Epinephelus suborbitalis, a new species of grouper (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Kyushu-Palau ridge, western Pacific
- Authors: Amaoka, Kunio , Randall, John E, 1924- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1990-04
- Subjects: Epinephelus suborbitalis , Serranidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70335 , vital:29646 , 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. 49 , The grouper Epineplielus suborbitalis is described from a single specimen 950 mm in standard length collected in deep water on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is characterized as follows: dorsal fin rays XI,14; anal fin rays III,8; pectoral fin rays 19; lateral-line scales about 63; ctenoid scales; no auxiliary scales; naked maxilla; 3 rows of teeth on midside of lower jaw; enlarged posterior nostril; deeply incised spinous dorsal membranes, slightly rounded caudal fin, and uniform colour.
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Studies on the Zoarcidae, (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Southern hemisphere. III. The Southwestern Pacific
- Authors: Anderson, M Eric , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1990-07
- Subjects: Zoarcidae , Fishes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70348 , vital:29647 , 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. 50 , The eelpout fauna of the southwestern Pacific presently includes 6 species, one of which, Pachycara garricki, is described as new. Full species accounts and illustrations are also provided for Melanostigma inexpectatum, Ophthalmolycus campbellensis, and Lycenchelys maoriorum, known previously only from the meager type series. Two species, Melanostigma gelatinosum, and M. vitiazi were redescribed in the first part of this series, but expanded diagnoses are provided here. Lycenchelys maoriomm and O. campbellensis are expected to be endemic to the New Zealand Plateau and perhaps Lord Howe Rise.
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Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the southern hemisphere, VIII: A new species of the genus Dieidolycus from Tierra del Fueg
- Authors: Anderson, M Eric , Pequeño R, Germán , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1998-05
- Subjects: Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988 -- Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) -- Identification , Zoarcidae -- Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70415 , vital:29653 , 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. 61 , A new lower-slope eelpout of the genus Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988 (Family Zoarcidae, Subfamily Lycodinae), is described from a single juvenile female trawled in 2008-2165 m off Tierra del Fuego, Chile. It differs from congeners D. leptodermatus Anderson, 1988 and D. adocetus Anderson, 1994 by its head pore pattern, 10 caudal-fin rays, 18 pectoral-fin rays and longer gill slit.
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- Date Issued: 1998-05
Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the southern hemisphere, VI: Review of the genus Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913, with description of a new species from Chile
- Authors: Anderson, M Eric , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1992-04
- Subjects: Perciformes , Osteichthyes , Zoarcidae
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70403 , vital:29652 , 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. 53 , The eelpout genus Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913 is reviewed and includes a new species, O. chilensis, the sixth for the genus. Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus (Garman, 1899) is redescribed from the damaged syntypes and a more recently collected specimen. A key to all species of the genus is included. Expanded diagnoses are provided for the four other species of Ophthalmolycus, recently described elsewhere.
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- Date Issued: 1992-04
A late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) galaxiid fish from South Africa
- Authors: Anderson, M Eric , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1998-05
- Subjects: Fishes -- Indian Ocean , Flatfishes -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71000 , vital:29769 , 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. 60 , A new teleost fish, Stompooria rogersmithi, is described from deposits of a Late Cretaceous crater lake in the Karoo, South Africa. The fossils represent the earliest known species of the recently redefined family Galaxiidae. Distinguishing features include the apposition of the dorsal and anal fins, 41- 42 vertebrae, all neural arches anterior to the dorsal fin origin fused to the centra, presence of epineurals, the opercle reduced above the level of the hyomandibular articulation, the posttemporal and supracleithrum without a connection to the seismosensory head canals, 18 principal caudal fin rays, two epurals, five hypurals, no dorsal outgrowth on the uroneural, the neural spines of the second and third preural centra similar in size, and absence of a stegural, a third uroneural, a mesocoracoid, a supramaxilla, and teeth on the maxilla and palatine bones.
