The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there
During the past century at odd mostly long intervals there have appeared records and descriptions of certain rather small Carangid fishes, characterised by edentate white furred tongue and inside of mouth, and sometimes by the unusual armature of the straight part of the lateral line. These have alm...
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ftrhodesunivcory:vital:15001 2023-05-15T17:32:27+02:00 The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 26 Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968 Smith, Margaret Mary (Illustrator) 1962 [ii], 505, [i] plate, 506-509, [i] plate, 510-511; ill.; 28 cm. pdf Online version of original print edition of the Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 26 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019711 https://corycommons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:15001 English eng Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Ichthyological bulletin (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) vital:15001 https://corycommons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:15001 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019711 Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 26 Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC-BY-NC-SA Text 1962 ftrhodesunivcory 2022-12-26T11:36:03Z During the past century at odd mostly long intervals there have appeared records and descriptions of certain rather small Carangid fishes, characterised by edentate white furred tongue and inside of mouth, and sometimes by the unusual armature of the straight part of the lateral line. These have almost always been single specimens, most rather small. Until recently records have been from the western north Atlantic (5), Red Sea (1), Persian Gulf (1), Western Pacific (5), Hawaii (3), Australia (2). In 1961 Williams reported 3 small specimens from equatorial East Africa, the first from the western Indian Ocean. Recently a specimen has been found at Algoa Bay, the first from South Africa, fortunately still alive, and of particular interest as being the smallest ever described. These fishes fall in the genus Uraspis Bleeker, 1855. ABBYY FineReader 12 Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation) Text North Atlantic Rhodes University Cory: Repository Indian Pacific |
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During the past century at odd mostly long intervals there have appeared records and descriptions of certain rather small Carangid fishes, characterised by edentate white furred tongue and inside of mouth, and sometimes by the unusual armature of the straight part of the lateral line. These have almost always been single specimens, most rather small. Until recently records have been from the western north Atlantic (5), Red Sea (1), Persian Gulf (1), Western Pacific (5), Hawaii (3), Australia (2). In 1961 Williams reported 3 small specimens from equatorial East Africa, the first from the western Indian Ocean. Recently a specimen has been found at Algoa Bay, the first from South Africa, fortunately still alive, and of particular interest as being the smallest ever described. These fishes fall in the genus Uraspis Bleeker, 1855. ABBYY FineReader 12 Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation) |
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The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there |
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The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there |
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The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there |
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The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there |
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The rare "Furred-Tongue" Uraspis uraspis (Gunther) from South Africa, and other new records from there |
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rare "furred-tongue" uraspis uraspis (gunther) from south africa, and other new records from there |
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Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa |
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