RMRF18P2–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 416 CICHLIDyE. Ventral produced into a filament, extending to vent or beyond. Caudal feebly emarginate in the adult, truncate in the young. Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1| times as long as broad. Scales finely ctenoid, 33-37 rj^jg ; lateral lines igrfj. Olive-brown, with or without oblique cross-bars of mother- of-pearl or silvery white, sometimes with ill-defined dark bars across the the back; a very distinct, blue-black opercular spot; dorsal and ana
RMRF3KMX–. A catalog of the fishes known from the waters of Korea. Fishes. JORDAN AND METZ: FISHES KNOWN FROM THE WATERS OF KOREA 63 very slightly ctenoid, small, entirely embedded in skin on upper part of head, somewhat imbedded on rest of blind side. Color white on blind side, uniform dull olive-brown on eyed side; no markings. This species may be readily distinguished from Areliscus semilcevis by the smaller number of scales, and from A. purpureomaculatus by the smaller number of fin-rays. The species called Achirus plagusia by Basilewsky (Ichthyographia Chinee Borealis, p. 245), from the Gulf of Pe
RMRP1HCH–. American food and game fishes. A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. Yellow Perch; Ringed Perch bands on jaws, vomer, and palatines; no canine teeth; branchiostegals 7; gill-membranes separate; scales small, ctenoid; lateral line com- plete; dorsal fins entirely separate; caudal emarginate; air-bladder present; pyloric coeca 3. Three species known, all freshwater fishes of northern regions, only one of them in America.. Yellow Perch; Ringed Perch Perca fla
RMRN5F12–. Animal biology. Zoology; Biology. Fig. 249.—African lungfish, Protopterus annectens Owen. X M- {From Packard, "Zoology," after Boas, by the courtesy of Henry Holt & Company.) the water with the least amount of retardation from resistance in front, friction laterally, or suction behind. The fins, being thin in the plane of movement, offer little interference.. C D Fig. 250.—Scales of fishes. A, cycloid scale of northern pike, Esox Indus Linnaeus. X 8. B, ctenoid scale of common perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill). X 9. C, placoid scales of dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias Linnaeu
RMRF1WA8–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. AX ABAS. (â ) greater part covered with scales. Caiulal peduncle merely indicated. Scales finely striated and ctenoid, 2S ^ ; lateral lines ,, , ,'⢠Dark brown, ventrals and caudal edged with white ; a darker band on each side ot the head, passing through the eye ; another, oblique, below the eye. 'iotal length llKI iiiilliin. Yendu' Kiver, I'lianiihi.â ryi)e in Congo Museum. 'IVrvueren. I'iiJ. 11.. Aiia/ias o.nii'/iymliiis. Type (A. M. C). ^. 16. ANABAS OCELLATUS. Clennpntna /x'thcrtri (iioii (iiintli.
RMRFA2TH–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. AX ABAS. (â ) greater part covered with scales. Caiulal peduncle merely indicated. Scales finely striated and ctenoid, 2S ^ ; lateral lines ,, , ,'⢠Dark brown, ventrals and caudal edged with white ; a darker band on each side ot the head, passing through the eye ; another, oblique, below the eye. 'iotal length llKI iiiilliin. Yendu' Kiver, I'lianiihi.â ryi)e in Congo Museum. 'IVrvueren. I'iiJ. 11.. Aiia/ias o.nii'/iymliiis. Type (A. M. C). ^. 16. ANABAS OCELLATUS. Clennpntna /x'thcrtri (iioii (iiintli.
