Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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... front of the pectorals on the throat they are jugular ( e.g. Blennius ) . The dentition is always important . Various forms of teeth are found , incisiform , canine , molariform ; very small teeth , conical , arranged in bands are said ...
... front of the pectorals on the throat they are jugular ( e.g. Blennius ) . The dentition is always important . Various forms of teeth are found , incisiform , canine , molariform ; very small teeth , conical , arranged in bands are said ...
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... front part is not swollen to form a brain . There is usually a pigment spot ( " eye " ) in front of the spinal cord , but no other sensory organs except the tentacles around the mouth . The complete absence of true eyes at once ...
... front part is not swollen to form a brain . There is usually a pigment spot ( " eye " ) in front of the spinal cord , but no other sensory organs except the tentacles around the mouth . The complete absence of true eyes at once ...
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... front , and corresponds not with the upper jaw in the Bony Fishes , but with the palatine bones . It is usually attached to the cranium by ligaments ( hyostylic ) , but in some cases may be directly articulated ( amphistylic ) or even ...
... front , and corresponds not with the upper jaw in the Bony Fishes , but with the palatine bones . It is usually attached to the cranium by ligaments ( hyostylic ) , but in some cases may be directly articulated ( amphistylic ) or even ...
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... front of or above the base of the pectoral fin . The whole margin of the eye free . Anterior margin of the pectoral fin free , only the anterior rays reaching the fin - margin ( except Lamnidae ) . The suprascapular parts of the ...
... front of or above the base of the pectoral fin . The whole margin of the eye free . Anterior margin of the pectoral fin free , only the anterior rays reaching the fin - margin ( except Lamnidae ) . The suprascapular parts of the ...
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... Front margin of head gently curved , not confluent with the lateral margins . Lateral margin equal to or a little greater than hind margin of one side of " hammer . " Hind margin of “ hammer oblique to long axis of body . Nostril close ...
... Front margin of head gently curved , not confluent with the lateral margins . Lateral margin equal to or a little greater than hind margin of one side of " hammer . " Hind margin of “ hammer oblique to long axis of body . Nostril close ...
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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