Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 48South African Museum, 1967 - Natural history |
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Page 167
... body as it can in all other istiophorid fishes . The anatomy of the pectoral girdle of the black marlin is here compared with that of the striped marlin , M. audax , to determine the mechanism of the rigid joint . The osteology and ...
... body as it can in all other istiophorid fishes . The anatomy of the pectoral girdle of the black marlin is here compared with that of the striped marlin , M. audax , to determine the mechanism of the rigid joint . The osteology and ...
Page 178
... body . If the fin is forced back against the body in a dead specimen , an operation requiring considerable force , the connective tissue sheath is torn . The bones , including the radials , are undamaged , suggesting that there can be ...
... body . If the fin is forced back against the body in a dead specimen , an operation requiring considerable force , the connective tissue sheath is torn . The bones , including the radials , are undamaged , suggesting that there can be ...
Page 181
... body is compressed , sinistral and fairly elongate , the maximum depth being about 2 in body length ( excluding the caudal fin ) . The axial portion of the body is thickened relative to the rest of the body in the smaller specimen ...
... body is compressed , sinistral and fairly elongate , the maximum depth being about 2 in body length ( excluding the caudal fin ) . The axial portion of the body is thickened relative to the rest of the body in the smaller specimen ...
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adcauline African hipparionids africanum Aïn albertense ANNALS arabic numerals Arambourg Barnard base bone Boonstra Cape Province Cape Town capensis Smith cartilage Ceramius clasper cleithrum date of publication Deuterosaurus developed diameter distal end dorsal ectostylid elongated enamel epipterygoid Equus fauna fishes forms fossil genus gonophores gonothecae Gough Island groove Hipparion holotype humerus hydranth hydrothecae hypsodont hypsodonty Isopoda Langebaanweg lateral length lower margin material medial Millard Miocene Name of author natalensis nematocysts notopodial Olduvai palatoquadrate paper pectoral fin pectoral girdle pedicel Pisidium Pleistocene plications Pliocene Plonia capensis posterior protocone proximal pterygoid quadrate ramus rays recorded ridge S.A.M. Staff SAMH segments Sertularella skull smooth South African Museum South coast species specimens spines Stechow stem stylids Stylohipparion SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM surface Tapinocephalus teeth tentacles thoracic tooth Tristan uncigerous upper Vaal River Vema Seamount ventral Villafranchian volume number wavy underlining West Wynberg