Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 271
... Spinous dorsal composed of feeble isolated spines or absent ; soft dorsal and anal of moderate length . Ventral fins , if present , abdominal , with or without spines . Body naked , scaly , or with a more or less complete bony armature ...
... Spinous dorsal composed of feeble isolated spines or absent ; soft dorsal and anal of moderate length . Ventral fins , if present , abdominal , with or without spines . Body naked , scaly , or with a more or less complete bony armature ...
Page 273
... Spinous dorsal absent . Anal opposite dorsal . Ventral much nearer to pectoral than to anal , without spine . Caudal fin with middle rays elongate , filamentous . Anterior vertebrae fused into one . Supratemporal produced back over ...
... Spinous dorsal absent . Anal opposite dorsal . Ventral much nearer to pectoral than to anal , without spine . Caudal fin with middle rays elongate , filamentous . Anterior vertebrae fused into one . Supratemporal produced back over ...
Page 281
... spinous dorsal short but elevated , well separated from soft dorsal . Soft dorsal and anal on elevated bases , opposite , rays short . Ventrals situate well forward , below spinous dorsal , large , composed of 7 rays , free in male ...
... spinous dorsal short but elevated , well separated from soft dorsal . Soft dorsal and anal on elevated bases , opposite , rays short . Ventrals situate well forward , below spinous dorsal , large , composed of 7 rays , free in male ...
Page 358
... spinous . Caudal fin forked . Teeth numerous , though small ( except in Caulolepis ) . Pseudo- branchiae present . Branchiostegals 4 or 7-9 . The living representatives of this group are entirely marine and nearly all inhabitants of ...
... spinous . Caudal fin forked . Teeth numerous , though small ( except in Caulolepis ) . Pseudo- branchiae present . Branchiostegals 4 or 7-9 . The living representatives of this group are entirely marine and nearly all inhabitants of ...
Page 361
... spinous and soft portions of fin . Ventrals with 6 soft rays . Three anal spines . * Gephyroberyx darwini ( Lowe ) . 1866. Johnson , Proc . Zool . Soc . , p . 311 , pl . xxxii . 1895. Goode and Bean , Ocean . Ichthyol . , p . 188 , fig ...
... spinous and soft portions of fin . Ventrals with 6 soft rays . Three anal spines . * Gephyroberyx darwini ( Lowe ) . 1866. Johnson , Proc . Zool . Soc . , p . 311 , pl . xxxii . 1895. Goode and Bean , Ocean . Ichthyol . , p . 188 , fig ...
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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