RMRDJPJ0–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history) ... Fishes; Freshwater animals. .-2 ANABA^'TID.E. as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about i length of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqih â > lateral lines '^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over with black; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. l-:5. Types. I'ort; ElizaLeth. 4-6. Types. -, 7-10. Types. II. Skel
RMRGJDGM–. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). LAKE GEORGE HAPLOCHROM IS SPECIES 173 tip of premaxilla reaching a vertical through the anterior margin of the orbit or a Httle further posteriorly.. Fig. 15. Haplochromis mylodon. Holotype. Gill rakers short and stout, the lower i or 2 reduced ; 7-9 (mode 7) rakers on the lower part of the first gill arch. The median row of pseudorakers on the first arch is well developed but individual pseudorakers are low. Scales. Ctenoid ; lateral line with 31 (f.ii), 32 (f.g) or 34 (f.i) scales, cheek with 3 (rarely 2) rows. Five to 7 (mode 5J) scales be
RMRFA2M0–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. ANABAS. 67 greater part covered with scales. Caudal peduncle merely indicated. Scales finely striated and ctenoid, 28 â £; lateral lines g^" Dark brown, ventrals and caudal edged with white ; a darker band on each side of the head, passing through the eye; another, oblique, below the eye. Total length 100 millim. Yembe River, Ubanghi.âType in Congo Museum, Tervueren. Fig. 41.. Anabas oxyrjiynchus. Type (A. M. C). %. 16. ANABAS OCELLATUS. C
RMRERPEJ–. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. w-. i:i:i;i'i;d iiui;si:ji,.—/v/wrs imioohiins. P? : t' h.i iiioutli is liori./oiitiil. The c;i!iiiic teolli arc very lurgo in proportiou to the (limensicn.s ul tlie lisli. AxoTTiKi; faiiiily, tlio .Soi.r-iiidio, iinw coiiio before us, .and will l)o ilhistratod by soveral cxanipli's, 'riio lueniljcis of this family are clothed with ctenoid or toothed scales; the mouth is set in iVont of the snout, llie teelh arc arranged in bands, and the gill-cover
RMRMJ8D1–. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Fishes of South Africa. thau longest dorsal spine, soft portion of fin similar to soft dorsal. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle 1^ times as deep as long. Scales ctenoid, 31f ; lateral lines -f|. Colour (of preserved specimen), dark uniform brown, scales on upper two-thirds of body and head blackish in the centre. One specimen, 126 mm. in length, from Livingstone, Rhodesia (Mr. A. Stephenson). OPISTHOMT. FAMILY MASTACEMBELIDAE. MASTACEMBELUS. G-ronov., Zoophyl., p. 133 (1781), part, ; Giinth., Cat.
RMRERPF6–. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. f^m IIUAZILIAN PKUCOPIIIS.ârdm.ii/iis /Jii«i/i,i,nn leritinned while I dillerent forms re, forming part est coiuiiarativo R body of many isitioiis til rough :eletou witli thu es, and is alto- )f its exceediii'' .scales to teeth, ine the external l)()dy tjie scales qjecting points. ?eu assuming a â ming a kind of from it. "When ss, and are then â ibcd. The first are ⢠good example. lie sturgeon. The third series of .scales are named Ctenoid, or
RMRF1W3X–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. ANABAS. 67 greater part covered with scales. Caudal peduncle merely indicated. Scales finely striated and ctenoid, 28 â £; lateral lines g^" Dark brown, ventrals and caudal edged with white ; a darker band on each side of the head, passing through the eye; another, oblique, below the eye. Total length 100 millim. Yembe River, Ubanghi.âType in Congo Museum, Tervueren. Fig. 41.. Anabas oxyrjiynchus. Type (A. M. C). %. 16. ANABAS OCELLATUS. C
RMRF1WCN–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. ol AXABAXTID.E. 1}, times as deep as long, tlie distance between dorsal and caudal about ^ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 35 ^^; lateral lines j^^. Olive or green above, with or without black spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft dorsal spotted with l)lackish. Total length 140 milliin. Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin. Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— Types in Berlin Museum. 1. Oiif! of tlie types. 2-1. Ad. & lurr. .'). Skel. (!. Yg. 7. 8-10. A
RMRDJF7X–. A manual of zoology. Fig. 238. — A, ctenoid scale; B, ganoid scale. (After Giinther.) shagreen of sharks, or as in many globe-fishes of long bony spines ; lastly, in Polypterus (Fig. 239) and Lepidosteus are found rhomboid or ganoid scales in the form of rhomboidal plates of bone covered externally by a layer of enamel or ganoin and joined together by pegs and sockets.. p*if Fig. 239.—Polypterus birchir. A, entire animal; B, ventral view of throat, an, anus; br. m, branchiostegal membrane; c.f, caudal fin; d.f, dorsal finlets; jug. //, jugular plates: na, nostril: pct.f, pectoral fin; pi'.f,
