A new species of the fish genus Pontinus (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from off Natal, South Africa
- Authors: Eschmeyer, William N , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1983-05
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa , Scorpionfishes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69991 , vital:29605 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 28 , Pontinus nigerimum is described as a new species, the first of this genus from the Indian Ocean. This species is known only from one specimen collected off Natal in 146 m . It is characterized by having a black band encircling the base of the long supraocular tentacles.
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- Date Issued: 1983-05
A new species of the triggerfish genus Xenobalistes matsuura (Tetradontiformes: Balistidae) from South Africa
- Authors: Heemstra, Phillip C , Smith, Margaret Mary , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1983-01
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa , Fishes -- Classification , Balistidae -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69968 , vital:29603 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 26 , Xenobalistes punctatus, the second species of the peculiar balistid genus Xenobalistes, is described from one specimen found on the beach at the mouth of the Van Stadens River, eastern Cape Province, South Africa. X. punctatus differs significantly from X. tumidipectoris Matsuura, 1981 in the number of body scale rows and spination of the anterolateral surface of the first dorsal-fin spine. The head and body of X. punctatus are dark brown, covered with numerous, small, evenly-spaced, silvery/white spots.
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- Date Issued: 1983-01