Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 29
... longer in young individuals , and the teeth have more distinct points , those which are quite blunt in the adult frequently showing small points . The Hounds are bottom - haunting sharks , of smal size , feeding mainly on Crustaceans ...
... longer in young individuals , and the teeth have more distinct points , those which are quite blunt in the adult frequently showing small points . The Hounds are bottom - haunting sharks , of smal size , feeding mainly on Crustaceans ...
Page 48
... longer and sharper in the former , but it must be noted that in acutipinnis this fin is considerably more acute in the than in the and young . The Australian megalops Macleay is another very closely allied species which may not merit a ...
... longer and sharper in the former , but it must be noted that in acutipinnis this fin is considerably more acute in the than in the and young . The Australian megalops Macleay is another very closely allied species which may not merit a ...
Page 66
... margin convex , outer pectoral angle rounded , hind margin convex . Eye larger than interorbital width , which is about 2 in preocular length of snout . Tail longer than body . Teeth 66 Annals of the South African Museum .
... margin convex , outer pectoral angle rounded , hind margin convex . Eye larger than interorbital width , which is about 2 in preocular length of snout . Tail longer than body . Teeth 66 Annals of the South African Museum .
Page 69
... longer than width of disc . Teeth 32-36 . Whole upper surface of disc and tail closely covered with small spinelets . A row of tubercles on the orbital ridge , one on occiput , 1-4 on the suprascapula , and a median series from occiput ...
... longer than width of disc . Teeth 32-36 . Whole upper surface of disc and tail closely covered with small spinelets . A row of tubercles on the orbital ridge , one on occiput , 1-4 on the suprascapula , and a median series from occiput ...
Page 72
... longer than , or subequal to , hind margin . 1. Tail long , tapering , without cutaneous folds . 2. Tail tuberculate , with fold below , no ridge above . a . Tail not or scarcely longer than disc , anterior margin convex uarnak ...
... longer than , or subequal to , hind margin . 1. Tail long , tapering , without cutaneous folds . 2. Tail tuberculate , with fold below , no ridge above . a . Tail not or scarcely longer than disc , anterior margin convex uarnak ...
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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