Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 94

anal fin anus arawatae arcticus body and tail Bounhiol Cape Town caudal fin rays centrum constricted behind vent cristatus Bonelli Dermal tubercles Desmodema polystictum dorsal fin pterygiophores dorsal fin rays dorsal rays edge of body edge of tail elongate spiny plates elongatus sp Eye diameter FAMILIES TRACHIPTERIDAE fin base fish genus gill-rakers Gmelin greatest body depth greatly elongated haemal spine head length holotype Jordan & Snyder juveniles Lateral line lateral-line plates lateral-line scales Len Jones lower jaw length Maxilla width mm SL neural spine NMNZ opercle palatine Paratype Parin pectoral fin rays pelvic fins posterior prejuveniles preural Radiicephalidae radiograph rays elongate Rosenblatt & Butler RUSI scale pockets side of symphysis silvery SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM species synonyms Total vertebrae Trachipterus jacksonensis Ramsay trawled west tubercles upper jaw ventral caudal rays ventral edge vertebrae vertebral column vomer Walters & Fitch west of Cape Whitley woodi Zealand