Title: Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum
Identifier: annalsofsouth55196970sout (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: South African Museum
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Cape Town : The Museum
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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86 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM thick. Vomer edentate; single row of teeth in each jaw. Sensory pores of head mostly single, a few double in supraorbital and suborbital series (fig. 35(b)). Lateral line of single pores opening more or less medially in front to post- pectoral curve, then of short separate horizontal tubes with pore at either end (fig. 35(d)). Intromittent organ of male with moderate basal portion and long, conical tip, ensheathed basally by wing-like pair of dorso-lateral lips (fig. 35(c)). Colouring. Uniform dark brown or olive, edges of fins lighter or transparent; two irregular translucent patches in caudal fin. A bright silvery iridescent spot behind pectoral fin. Uniform yellow preserved in alcohol. Location of type material. South African Museum, Cape Town. Lectotype. Male, 160 mm standard length, St. James, no other data, S.A.M. 25235- Material examined. 13 specimens, 42-196 mm in standard length. 9 from St. James, False Bay, S.A.M. 25235 (lectotype), S.A.M. 10524 (paralectotypes),
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Fig. 35. Pavoclinus (Smithichthys) fucorum: (a) Lateral view, male, 101 mm, St. James, 16/5/1965, S.A.M.; (b) Head pore system; (c) Intromittent organ of male; (d) Lateral line.

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