Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 55The Museum, 1970 - Natural history |
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... usually covered with cycloid scales . Suborbital bony ring weak and flexible . Jaw teeth conical and fixed , usually in more than one series ; vomerine teeth usually present , and sometimes palatine teeth as well . Lateral line canals ...
... usually covered with cycloid scales . Suborbital bony ring weak and flexible . Jaw teeth conical and fixed , usually in more than one series ; vomerine teeth usually present , and sometimes palatine teeth as well . Lateral line canals ...
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... usually absent . Caudal peduncle short , length 23-31 % head length , depth 25.5-29 % head length . Caudal fin subtruncate . Body slightly compressed , covered with small scales not extending on to fin bases or head . Depth 4.5-5.25 in ...
... usually absent . Caudal peduncle short , length 23-31 % head length , depth 25.5-29 % head length . Caudal fin subtruncate . Body slightly compressed , covered with small scales not extending on to fin bases or head . Depth 4.5-5.25 in ...
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... Usually mottled and blotched pattern with con- spicuous dark , roughly diamond - shaped blotches , lighter in centre , along base of , and continued on to , dorsal fin . Ground colour usually buff or grey , with red and darker mottling ...
... Usually mottled and blotched pattern with con- spicuous dark , roughly diamond - shaped blotches , lighter in centre , along base of , and continued on to , dorsal fin . Ground colour usually buff or grey , with red and darker mottling ...
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acuminatus anal fin Barnard Blennioclinus brevicristatus Cape Point Cape Town Caudal fin Caudal fin subtruncate Caudal peduncle Clinidae Clinus Clinus Clinus Colouring cottoides crest disc and tail disc width distance between orbits dorsal fin dorsal soft rays False Bay fishes fourth dorsal spines genera genus Clinus Gilchrist & Thompson head length Head pore system heterodon holotype Hubbs interorbital intertidal Intromittent organ juvenile Lambert's Bay Lateral line Lateral view length from middle lips lobes Lüderitzbucht margins membrane between third mentalis middle of vent Mouth nostril nuchal organ of male paratype Pavoclinus Pectoral fin posterior Raja rostral appendices rostral cartilage S.A.M. not catalogued Sensory pores separate horizontal tubes short separate horizontal Smith South African Museum species specimens spiracles standard length supraorbital tentacle surface of disc three dorsal spines tip of snout total length tubes with pore type-species upper jaw Valenciennes vent to tip Ventral surface Vertebrae Vomer Vomer toothed