Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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... preorbital length of snout . Distance between external angles of nostrils 1 in distance from mouth to tip of snout . Length of nostril nearly twice space between inner angles of nostrils , and width of mouth . Anterior nasal flaps ...
... preorbital length of snout . Distance between external angles of nostrils 1 in distance from mouth to tip of snout . Length of nostril nearly twice space between inner angles of nostrils , and width of mouth . Anterior nasal flaps ...
Page 254
... Preorbital not completely covering maxilla ( in the South African species ) . The scaly appearance on the top of the head does not extend forwards beyond the anterior margin of preorbital ( in the South African species ) . 1. Dorsal 17 ...
... Preorbital not completely covering maxilla ( in the South African species ) . The scaly appearance on the top of the head does not extend forwards beyond the anterior margin of preorbital ( in the South African species ) . 1. Dorsal 17 ...
Page 255
... preorbital . Vomerine teeth , none . D 17-18 , A 24. Middle and posterior rays of D and A subequal in length , the latter ending at a considerable distance from base of caudal . V nearly midway between base of caudal and front margin of ...
... preorbital . Vomerine teeth , none . D 17-18 , A 24. Middle and posterior rays of D and A subequal in length , the latter ending at a considerable distance from base of caudal . V nearly midway between base of caudal and front margin of ...
Page 256
... preorbital ; supraorbital very faintly striate . Maxilla completely hidden by preorbital . Eye a little larger than interorbital width , 2 in postocular part of head . Vomerine teeth none . Tongue smooth . D 16-18 , A 20-22 . Pos ...
... preorbital ; supraorbital very faintly striate . Maxilla completely hidden by preorbital . Eye a little larger than interorbital width , 2 in postocular part of head . Vomerine teeth none . Tongue smooth . D 16-18 , A 20-22 . Pos ...
Page 258
... preorbital . Teeth strong , none on vomer . Tongue smooth . D 19 , last rays not elongate and not nearly reaching base of caudal . A 22 . V midway between base of caudal and eye . Pectoral equal to , or a little longer than post orbital ...
... preorbital . Teeth strong , none on vomer . Tongue smooth . D 19 , last rays not elongate and not nearly reaching base of caudal . A 22 . V midway between base of caudal and eye . Pectoral equal to , or a little longer than post orbital ...
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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