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... spines only , the second of 1 spine and 8 rays . In older works on fishes the composition of the fins was written like a fraction , the spines above and the rays below : D. An adipose fin is a small fleshy fin without spines or rays ...
... spines only , the second of 1 spine and 8 rays . In older works on fishes the composition of the fins was written like a fraction , the spines above and the rays below : D. An adipose fin is a small fleshy fin without spines or rays ...
Page 46
... spines in dorsal fins . Dermal denticles large , scattered , with strong spines II . Mouth transverse , with oblique groove on either side . A. Spines without grooves B. Spines laterally grooved . 1. Teeth in upper jaw tricuspid 2 ...
... spines in dorsal fins . Dermal denticles large , scattered , with strong spines II . Mouth transverse , with oblique groove on either side . A. Spines without grooves B. Spines laterally grooved . 1. Teeth in upper jaw tricuspid 2 ...
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... spines in Q , but mostly absent in ♂ . Teeth 38-44 clavata . B. No large buckler - like spines in either sex . 1. Snout abruptly narrowed into a long , sharp point . Teeth 44 2. Snout not abruptly narrowed . marginata . a . Back for ...
... spines in Q , but mostly absent in ♂ . Teeth 38-44 clavata . B. No large buckler - like spines in either sex . 1. Snout abruptly narrowed into a long , sharp point . Teeth 44 2. Snout not abruptly narrowed . marginata . a . Back for ...
Page 64
... spines . Teeth 70-80 2. A median series of spines at least on tail . quadrimaculata . Teeth less than 70 . a . Body without large spines ( except on supraorbital in young ) b . Body with large spines . i . Teeth 60-70 . a . Snout obtuse ...
... spines . Teeth 70-80 2. A median series of spines at least on tail . quadrimaculata . Teeth less than 70 . a . Body without large spines ( except on supraorbital in young ) b . Body with large spines . i . Teeth 60-70 . a . Snout obtuse ...
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... spines , with exception of back ; groups of antorbital , postorbital , and suprascapular spines ; a triple row ( median and submedian ) of spines down back and tail , under side smooth . Length . - 346 mm . Colour . - Uniform dusky grey ...
... spines , with exception of back ; groups of antorbital , postorbital , and suprascapular spines ; a triple row ( median and submedian ) of spines down back and tail , under side smooth . Length . - 346 mm . Colour . - Uniform dusky grey ...
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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