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- Date Issued: 1998-05
Clinus spatulatus, a new species of clinid fish (Perciformes: Blennoidei) from South Africa: with a modified definition of the genus Clinus
- Authors: Bennett, B A , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1983-11
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Classification , Blenniidae -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70002 , vital:29606 , 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. 29 , Clinus spatulatus sp. n. is described from 50 specimens collected from an estuary in the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. The presence of supraorbital tentacles or papillae distinguishes Clinus and Gynutoclinus from other South African genera of the subtribe Clinidi. The new species has simple supraorbital tentacles, an intermediate condition between the well-developed, at least bifid tentacles of Clinus and the simple supraorbital papillae of Gynutoclinus. For this reason Penrith's (1969) diagnosis of Clinus is modified to include the new species as well as the monospecific Gynutoclinus thereby incorporating all South African species with supraorbital papillae or tentacles.
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- Date Issued: 1983-11
Himantura draco, a new species of stingray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from South Africa: with a key to the Dasyatidae and the first record of Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) from southern Africa
- Authors: Compagno, Leonard J V , Heemstra, Phillip C , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1984-01
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Classification , Stingrays -- Africa, Southern
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70050 , vital:29610 , 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. 33 , Himantura draco sp.n is described from an immature male specimen of 56 cm disc width collected at Durban. Dasyatis kuhlii is reported from southern Africa based on three specimens from Natal. Records of H. fava, H. imbricata and H. jenkinsii from southern Africa appear to be erroneous, the latter two being misidentifications of H. gerrardi, and the first a misidentified specimen of H. uarnak. Records of H. purpurea are apparently based on Dasyatis violacea and Himantura sp. (possibly H. fai). A key to the 13 species of dasyatids known from southern Africa is presented.
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- Date Issued: 1984-01
Paragaleus leucolomatus, a new shark from South Africa, with notes on the systematics of hemigaleid sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae)
- Authors: Compagno, Leonard J V , Smale, Malcolm J , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1985-04
- Subjects: Sharks -- South Africa , Carcharhiniformes , Fishes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70184 , vital:29632 , 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. 37 , Paragaleus leucolomatus sp.n. is described from a pregnant female shark 957 mm total length collected off Kosi Bay, Natal, South Africa. This represents the first Paragaleus and the second hemigaleid species recorded from South African waters. P. leucolomatus differs from its congeners by its broad snout, long mouth, lower anterior teeth mostly erect-cusped and without distal cusplets, 180 total vertebrae, and coloration. The species has conspicuous white-edged fins, a black apical spot on its second dorsal, and dusky blotches on the underside of its snout. P. leucolomatus may be conspecific with a Madagascar Paragaleus erroneously assigned to the West African P. pectoralis. Diagnoses of the Family Hemigaleidae and the Genus Paragaleus are presented, as well as diagnostic keys to hemigaleids of the western Indian Ocean and to Paragaleus species.
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- Date Issued: 1985-04
Halicampus zavorensis and H. marquesensis, new species of pipefishes (Syngnathidae) from Mozambique and the Marquesas Islands
- Authors: Dawson, C E (Charles E.), 1922- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1984-02
- Subjects: Pipefishes -- Mozambique -- Classification , Pipefishes -- French Polynesia -- Marquesas Islands -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70061 , vital:29611 , 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. 34 , Two new species of syngnathine (tail-pouch) pipefishes sharing a continuous median dorsal snout ridge, a short snout (its length more than 2 in HL), presence of lateral spines or ridges on the snout, dermal flaps on the eye, 14 trunk rings and ca. 21-23 dorsal-fin rays are described and illustrated. Halicampus zavorensis is distinguished by a linear and distally spinulose dorsal snout ridge, two lateral spines on the snout and 36-37 tail rings. In H. marquesensis, the arcuate and partly denticulate dorsal snout ridge is paralleled distally by a bilateral pair of ridges which originate on the interorbital, there is a vestigial lateral ridge on the snout, and there are 39-40 tail rings. These pipefishes are compared to other species presently referred to the genus Halicampus Kaup.
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- Date Issued: 1984-02
A new species of Pogonophryne (Pisces, Artedidraconidae) from Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
- Authors: Eakin, Richard R, 1946- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1988-01
- Subjects: Pogonophryne -- Antarctica -- Queen Maud Land
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70280 , vital:29641 , 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. 45 , Pogonophryne platypogon is described from a 61.0 mm SL juvenile specimen collected near Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. This species belongs to the dorsally spotted group of Pogonophryne but is distinguished from other known species of the group in having a smoothly flattened terminal expansion on the mental barbel and a very narrow snout and jaws (jaw width less than 13% SL). It also has a very narrow interorbital region (less than 5% SL).
