Descriptions of two new species of Hetereleotris (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the western Indian Ocean, with discussion of related species
- Hoese, Douglass F, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Hoese, Douglass F , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-09
- Subjects: Gobiidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70228 , vital:29636 , 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. 41 , Thirteen species of the genus Hetereleotris are recognized from the Indian Ocean. Two of the species are described as new. H. poecila (Fowler) is recorded for the first time from the Indian Ocean, and H. vulgaris (Klunzinger) is recorded from the Mediterranean. Specimens of H. zonata from India and Pakistan were found to differ in several features from specimens from South Africa. A key is given to the species from the western Indian Ocean. Diagnoses and a primary synonymy are given for each of the 11 previously described species.
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- Date Issued: 1986-09
- Authors: Hoese, Douglass F , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-09
- Subjects: Gobiidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70228 , vital:29636 , 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. 41 , Thirteen species of the genus Hetereleotris are recognized from the Indian Ocean. Two of the species are described as new. H. poecila (Fowler) is recorded for the first time from the Indian Ocean, and H. vulgaris (Klunzinger) is recorded from the Mediterranean. Specimens of H. zonata from India and Pakistan were found to differ in several features from specimens from South Africa. A key is given to the species from the western Indian Ocean. Diagnoses and a primary synonymy are given for each of the 11 previously described species.
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- Date Issued: 1986-09
A new snake eel, Ophichthus bennettai, (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from off western South Africa
- McCosker, John E, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: McCosker, John E , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-07
- Subjects: Snake eels -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70206 , vital:29634 , 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. 39 , A new species of snake-eel, Ophichthus bennettai, Subfamily Ophichthinae, is described from a single specimen trawled in 372 m off western South Africa. It differs from all other ophichthines in its combination of mostly uniserial teeth, uniform brown coloration, and vertebral formula 17-63-167.
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- Date Issued: 1986-07
- Authors: McCosker, John E , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-07
- Subjects: Snake eels -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70206 , vital:29634 , 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. 39 , A new species of snake-eel, Ophichthus bennettai, Subfamily Ophichthinae, is described from a single specimen trawled in 372 m off western South Africa. It differs from all other ophichthines in its combination of mostly uniserial teeth, uniform brown coloration, and vertebral formula 17-63-167.
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- Date Issued: 1986-07
Two new species of clinid fishes (Perciformes: Clinidae) from South Africa
- Heemstra, Phillip C, Wright, J E, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Heemstra, Phillip C , Wright, J E , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-07
- Subjects: Clinidae -- Classification , Perciformes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70224 , vital:29635 , 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. 40 , Two new species of clinid fishes, Cancelloxus elongatus and Pavoclinus smalei, are described from specimens collected in 10 — 25 m off the southeastern Cape Province using rotenone and SCUBA. Generic assignment of both species is provisional pending a reassessment of the generic classification of South African clinid fishes.
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- Date Issued: 1986-07
- Authors: Heemstra, Phillip C , Wright, J E , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-07
- Subjects: Clinidae -- Classification , Perciformes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70224 , vital:29635 , 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. 40 , Two new species of clinid fishes, Cancelloxus elongatus and Pavoclinus smalei, are described from specimens collected in 10 — 25 m off the southeastern Cape Province using rotenone and SCUBA. Generic assignment of both species is provisional pending a reassessment of the generic classification of South African clinid fishes.
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- Date Issued: 1986-07
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