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 425
... Strong swimmers , living in the open ocean Scombroidei . p . 786 . E. Ventrals thoracic or subjugular , often united to form an adhesive disc . Usually small fishes with cylindrical bodies and large heads , often depressed . Shallow ...
... Strong swimmers , living in the open ocean Scombroidei . p . 786 . E. Ventrals thoracic or subjugular , often united to form an adhesive disc . Usually small fishes with cylindrical bodies and large heads , often depressed . Shallow ...
Page 437
... strong supraorbital tubercle . 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 ...
... strong supraorbital tubercle . 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 ...
Page 439
... 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 . Pseudo- branchiae present ...
... 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 . Pseudo- branchiae present ...
Page 445
... strong spine at the angle . Gill- openings very narrow . Gill - membranes broadly joined to isthmus . Gills 4 , a slit behind 4th . Pseudobranchiae well developed . Two dorsal fins ( occasionally united at base ) ; spinous dorsal of 3-4 ...
... strong spine at the angle . Gill- openings very narrow . Gill - membranes broadly joined to isthmus . Gills 4 , a slit behind 4th . Pseudobranchiae well developed . Two dorsal fins ( occasionally united at base ) ; spinous dorsal of 3-4 ...
Page 452
... strong , anterior rays considerably longer than the posterior ones . The fretted appearance ( as if sand - blasted ) of the scales and the naked groove below the dorsal sheath are very distinctive features which appear to be absent in ...
... strong , anterior rays considerably longer than the posterior ones . The fretted appearance ( as if sand - blasted ) of the scales and the naked groove below the dorsal sheath are very distinctive features which appear to be absent in ...
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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