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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... single , i.e. the posterior half has no free anterior margin . Head very broad and depressed . A short caudal peduncle . Oper- culum with a blunt spine . Gills 3. Gill - membranes united to the isthmus . Jaws with a single series of ...
... single , i.e. the posterior half has no free anterior margin . Head very broad and depressed . A short caudal peduncle . Oper- culum with a blunt spine . Gills 3. Gill - membranes united to the isthmus . Jaws with a single series of ...
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... single . Head not very broad . Dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin .. Operculum without apparent spine . Gills 3. Gill - membranes united to isthmus . Jaws with a single series of incisor teeth . This genus is found in ...
... single . Head not very broad . Dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin .. Operculum without apparent spine . Gills 3. Gill - membranes united to isthmus . Jaws with a single series of incisor teeth . This genus is found in ...
Page 426
... single spine . Two separate dorsals ( Champsodontiformes ) . i . With scales ii . Without scales Champsodontidae . Chiasmodontidae . b . These characters not combined . Base of pectoral vertical . i . Ventral fins close together ...
... single spine . Two separate dorsals ( Champsodontiformes ) . i . With scales ii . Without scales Champsodontidae . Chiasmodontidae . b . These characters not combined . Base of pectoral vertical . i . Ventral fins close together ...
Page 427
... single nostril on each side ( Pomacentriformes ) . B. Two nostrils on each side ( Labriformes ) . 1. Teeth separate , usually canine - like 2. Teeth coalesced to form a pair of plates like a beak Key to the South African families of ...
... single nostril on each side ( Pomacentriformes ) . B. Two nostrils on each side ( Labriformes ) . 1. Teeth separate , usually canine - like 2. Teeth coalesced to form a pair of plates like a beak Key to the South African families of ...
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... single . , A small family , about whose systematic position there has been much discussion , consisting of 5 genera and about twice as many species from the temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , and India . The ...
... single . , A small family , about whose systematic position there has been much discussion , consisting of 5 genera and about twice as many species from the temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere , and India . The ...
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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