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A new species of the klipfish genus Springeratus (Clinidae) from the Indian Ocean

- Fraser, Thomas H, Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Fraser, Thomas H , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1972-11
Subjects: Klipfish , Springeratus , Fishes -- Classification , Fishes -- Geographical distribution , Fishes -- Indian Ocean
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69630 , vital:29561 , 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. 9 , Klipfishes of the subfamily Clininae are among the dominant intertidal fishes in southern Africa. Except for a few tropical clinine members such as Clinus xanthosoma Bleeker, Clinus ekloniae McKay and Petraites roseus (Gunther), these diverse temperate forms seem to be replaced by members of the Blenniidae in the intertidal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific. Klipfishes have not been collected often in the tropical IndoPacific, but often enough to indicate a distribution for C. xanthosoma from Japan through the Philippines to Indonesia and Ceylon. In a recent publication Shen (1971 b) has brought our knowledge of C. xanthosoma up to date and described a new genus, Springeratus to house this species. The status of C. halei has been and still remains uncertain since Day described it in 1888. While collecting fishes at Mauritius, an undescribed intertidal clinid was obtained. This population of live-bearing klipfish contributes to our understanding of the zoogeography and possible relationships of Australian and southern African Clininae. Penrith (1969: r 14) hypothesized sea-weed transport of a clinid ancestor from Australia to South Africa. The Mauritian species favours her hypothesis as well as casting some doubt on the validity of Springeratus as a genus different from Clinus (sensu Penrith, 1969).
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Date Issued: 1972-11

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Starting again with tree landmarks

- Babiana

Authors: Babiana
Date: 1972-09-06
Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
Language: English
Type: text , clippings , ephemera
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73084 , vital:30151
Description: Newspaper article: "This huge Moreton Bay wild fig tree in the Port Elizabeth Club grounds (the tree with the biggest spread in the city?) is no doubt one of the "nice lot of seedlings" raised from seed in 1882 by Mr John Wilson. Four were planted in the corners of Trinder Square when it was laid out as a garden in 1888. As the ohter Ficus macrophylla seedlings were distributed "far and wide," the great landmark trees at the corner of Main Road and 17th Avenue, Walmer, were probably from the same lot. (Macro-phylla means long-leafed of big-leafed.)"
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Date Issued: 1972-09-06

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Studies in Carangid fishes No.6: key to the western Indian Ocean species of the Genus Carangoides Bleeker, 1851, with a description of Carangoides Nitidus Smith

- Smith, Margaret M

Authors: Smith, Margaret M
Date: 1972
Language: English
Type: text , Article
Identifier: vital:7124 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004450
Description: From introduction: Fishes in the family Carangidae commonly known as Jacks or Kingfishes are generally characterised by a silvery ovate body with s mall insignificant cycloid scales,a lateral line with curved anterior portion and a posterior straight portion bearing scules, a moderate mouth usually with feeble teeth, no dorsal and anal finlets, and a deeply forked caudal with a slender peduncle. A horizontally forwardly directed spine from the dorsal pterygiophore visible in front of the dorsal fin in shrunken or dried specimens, and the first two anal spines separate from the third and the rest of the fin are more pronounced in juvenile specimens.
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Date Issued: 1972

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Violence and destruction as an important part of artistic action with reference to the two Great Wars

- Hallier, Michael Glen Thomas

Authors: Hallier, Michael Glen Thomas
Date: 1971-11
Subjects: Uncatalogued
Language: English
Type: Master's theses , text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190329 , vital:44984
Description: A well known fact about any work of art of any significance is its power to upset current conventions and disturb certain of our normal emotional patterns. The artist frequently achieves this by deliberately expressing emotions that are violent. There is nothing, however, new about the existence of violence in the arts, a large number of works in the history of art being painted with blood. One has only to think of the many battles, rapes, murders, martyrdoms and catastrophes that have been the subjects of many great paintings. Since the beginning of this century, and especially since the work of the Impressionists, in which violence is entirely excluded, violence has taken on a role of great importance and has been used to a greater or lesser extent by artists and group movements. It would appear initially that there are two main reasons in this century for the use of violence: one as a means of using it as a weapon against the academic and avant-garde in the arts, which in turn reflects attitudes found in society, and secondly as a direct reflection of the corrupt society in which we live. This is not to say that the twentieth century is an age in which more violence and sadism is found than in any other era of history, but never has it received so much publicity. I do not believe that man has change so much over the years, but it is my view that the apparent increase in this century is due to the vast changes in communications, it is due to the publicity it receives that violence has in recent times become a focal point, with murders, assassinations and war part of our daily lives. , Thesis (MFA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art, 1971
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Date Issued: 1971-11

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The deepwater fish Scombrosphyraena oceanica from the Caribbean Sea: with comments on its possible relationships

- Fraser, Thomas H, Fourmanoir, P, Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Fraser, Thomas H , Fourmanoir, P , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1971-07
Subjects: Scombrosphyraena oceanica , Deep-sea fishes -- Caribbean Sea , Fishes -- Classification , Fishes -- Caribbean Sea , Marine fishes
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69619 , vital:29559 , 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. 8 , The fish Scombrosphyraena oceanica is recorded from the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. A redescription is given. This genus is tentatively placed in the Percichthyidae. The family Scombropidae is shown to be an artificial grouping.
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Date Issued: 1971-07

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