Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 23
... pectoral . a . Snout broadly rounded , its preoral length much less than width of mouth • zambesensis . b . Snout ... pectoral . Fins with black extremities . B. First dorsal nearer ventrals than pectorals melanopterus . glaucus ...
... pectoral . a . Snout broadly rounded , its preoral length much less than width of mouth • zambesensis . b . Snout ... pectoral . Fins with black extremities . B. First dorsal nearer ventrals than pectorals melanopterus . glaucus ...
Page 25
... pectoral . Pectoral falciform . Length . - Up to 760 mm . Colour . - Grey , whitish below . Locality . - Zambesi River , 120 miles from coast ( Tette ) . This shark is closely allied to , and may even prove synonymous with , the well ...
... pectoral . Pectoral falciform . Length . - Up to 760 mm . Colour . - Grey , whitish below . Locality . - Zambesi River , 120 miles from coast ( Tette ) . This shark is closely allied to , and may even prove synonymous with , the well ...
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... pectoral . Pectoral long falciform . Length . - Up to 25 ft . Colour . - Deep blue above , whitish below ; the blue colour , however , fades to a dull blackish grey after death . Locality . Agulhas Bank . - Distribution . - Cosmopolitan ...
... pectoral . Pectoral long falciform . Length . - Up to 25 ft . Colour . - Deep blue above , whitish below ; the blue colour , however , fades to a dull blackish grey after death . Locality . Agulhas Bank . - Distribution . - Cosmopolitan ...
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... pectoral , upper margin of which is 24 in outer margin . Second dorsal in advance of anal , not much smaller than 1st dorsal and distinctly larger than anal . First dorsal midway between pectoral and pelvics . Base of anal 2 in its ...
... pectoral , upper margin of which is 24 in outer margin . Second dorsal in advance of anal , not much smaller than 1st dorsal and distinctly larger than anal . First dorsal midway between pectoral and pelvics . Base of anal 2 in its ...
Page 42
... Pectoral not reaching origin of pelvics , which are contiguous and do not reach origin of anal . Anal contiguous with lower caudal lobe . Length.- ? Colour . - Black , purplish below . Locality . - Off Table Bay , 790 fathoms . Type in ...
... Pectoral not reaching origin of pelvics , which are contiguous and do not reach origin of anal . Anal contiguous with lower caudal lobe . Length.- ? Colour . - Black , purplish below . Locality . - Off Table Bay , 790 fathoms . Type in ...
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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