Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 24
... short labial groove at the angle of the mouth extending only a very short way ( in young to in adults ) along upper jaw . Teeth about 20 in upper , 18 in lower jaw , oblique , not serrated . Hind margin of pectoral slightly concave ...
... short labial groove at the angle of the mouth extending only a very short way ( in young to in adults ) along upper jaw . Teeth about 20 in upper , 18 in lower jaw , oblique , not serrated . Hind margin of pectoral slightly concave ...
Page 25
... short labial groove not extending on either 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 ...
... short labial groove not extending on either 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 ...
Page 26
... short labial groove at angle of mouth . Teeth of upper jaw slightly oblique , triangular ; of lower jaw slender , lanceolate on broad bases , serrated . Origin of 1st dorsal nearer ventrals than pectoral . Pectoral long falciform ...
... short labial groove at angle of mouth . Teeth of upper jaw slightly oblique , triangular ; of lower jaw slender , lanceolate on broad bases , serrated . Origin of 1st dorsal nearer ventrals than pectoral . Pectoral long falciform ...
Page 27
... short and rounded , its preoral length much less than distance between inner angles of nostrils . A long labial fold on upper jaw . Length . - Up to 12 ft . Colour . - Grey , with the 1st dorsal fin and the body from behind the gill ...
... short and rounded , its preoral length much less than distance between inner angles of nostrils . A long labial fold on upper jaw . Length . - Up to 12 ft . Colour . - Grey , with the 1st dorsal fin and the body from behind the gill ...
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... short . Lower labial fold short or moderate . Pelvics of ♂ united or at least contiguous at base ( subgenus Scylliorhinus ) . A. Nasal flap with projecting cirrus . 1. Cirrus not reaching mouth 2. Cirrus long , reaching mouth B. Nasal ...
... short . Lower labial fold short or moderate . Pelvics of ♂ united or at least contiguous at base ( subgenus Scylliorhinus ) . A. Nasal flap with projecting cirrus . 1. Cirrus not reaching mouth 2. Cirrus long , reaching mouth B. Nasal ...
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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