. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Further Notes on South African Marine Fishes. 371 caudal). Eye subequal to snout, 4 in head. Maxilla extending to below centre of eye, lower jaw projecting. 2 opercular spines (in the smaller specimen only the upper one developed). D xviii. (smaller specimen) to xix. (larger) 4. Beginning above hind margin of opercle, 1st ray projecting slightly beyond last spine. A viii. 4. Dorsal and anal connected with base of Fig. 9.—Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day). C 16. P 16. V i. 2, 1st ray bifid, its i
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Further Notes on South African Marine Fishes. 371 caudal). Eye subequal to snout, 4 in head. Maxilla extending to below centre of eye, lower jaw projecting. 2 opercular spines (in the smaller specimen only the upper one developed). D xviii. (smaller specimen) to xix. (larger) 4. Beginning above hind margin of opercle, 1st ray projecting slightly beyond last spine. A viii. 4. Dorsal and anal connected with base of Fig. 9.—Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day). C 16. P 16. V i. 2, 1st ray bifid, its inner branch elongate, extending almost to vent, 2nd ray shorter than outer branch of 1st ray. Scales of somewhat unusual shape (fig. 9), more or less pyriform, the exposed area ending in a point, or 2-3 points like a cockscomb, or if on the middle of the hinder part of the body (where the lateral line usually is) often more or less symmetrically bilobed. About 36-38 in a lateral series. The whole of the head is naked right up to the origin of dorsal fin, and this bare patch is continued backwards on either side of the dorsal as a narrowing strip until about the 8th-10th spine. A series of mucus pores from behind the eye follows the margin of the naked area until the scaling begins; apparently these pores constitute all that remains of the lateral line tubules, although two. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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