Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 21The Museum, 1927 - Natual history |
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Page 51
... vertical from origin of 1st dorsal . Eye nearer to pectoral than to end of snout . Teeth not described . ( Plate III , fig . 1. ) Length.- ? Colour . ? Locality . - Natal coast , 160 fathoms . Type in coll . Govt . Marine Survey . Gen ...
... vertical from origin of 1st dorsal . Eye nearer to pectoral than to end of snout . Teeth not described . ( Plate III , fig . 1. ) Length.- ? Colour . ? Locality . - Natal coast , 160 fathoms . Type in coll . Govt . Marine Survey . Gen ...
Page 108
... vertical from anterior margin of eye . D 18-19 , A 9-11 , both with basal sheaths . Branchiostegals about 15. Scales : 1.1 . 52-56 ; 1.tr. 13-14 . A long oval scale on ventral side of each ventral fin . Colour . Silvery , dark on back ...
... vertical from anterior margin of eye . D 18-19 , A 9-11 , both with basal sheaths . Branchiostegals about 15. Scales : 1.1 . 52-56 ; 1.tr. 13-14 . A long oval scale on ventral side of each ventral fin . Colour . Silvery , dark on back ...
Page 110
... vertical from anterior margin of eye . D 11-12 , nearer end of snout than caudal ; A 9-10 ; V inserted below posterior third of dorsal . Scales : 1.1 . about 35 ; 1.tr. 7–8 . Length . - Up to 90 mm . Colour . Silvery , with lateral ...
... vertical from anterior margin of eye . D 11-12 , nearer end of snout than caudal ; A 9-10 ; V inserted below posterior third of dorsal . Scales : 1.1 . about 35 ; 1.tr. 7–8 . Length . - Up to 90 mm . Colour . Silvery , with lateral ...
Page 123
... vertical from centre of eye ; premaxilla and lower jaw with minute teeth . D 27-28 , A 27-28 ; distance between last dorsal or anal ray and 1st accessory caudal ray subequal to greatest depth of caudal peduncle . Photophores scattered ...
... vertical from centre of eye ; premaxilla and lower jaw with minute teeth . D 27-28 , A 27-28 ; distance between last dorsal or anal ray and 1st accessory caudal ray subequal to greatest depth of caudal peduncle . Photophores scattered ...
Page 133
... vertical b . Eyes lateral · Argyropelecus . Sternoptyx . Polyipnus . 2. No upstanding bony plate in front of dorsal . Post - temporal spine strong Gen. ASTRONESTHES Rich . 1845. Richardson , Voy . Sulphur . Ichthyol . , p . 97 . 1906 ...
... vertical b . Eyes lateral · Argyropelecus . Sternoptyx . Polyipnus . 2. No upstanding bony plate in front of dorsal . Post - temporal spine strong Gen. ASTRONESTHES Rich . 1845. Richardson , Voy . Sulphur . Ichthyol . , p . 97 . 1906 ...
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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