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 423
... short caudal peduncle Chorisochismus . 2. Head not very broad . Dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal Lepadichthys . Gen. CHORISOCHISMUS Barnev . 1846. De Barneville , Rev. Zool . , p . 409 . 1861. Castelnau , Mem . Poiss . de ...
... short caudal peduncle Chorisochismus . 2. Head not very broad . Dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal Lepadichthys . Gen. CHORISOCHISMUS Barnev . 1846. De Barneville , Rev. Zool . , p . 409 . 1861. Castelnau , Mem . Poiss . de ...
Page 424
... short fringed tentacle . Lips papillose within . D 8-10 . A 7. Dorsal arising in advance of anal . ( Plate XVIII , fig . 3. ) Length . - Up to 300 mm . Colour . - Uniform or variously mottled , usually more or less reddish , but to a ...
... short fringed tentacle . Lips papillose within . D 8-10 . A 7. Dorsal arising in advance of anal . ( Plate XVIII , fig . 3. ) Length . - Up to 300 mm . Colour . - Uniform or variously mottled , usually more or less reddish , but to a ...
Page 426
... short , with spines in front , rarely without spines . Ventrals thoracic , subthoracic , or jugular . No bony stay for preopercle . Air - bladder usually present . Pseudobranchiae as a rule present . It should be understood that the ...
... short , with spines in front , rarely without spines . Ventrals thoracic , subthoracic , or jugular . No bony stay for preopercle . Air - bladder usually present . Pseudobranchiae as a rule present . It should be understood that the ...
Page 437
... short , immovable tubercles . Soft dorsal and anal short . Membrane inside lower jaw without filament . Lateral line obscure , running nearly in middle of side . Vent far back . The remarkable fish , for which this genus is proposed ...
... short , immovable tubercles . Soft dorsal and anal short . Membrane inside lower jaw without filament . Lateral line obscure , running nearly in middle of side . Vent far back . The remarkable fish , for which this genus is proposed ...
Page 438
... short , pointed filament on its posterior margin . D IX + II 8 . The 1st dorsal is represented by 9 short , conical , bifid or multifid , immovable tubercles , commencing in a line with apex of humeral spine , distant about 7 mm . one ...
... short , pointed filament on its posterior margin . D IX + II 8 . The 1st dorsal is represented by 9 short , conical , bifid or multifid , immovable tubercles , commencing in a line with apex of humeral spine , distant about 7 mm . one ...
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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