Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 28
... dorsal about midway between ventral slightly nearer latter . Second dorsal slightly in advance of anal . ( Plate I , fig . 3. ) and pectoral , but Length . - Up to 1800 mm . - Colour . Steely or bronzy grey , whitish below ; pupil ...
... dorsal about midway between ventral slightly nearer latter . Second dorsal slightly in advance of anal . ( Plate I , fig . 3. ) and pectoral , but Length . - Up to 1800 mm . - Colour . Steely or bronzy grey , whitish below ; pupil ...
Page 42
... anal . Anal contiguous with lower caudal lobe . Length.- ? Colour . - Black , purplish below . Locality . - Off ... dorsal originating above end of base of pelvics , base distance from 2nd dorsal , which is larger than 1st , originates ...
... anal . Anal contiguous with lower caudal lobe . Length.- ? Colour . - Black , purplish below . Locality . - Off ... dorsal originating above end of base of pelvics , base distance from 2nd dorsal , which is larger than 1st , originates ...
Page 108
... dorsal . Eye subcutaneous • Etrumeus . B. Ventrals almost or entirely in front of dorsal . Eye fully exposed II ... Anal very long . Pellona . Anal moderately long Hilsa . Sardina . Sardinella . Harengula . Gen. ETRUMEUS Blkr . 1853 ...
... dorsal . Eye subcutaneous • Etrumeus . B. Ventrals almost or entirely in front of dorsal . Eye fully exposed II ... Anal very long . Pellona . Anal moderately long Hilsa . Sardina . Sardinella . Harengula . Gen. ETRUMEUS Blkr . 1853 ...
Page 109
... Anal rather long , 18-21 . Dorsal nearer caudal than snout 2. Anal short , 9. Dorsal nearer snout than caudal Spratelloides aestuarius Gilch . Whitebait . 1913. Gilchrist , Mar. Biol . Rep . , vol . i , p . 55 , fig . aestuarius ...
... Anal rather long , 18-21 . Dorsal nearer caudal than snout 2. Anal short , 9. Dorsal nearer snout than caudal Spratelloides aestuarius Gilch . Whitebait . 1913. Gilchrist , Mar. Biol . Rep . , vol . i , p . 55 , fig . aestuarius ...
Page 111
... dorsal . Anal long . Pseudobranchiae present . Teeth none . Gill - rakers very numerous , long , and slender . Supplementary bones of maxilla rather broad . Branchiostegals 5. No enlarged scales at base of caudal . A genus of several ...
... dorsal . Anal long . Pseudobranchiae present . Teeth none . Gill - rakers very numerous , long , and slender . Supplementary bones of maxilla rather broad . Branchiostegals 5. No enlarged scales at base of caudal . A genus of several ...
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1st dorsal absent adult Agulhas Bank Air-bladder anal fins arch band Barbel Biol blackish Bleeker Branchiostegals Brit canines Cape caudal fin caudal peduncle Colour Colour.-Silvery compressed ctenoid Cuvier and Valenciennes cycloid dark Delagoa Bay Depth of body dorsal and anal dorsal fin Dorsal spines Durban Mus fathoms Fish genus Gilchrist and Thompson Gill Gill-membranes Gill-rakers gill-slits Günther hind margin Hist Ichthyol interorbital width Jordan Lacépède Lateral line length of body length of head Length.-Up Locality.-Natal coast Locality.-Off lower jaw margin of eye Maxilla Maxilla reaching mouth Natal nostril opercle palatine Photophores Plate Poiss posterior premaxilla preopercle preorbital Proc Pseudobranchiae Pyloric caeca Regan Scales scaly serrated silvery slightly snout soft dorsal South African Museum South African species specimens spinous dorsal spots Surv synonymy tail teeth U.S. Nat upper jaw vent vertical villiform vomer Zool