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- Date Issued: 1988-01
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 review of the Red Sea cardinalfishes of the Apogon bandanensis complex: with a description of a new species
- Authors: Fraser, Thomas H , Randall, John E, 1924- , Lachner, Ernest A , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1999-11
- Subjects: Apogon bandanensis , Apogon -- Red Sea -- Classification , Apogon -- Red Sea -- Identification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71033 , vital:29771 , 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. 63 , Three species of the Apogon bandanensis group are found in the Red Sea, the widespread Apogon guamensis, the endemic Apogon annularis, and a new endemic species Apogon zebrinus. Colour patterns, number of gill-rakers, body depth, second anal spine length, pectoral-fin length, and caudal peduncle depth are important aids for identification of the Red Sea species. Two synonyms of Apogon guamensis were based on juvenile material: Apogon ocellatus from Madagascar and Apogon spongicolus from the Red Sea. Rüppell’s, Günther’s and Klausewitz’s concepts of Apogon annularis are reviewed. Apogon erdmani is a synonym of Apogon annularis. Apogon savayensis and another wide spread new species were not found in any Red Sea collections we examined.
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- Date Issued: 1999-11
Plotonus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae)
- Authors: Gomon, Janet R , Taylor, William Ralph , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1982-08
- Subjects: Catfishes
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69871 , vital:29590 , 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. 22 , Plotosus nkunga sp. n., from the east coast of South Africa, possibly ranging as far north as Zanzibar, is most similar to Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, from the coasts of India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Aldabra. Plotosus nkunga differs most notably in having fewer total gill rakers on the anterior faces of the first two arches, 16 to 21 versus 20 to 25 first arch, 16 to 24 versus 23 to 27 second arch; in having modally one more precaudal vertebra and slight modal differences in number of ribs and branchiostegal rays; in the shapes of the mesethmoid and the parapophyses of the fourth and fifth centra of the anterior complex vertebra; in the length of the maxilla; and in certain body proportions. Descriptions, annotated synonymies and illustrations are given for both species. A key to the five known species of Plotosus is presented.
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- Date Issued: 1982-08
The taxonomic status of the cardinalfish species Apogon niger, A. nigripinnis, A. pharaonis, A. sialis, and related species (Perciformes: Apogonidae)
- Authors: Gon, O (Ofer), 1949- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 2000-11
- Subjects: Apogon , Cardinalfishes -- Indo-Pacific Region -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71048 , vital:29773 , 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. 65 , Apogon niger Doderlein, 1883 of the western Pacific and Apogon nigripinnis Cuvier, 1828 (Apogon thurstoni Day, Amia nigripes Ogilby, and Amia atripes Ogilby are synonyms) of the eastern Indian Ocean and Australia are regarded as valid species distinct from Apogon pharaonis Bellotti, 1874 of the western Indian Ocean (Apogon suezii Sauvage, Amia ocellata Von Bonde, and Apogon duops Barnard are synonyms). Apogon nigripinnis differs from A. niger in having a large ocellus between the lateral line and the pectoral fin. A lectotype for A. niger is designated. A. pharaonis differs from both these species in having shorter pelvic fins, 16-21 instead of 15-18 gill-rakers, and 3 dark bars on the body. Apogon sialis (Jordan & Thompson, 1914), type locality Japan, is the senior synonym of Amia cathetogramma Tanaka, 1917, also described from Japan. Apogon pseudotaeniatus Gon, 1986 from the Red Sea, previously misidentifiedas A.bifasciatus Rüppell, is very similar in colour pattern to A. sialis; it differs in having a larger caudal spot, a dark instead of pale intestine, and in several morphometric characters.
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The cardinal fishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) collected in the Maldive Islands during the Xarifa expedition (1957/58)
- Authors: Gon, O (Ofer), 1949- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1987-03
- Subjects: Xarifa Expedition (1957-1958) , Cardinalfishes -- Maldives
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70247 , vital:29638 , 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. 42 , Fifteen species of apogonid fishes were collected in the Maidive Islands during the Xarifa Expedition (1957/58): Apogon abrogramma; A. cyanosoma; A. guamensis; A. kallopterus; A. moluccensis; A. savayensis; A. taeniophorus; Archamia fucata; Cheilodipterus lineatus; C. macrodon; Fowleria aurita; Neamia octospina; Pseudamia gelatinosa; Rhabdamia cypselura; R. gracilis. Each species is treated with a diagnosis, colour description (in preservative) and taxonomic remarks.