RMRERPEP–. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. f^m IIUAZILIAN PKUCOPIIIS.ârdm.ii/iis /Jii«i/i,i,nn leritinned while I dillerent forms re, forming part est coiuiiarativo R body of many isitioiis til rough :eletou witli thu es, and is alto- )f its exceediii'' .scales to teeth, ine the external l)()dy tjie scales qjecting points. ?eu assuming a â ming a kind of from it. "When ss, and are then â ibcd. The first are ⢠good example. lie sturgeon. The third series of .scales are named Ctenoid, or
RMRFA2XP–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. ol AXABAXTID.E. 1}, times as deep as long, tlie distance between dorsal and caudal about ^ length of head. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 31- 35 ^^; lateral lines j^^. Olive or green above, with or without black spots or with rather indistinct dark vertical bars, whitish beneath ; soft dorsal spotted with l)lackish. Total length 140 milliin. Bechuanaland, Zambesi Basin. Lakes Bangwelu and Mweru, Uelle.— Types in Berlin Museum. 1. Oiif! of tlie types. 2-1. Ad. & lurr. .'). Skel. (!. Yg. 7. 8-10. A
RMRJ3CEC–. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. i-^ i ! i i i i i. s »⢠2840 Bullctm //, United States National Museum. die rays abont 2 in the longest; caudal peduncle more than 4| in hody, its least depth somewhat more than 2 in greatest depth of body. Scales slightly ctenoid. Side with a broad, sharply defined silvery-gray band. Body much more slender, snout shorter, iind eye larger than in C. hum- boldtianum or C.
RMRF1W7C–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 52 ANABANTIDJE. as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 j^jj ; Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over lateral lines 15-18 4-11 with black; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 1-3. Types, 4-6. Types. 7-10. T
RMRFA2PY–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. 52 ANABANTIDJE. as deep as long, the distance between dorsal and caudal about length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 j^jj ; Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over lateral lines 15-18 4-11 with black; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 1-3. Types, 4-6. Types. 7-10. T
RMRG5P1W–. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 72 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 02 Vol. 3 jaw svith posterior end reaching just below anterior margin of lower eye; nasal tentacle a little more than half the diameter of eye; scales all ctenoid, a fringe of slender fleshly papillae from chin along lower edge of opercular bones; blind side of head largely lacking these papillae except in region close around mouth; lateral line on blind side with dorsal branch following upper outline of head along base Table 128.—Measurements of Aseraggodes smithi, A. whitakeri, and A. melano- stictus expr
RMRMH7JA–. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Fishes of the Family Mugilidae in South Africa. 637 Behind and below the upper part of the base of the fin is a small scaled cutaneous projection. Fin scaly on basal half. Ventrals 1-4 in head, inserted below 1-1 times nearer hind margin of head than origin of first dorsal. Edge of fin almost truncate, very slightly emarginate. Axillary scale 3-5 in head. Interventral scaly process rather wide and heavy. Caudal forked, mid-rays 1-7 in head. Scales very finely ctenoid; predorsal scales slightly lo
RMRFA2Y5–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 52 AXABANTID-E. as deep as Unvr, the di^itauce between dorsal and caudal about j length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqiji ; lateral lines 4^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over with black ; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Tort Elizabeth, Cape Colony. IWt Elizi.lictli. 1-:}. Types. •1-t;. Types. 7-10, Types. 11. Skcl. 12. 11 or. H. A. Spencer, Es
RMRF1WD2–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 52 AXABANTID-E. as deep as Unvr, the di^itauce between dorsal and caudal about j length 3-4 of head. Scales rugose, partly cycloid, partly ctenoid, 27-29 jqiji ; lateral lines 4^. Brown above, lighter beneath, often spotted all over with black ; blackish lines radiating from the eye ; spinous dorsal with black markings ; lobe between opercular spines black. Total length 120 millim. Tort Elizabeth, Cape Colony. IWt Elizi.lictli. 1-:}. Types. •1-t;. Types. 7-10, Types. 11. Skcl. 12. 11 or. H. A. Spencer, Es
