group of conical tubercles on the ...
... Opercle not free above , without fringe . Gill - openings not extending above upper end of pectoral base . A strong humeral spine , but no fringed appendage . No spines on pre- or sub - opercle . A group of conical tubercles on the ...
Page 438
... opercle nearly equal to its distance from base of ( median ) caudal rays . Pyloric caeca 10. ( Plate XVIII , fig . 6. ) Length . - 330 mm . Colour . - Grey below , slaty - blue above with round black spots which extend along the body ...
... opercle nearly equal to its distance from base of ( median ) caudal rays . Pyloric caeca 10. ( Plate XVIII , fig . 6. ) Length . - 330 mm . Colour . - Grey below , slaty - blue above with round black spots which extend along the body ...
Page 439
... Opercle moderate , with a strong spine . Subocular shelf well developed . Premaxilla protractile . Maxilla exposed , without supplemental bone . Gill - openings wide . Gill - membranes free from isthmus . Gills 4 , a slit behind 4th ...
... Opercle moderate , with a strong spine . Subocular shelf well developed . Premaxilla protractile . Maxilla exposed , without supplemental bone . Gill - openings wide . Gill - membranes free from isthmus . Gills 4 , a slit behind 4th ...
Page 440
... opercles scaly . Pyloric caeca 6 . Length . - Up to 370 mm . Colour . Brownish with bluish oblique stripes and spots ... Opercle usually with 1 or 2 spines . No subocular shelf . Gill - membranes united , free from isthmus . Gills 4 , a ...
... opercles scaly . Pyloric caeca 6 . Length . - Up to 370 mm . Colour . Brownish with bluish oblique stripes and spots ... Opercle usually with 1 or 2 spines . No subocular shelf . Gill - membranes united , free from isthmus . Gills 4 , a ...
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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