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- Date Issued: 1987-03
A new luminous cardinalfish of the genus Apogon (Perciformes:Apogonidae) from the western Pacific Ocean
- Authors: Gon, O (Ofer), 1949- , Allen, Gerald R , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1998-11
- Subjects: Apogon -- Pacific Ocean -- Classification , Apogon -- Pacific Ocean -- Identification , Bioluminescence -- Pacific Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71022 , vital:29770 , 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. 62 , A new species of cardinalfish, Apogon photogaster is described based on 11 specimens from Madang Lagoon in Papua New Guinea and Galoc Island in the Philippines. This new species has 15 pectoral rays, 2 predorsal scales, 15-18 gill-rakers (8-9 developed), and 7 gill-rakers on the ceratobranchial o f the first gill-arch. It has a unique bioluminescent system, including a light organ branching forward from the second loop of the intestine and a diffuser organ along the ventrolateral part of the body.
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- Date Issued: 1998-11
The fishes of the genus Bathylagus of the Southern Ocean
- Authors: Gon, O (Ofer), 1949- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1987-08
- Subjects: Bathylagidae , Fishes -- Antarctic Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70258 , vital:29639 , 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. 43 , In his revision of the genus Bathylagus, Norman (1930) recognized five species from the Southern Ocean. The taxonomic status of these species is re-evaluated by using morphometric data and the number of vertebrae, anal fin rays, gill-rakers, lateral scale series and pyloric caeca. Principle component analysis was carried out in support of species separation, using selected body proportions. Three species, namely B. antarcticus, B. gracilis and B. tenuis, are recognized here. B. gracilis and B. euryops latifrons, both described by Lonnberg, 1905, were found to be synonymous. A key to the species of Bathylagus in the Southern Ocean is provided.
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- Date Issued: 1987-08
A new Coryogalops species (Pisces: Gobiidae) from South Africa
- Authors: Goren, Menachem , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1991-09
- Subjects: Gobiidae , Fishes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70922 , vital:29761 , 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. 52 , A new species of gobiid fish, Coryogalops bretti, is described from a single specimen from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The new species is characterized by a continuous oculo-scapular canal with 5 pores above operculum, dorsal fin segmented rays 12; anal fin segmented rays 9; pectoral fin rays 19 (4 upper rays partly free); pectoral fin base scaleless. Body of the holotype black; no dots or bars on fins; black blotch on upper part of pectoral base. The genus Monishia Smith, 1959, is considered a junior synonym of Coryogalops Smith, 1958.
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A review of the Southern African gobiid fish genus Caffrogobius Smitt, 1900
- Authors: Goren, Menachem , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1996-09
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa , Gobiidae
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70972 , vital:29766 , 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. 57 , The genus Caffrogobius Smitt, 1900 is composed of seven species. The members of the genus are moderate size gobies, reaching a length of 10-14 cm (SL). The species of the genus are characterized by a combination of the following characters: Cheek papillae pattern transverse; dorsal segmented rays: 9-14; anal segmented rays: 8-12; caudal segmented rays: 16-18; pectoral rays: 16-23. Scales along the body: 30-64; transverse rows of scales: 9-23; vertebrae: 27 (11+16 or 10+17); formula of fin pterygiophores: 3-22110. Six species of Caffrogobius are found around the southern part of the African continent (Mozambique to Namibia): agulhensis (Barnard, 1927), coffer (Gunther, 1874), gilchristi (Boulenger, 1900), nalalensis (Gunther, 1874), nudiceps (Valenciennes, 1837), and saldanha (Barnard, 1927). Some of them are very similar to each other. In most species extreme variability in the colour patterns and in meristic counts was found. C. gilchristi is considered here as a valid species and a senior synonym of C. multifasciatus (Smith, 1959). A seventh species dubius (Smith, 1959) from the Seychelles is listed and briefly described.
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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