Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 24
... slightly concave , upper angle somewhat pointed , reaching beyond origin of dorsal . Length . - Up to 700-800 mm . Colour . - Grey , whitish below ; margins of fins white , upper margin of caudal black . Locality . - Cape seas ...
... slightly concave , upper angle somewhat pointed , reaching beyond origin of dorsal . Length . - Up to 700-800 mm . Colour . - Grey , whitish below ; margins of fins white , upper margin of caudal black . Locality . - Cape seas ...
Page 25
... slightly smaller than , and opposite to or very slightly behind , anal . Length . - Up to 8 ft . 6 in. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa . 25.
... slightly smaller than , and opposite to or very slightly behind , anal . Length . - Up to 8 ft . 6 in. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa . 25.
Page 28
... slightly nearer latter . Second dorsal slightly in advance of anal . ( Plate I , fig . 3. ) and pectoral , but Length . - Up to 1800 mm . - Colour . Steely or bronzy grey , whitish below ; pupil emerald green , iris black . Locality ...
... slightly nearer latter . Second dorsal slightly in advance of anal . ( Plate I , fig . 3. ) and pectoral , but Length . - Up to 1800 mm . - Colour . Steely or bronzy grey , whitish below ; pupil emerald green , iris black . Locality ...
Page 68
... slightly concave near the middle , outer pectoral angle broadly rounded , hind margin convex . Eye equal to , or slightly longer than , interorbital width 68 Annals of the South African Museum .
... slightly concave near the middle , outer pectoral angle broadly rounded , hind margin convex . Eye equal to , or slightly longer than , interorbital width 68 Annals of the South African Museum .
Page 69
... slightly denticulate . Whole upper surface of disc and upper and lateral surfaces of tail covered with spinelets ; in ♂ 1 large spine in front of , 2 behind orbit ; in 5 and 3 respectively ; 2 ( 3 ) or 1 ( 9 ) supra- scapular spines ...
... slightly denticulate . Whole upper surface of disc and upper and lateral surfaces of tail covered with spinelets ; in ♂ 1 large spine in front of , 2 behind orbit ; in 5 and 3 respectively ; 2 ( 3 ) or 1 ( 9 ) supra- scapular spines ...
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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