RMRGJDNX–. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). LAKE GEORGE HAPLOCHROMIS SPECIES 147 ^yl = 3y.g) per cent, i-3-i-8 (mode 1-4) times as long as broad. Posterior tip of maxilla reaching the vertical through the anterior orbital margin, but not quite reaching this level in a few specimens. Gill rakers variable in form but usually rather stout, the lower i or 2 greatly reduced ; 8 or 9 rakers in the outer row on the lower part of the first gill arch. No pseudorakers are developed between the inner and outer rows of gill rakers on this arch. Scales. Ctenoid ; lateral line with 30 (f.2), 31 (f.1
RMRG980H–. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. tl-. --*4C' Figure 64.—Holotype of Aporops bilinearis Schultz (U.S.N.M. No. 115336), from Hull Island, Phoenix group. (Drawing hj Aime M. Awl.) snout to rear edge of maxillary 2.1 to 2.2; fleshy interorbital space 13 to 15; postorbital length of head 1.6; length of longest ray of pectoral fin 1.7 to 1.8; least depth of caudal peduncle 3.5 to 3.6; longest dorsal spine (third to fifth) 5.2 to 5,5; all in length of head. Least depth of caudal peduncle in its length 1.0 to 1.1. Scales ctenoid, very numer- ous, and becoming much smaller on dorsal
RMRFA2X0–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. AXAHAS. 59 lung, as long as eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 2-)-30 y i,j; lateral lines V"!?. Brownish or olive, with G to 9 more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; young witli a round blackish spot at base of caudal. Total length To millini. South Cameroon to Congo. l-C. All. & li-rr. 7-11. All. & hgr. 2-C>. Ad. & hgr. 17-ll>. All. & yg. 20-24. Ad. 2.^-Jt]. Tvpos. 21. Ad. 28. All. 2'.l-3n. Ad. :U-:i2. Ad. it ligr. â .V.. Ad. :'.(. Ad. Kiil)i U., S. ('amcrooii. ydiiia
RMRF1W5P–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. ANABAS. 59 Oi Q long, as long as eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 25-30 g^; lateral I 1 1 Q lines 4^. Brownish or olive, with 6 to 9 more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; young with a round blackish spot at base of caudal. Total length 75 millim. South Cameroon to Consjo. 1-6. Ad. & hgr. Kribi R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bate?, Esq. (C). 7-11. Ad. & hgr. Zima Country, „ 12-16. Ad. & hgr. Nyong R., 17-19. Ad. & yg. „ at Akonol
RMRFA2NF–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. ANABAS. 59 Oi Q long, as long as eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 25-30 g^; lateral I 1 1 Q lines 4^. Brownish or olive, with 6 to 9 more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; young with a round blackish spot at base of caudal. Total length 75 millim. South Cameroon to Consjo. 1-6. Ad. & hgr. Kribi R., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bate?, Esq. (C). 7-11. Ad. & hgr. Zima Country, „ 12-16. Ad. & hgr. Nyong R., 17-19. Ad. & yg. „ at Akonol
RMRF1WC2–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. AXAHAS. 59 lung, as long as eye. Scales rugose, strongly ctenoid, 2-)-30 y i,j; lateral lines V"!?. Brownish or olive, with G to 9 more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; young witli a round blackish spot at base of caudal. Total length To millini. South Cameroon to Congo. l-C. All. & li-rr. 7-11. All. & hgr. 2-C>. Ad. & hgr. 17-ll>. All. & yg. 20-24. Ad. 2.^-Jt]. Tvpos. 21. Ad. 28. All. 2'.l-3n. Ad. :U-:i2. Ad. it ligr. â .V.. Ad. :'.(. Ad. Kiil)i U., S. ('amcrooii. ydiiia
RMRCDY1N–. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 83 those of the outer row a little enlarged anteriorly; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks and opercles with smooth scales, those between the eyes as large or nearly as large as those on sides of body and on operculum; scales not embedded, extending forward on upper surface of head to opposite middle or anterior parts of eyes; 13 to 16 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 46 to 50 in a lateral longitudinal series; 37 to 40 tubular scales in upper la
RMRCDX4C–. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 37 Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 3! to 3!. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is af (young) to 3I in length of head; interorbital width 10 to 12. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below anterior I or 3 of eye; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks and opercles scaly; 13 to 15 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body cycloid or rather feebly ctenoid; 52 to 56 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal; 30 t
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