Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean

Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968

Title: Fishes of the families Draconettidae and Callionymidae from the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean
Title: Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 28
Creator: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
Subject: Dragonets -- Classification
Subject: Dragonets -- Red Sea
Subject: Dragonets -- Indian Ocean
Date Issued: 1963
Date: 1963
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:15015
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019785
Identifier: Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 28
Description: Division Callionymiformes: Head usually broad, depressed. Body without scales but lateral line well defined, those of 2 sides generally connected over the occiput, sometimes also over peduncle. Mostly two dorsal fins, by exception one, the first of 1-4 flexible spines, the soft fin longer, anal similar to soft dorsal. Gillopenings usually reduced or even pore-like. Mouth small, fine Villiform teeth uniserial or in bands in each jaw, none on palate. One or more of the opercular bones armed with a spine. All small fishes, some in deep water, 2 families in our area, easily distinguished.
Description: Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
Format: [ii], 547-552, [i] plate, 553-556, [i] plate, 557-558 [i] plate, 559-564; ill; 28 cm
Format: pdf
Format: Online version of original print version of the Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 28
Contributor: Smith, Margaret Mary (Illustrator)
Publisher: Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Language: English
Relation: Ichthyological bulletin (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
Rights: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Rights: CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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