Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 23
... less than width of mouth • zambesensis . b . Snout pointed , its preoral length not much less than width of mouth . i . Coloration uniform ii . Fins with black extremities • obscurus limbatus . 2. First dorsal conspicuously distant from ...
... less than width of mouth • zambesensis . b . Snout pointed , its preoral length not much less than width of mouth . i . Coloration uniform ii . Fins with black extremities • obscurus limbatus . 2. First dorsal conspicuously distant from ...
Page 24
... less than distance from eye to 1st gill - slit . A very short labial groove at the angle of the mouth extending only a very short way ( in young to in adults ) along upper jaw . Teeth about 20 in upper , 18 in lower jaw , oblique , not ...
... less than distance from eye to 1st gill - slit . A very short labial groove at the angle of the mouth extending only a very short way ( in young to in adults ) along upper jaw . Teeth about 20 in upper , 18 in lower jaw , oblique , not ...
Page 40
... less complete dark ocellate markings arranged more or less in longitudinal bands . Locality . False Bay to Algoa Bay . Distribution . - Indian Ocean . Type in the British Museum . Scylliorhinus capensis ( Smth . ) . Cape or White ...
... less complete dark ocellate markings arranged more or less in longitudinal bands . Locality . False Bay to Algoa Bay . Distribution . - Indian Ocean . Type in the British Museum . Scylliorhinus capensis ( Smth . ) . Cape or White ...
Page 62
... less produced . Skull hyostylic , with rostral cartilages . Pectoral fins , extending more or less closely to extremity of snout . Two dorsal fins , small , usually near the end of tail . Ventral fins more or less deeply notched . Tail ...
... less produced . Skull hyostylic , with rostral cartilages . Pectoral fins , extending more or less closely to extremity of snout . Two dorsal fins , small , usually near the end of tail . Ventral fins more or less deeply notched . Tail ...
Page 63
... less marked change in the shape of the outline between the young and adult stages . This genus contains a large number of species from all parts of the world , and ranging from shallow to deep water . The identification of the species ...
... less marked change in the shape of the outline between the young and adult stages . This genus contains a large number of species from all parts of the world , and ranging from shallow to deep water . The identification of the species ...
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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