Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 97
... strong contrast with the general uniformity that prevails amongst the Elasmobranchs . There is a vast diversity in modes of life , habits , and life - history which will be referred to under the different forms . The eggs are , with few ...
... strong contrast with the general uniformity that prevails amongst the Elasmobranchs . There is a vast diversity in modes of life , habits , and life - history which will be referred to under the different forms . The eggs are , with few ...
Page 133
... strong Gen. ASTRONESTHES Rich . 1845. Richardson , Voy . Sulphur . Ichthyol . , p . 97 . 1906. Brauer , Wiss . Erg . D. Tiefsee Exp . , vol . xv , pt . 1 , p . 27 ( account of genus ) . Body elongate . Skin naked , with photophores ...
... strong Gen. ASTRONESTHES Rich . 1845. Richardson , Voy . Sulphur . Ichthyol . , p . 97 . 1906. Brauer , Wiss . Erg . D. Tiefsee Exp . , vol . xv , pt . 1 , p . 27 ( account of genus ) . Body elongate . Skin naked , with photophores ...
Page 155
... strong spine on each post - temporal , being a continua- tion of the occipital ridge . Dorsal moderate , preceded by a small bifurcate spine . Anal moderate , undivided . Adipose dorsal present . Caudal forked . Lateral line absent ...
... strong spine on each post - temporal , being a continua- tion of the occipital ridge . Dorsal moderate , preceded by a small bifurcate spine . Anal moderate , undivided . Adipose dorsal present . Caudal forked . Lateral line absent ...
Page 160
... strong dorsal and pectoral spines , these fish should be handled with care . Gen. GALEICHTHYS C. and V. 1840. Cuvier and Valenciennes , Hist . Nat . Poiss . , vol . xv , p . 28 . Body feebly compressed . Head and nape , and the dorsal ...
... strong dorsal and pectoral spines , these fish should be handled with care . Gen. GALEICHTHYS C. and V. 1840. Cuvier and Valenciennes , Hist . Nat . Poiss . , vol . xv , p . 28 . Body feebly compressed . Head and nape , and the dorsal ...
Page 174
... strong canines in front . a . Eye large B. Eye small ii . Jaws and vomer with strong canines in front b . Jaws very attenuate · Congridae . Dysommidae . Muraenesocidae . • Nemichthyidae . Ophichthyidae . 2. Dorsal and anal not confluent ...
... strong canines in front . a . Eye large B. Eye small ii . Jaws and vomer with strong canines in front b . Jaws very attenuate · Congridae . Dysommidae . Muraenesocidae . • Nemichthyidae . Ophichthyidae . 2. Dorsal and anal not confluent ...
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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