Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 21
... lower jaw . Nostrils not connected with mouth ( ie . oronasal grooves absent ) . Teeth dissimilar , in upper jaw one or two pairs of awl - shaped teeth , followed by 6 broader ones with several cusps ; lower jaw with 6 large comb - like ...
... lower jaw . Nostrils not connected with mouth ( ie . oronasal grooves absent ) . Teeth dissimilar , in upper jaw one or two pairs of awl - shaped teeth , followed by 6 broader ones with several cusps ; lower jaw with 6 large comb - like ...
Page 22
... lower jaw with or without a median cusp , laterals of lower jaw with 7 cusps . Length . - Up to 26 ft . Colour . - Grey . Locality . Agulhas Bank , Natal coast . Distribution . - Atlantic , Mediterranean , Japan . Fam . 2. CARCHARINIDAE ...
... lower jaw with or without a median cusp , laterals of lower jaw with 7 cusps . Length . - Up to 26 ft . Colour . - Grey . Locality . Agulhas Bank , Natal coast . Distribution . - Atlantic , Mediterranean , Japan . Fam . 2. CARCHARINIDAE ...
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... jaw . Teeth about 27 in upper , 25 in lower jaw , serrated , with a small non - serrated median tooth . Origin of 1st dorsal just behind base of pectoral . Pectoral falciform . Length . - Up to 760 mm . Colour . - Grey , whitish below ...
... jaw . Teeth about 27 in upper , 25 in lower jaw , serrated , with a small non - serrated median tooth . Origin of 1st dorsal just behind base of pectoral . Pectoral falciform . Length . - Up to 760 mm . Colour . - Grey , whitish below ...
Page 33
... lower lobe and lateral keels . Spiracles minute or absent . Teeth large , erect , triangular , serrated ; 3rd tooth on each side in upper jaw much smaller than its neighbours . Labial folds present . Carcharodon carcharias ( Linn ...
... lower lobe and lateral keels . Spiracles minute or absent . Teeth large , erect , triangular , serrated ; 3rd tooth on each side in upper jaw much smaller than its neighbours . Labial folds present . Carcharodon carcharias ( Linn ...
Page 40
... lower at corner of mouth . A short labial fold on lower jaw . Base of anal greater than its distance from caudal . Length . - Up to 950 mm . Colour . - Buff or light grey , with longitudinal blackish bands , a medio - dorsal and 2-3 ...
... lower at corner of mouth . A short labial fold on lower jaw . Base of anal greater than its distance from caudal . Length . - Up to 950 mm . Colour . - Buff or light grey , with longitudinal blackish bands , a medio - dorsal and 2-3 ...
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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