Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 13
... nostril on the front margin of the head . The eyes are degenerate . The gills are in pouches , which open internally into the gullet , and externally by either a series of small openings along the sides of the body or a single opening ...
... nostril on the front margin of the head . The eyes are degenerate . The gills are in pouches , which open internally into the gullet , and externally by either a series of small openings along the sides of the body or a single opening ...
Page 16
... nostril to first gill - opening ) 43 times ; depth of body ( at level of gill - openings ) 12 times in total length . Ventral fin ending at a great distance ( 100 mm . ) behind last gill - opening . Length . - 620 mm . Colour . - Dark ...
... nostril to first gill - opening ) 43 times ; depth of body ( at level of gill - openings ) 12 times in total length . Ventral fin ending at a great distance ( 100 mm . ) behind last gill - opening . Length . - 620 mm . Colour . - Dark ...
Page 32
... Nostril close to eye , prolonged into a groove running along nearly the entire front margin . Length . - Up to 12-15 ... Nostrils not connected with mouth . Teeth solid , usually with a single large cusp , with or without basal cusps ...
... Nostril close to eye , prolonged into a groove running along nearly the entire front margin . Length . - Up to 12-15 ... Nostrils not connected with mouth . Teeth solid , usually with a single large cusp , with or without basal cusps ...
Page 53
... nostril ( adult ) , or a little nearer nostril ( young ) ; in other species it is much nearer to the nostril . Length . - Up to 1200 mm . Locality . - False Bay . Distribution . - Australian seas . The record of this species from South ...
... nostril ( adult ) , or a little nearer nostril ( young ) ; in other species it is much nearer to the nostril . Length . - Up to 1200 mm . Locality . - False Bay . Distribution . - Australian seas . The record of this species from South ...
Page 59
... nostrils and about width of mouth annulatus . B. Length of nostril nearly twice space between inner angles of nostrils and width of mouth holcorhynchus . II . Spiracle with one fold . A. Anterior nasal valves expanded inwards and almost ...
... nostrils and about width of mouth annulatus . B. Length of nostril nearly twice space between inner angles of nostrils and width of mouth holcorhynchus . II . Spiracle with one fold . A. Anterior nasal valves expanded inwards and almost ...
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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