Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 52The Museum, 1969 - Natural history |
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... appearance Skeleton Additional notes Summary PAGE • · · 121 121 124 · 133 133 134 134 Acknowledgements References INTRODUCTION On 4 July 1964 , a female dolphin seven feet and half an inch long was stranded on Battery Beach , Durban ...
... appearance Skeleton Additional notes Summary PAGE • · · 121 121 124 · 133 133 134 134 Acknowledgements References INTRODUCTION On 4 July 1964 , a female dolphin seven feet and half an inch long was stranded on Battery Beach , Durban ...
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... appearance between the Durban and Arari dolphins has already been established . Nevertheless , nine of the skull ... appeared that the Durban skull bore a closer similarity to the specimens in Fraser's attenuata group than to the ...
... appearance between the Durban and Arari dolphins has already been established . Nevertheless , nine of the skull ... appeared that the Durban skull bore a closer similarity to the specimens in Fraser's attenuata group than to the ...
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... appeared from its position and structure to consist of two adjacent chevron bones fused in an anterior - posterior direction . Consequently , the first caudal vertebra was considered as number 43 in the column . This first chevron bone ...
... appeared from its position and structure to consist of two adjacent chevron bones fused in an anterior - posterior direction . Consequently , the first caudal vertebra was considered as number 43 in the column . This first chevron bone ...
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THE TUNAS OF THE GENUS THUNNUS IN SOUTH AFRICAN | 3 |
Calappa | 8 |
Distribution and migrations | 14 |
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Achaeus adult Agulhas Agulhas Current alalunga albacares animals antennal Antidorcas Arari dolphins assemblage Atlantic Atlantide dolphin axial Barnard bones Cape Town capensis carapace carapace length carpus cartilage caudal chela clasper coast comparative dactyl Decapoda distal dolphin dorsal Durban Durban dolphin ecdysis Elandsfontein Family females Fish fossil Fraser frontalis G PED genus groove haughtoni Hendey Holotype horn cores Indian Ocean intermoult periods lalandii lateral lirae lobes M₁ maccoyii males mandible margin material Melkbos miraletus moulted n.sp obesus ocellifera outer lip ovig pereiopods Pleistocene pleopod posterior present species range recorded Redunca region ribs ridge rock lobsters rogersi rostrum sculpture segment shell skull Slangkop slightly snout South African Museum specimens spermatophoric spines spinules Station BRU Stenella SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM surface Swartklip Syncerus TABLE teeth temperature Thunnus tooth Transgression complex transverse tubercles tuna valve ventral vertebrae whorl width Zool ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE