- Title
- Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the Western Indian Ocean, Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 14
- Creator
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Subject
- Blenniidae -- Indian Ocean
- Date
- 1959
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:14976, http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018775, Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 14
- Description
- Blennioid fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae are found in almost all seas. They are small, agile fishes of shallow water, most being intertidal. The body is normally naked, elongate; the pectoral and vertical fins well developed; the pelvics mostly reduced, the rays hidden in thick tissue, used as limbs for support of the body. Many species freely leave the water and are as agile as grasshoppers on land. I have found them virtually unaffected by underwater explosions, e.g. detonators, even close by, possibly because they have no air bladder. While some are sombre, many of these fishes are brilliantly coloured, those living in weed showing wide variation in colour on a basically similar pattern. While more abundant than in most tropical areas, none are of economic significance in the W. Indian Ocean. 67 species are described. All new species, and all others possible, including sexual dimorphs, have been figured, 24 in colour, and 53 monochrome illustrations, total 77. In the case of 4 species, neither specimens nor illustrations could be obtained. The locality from which each specimen illustrated came is given in each case., Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Format
- [ii], [1] plate (col.), 229-232. [1] plate, 233-238, [1] plate (col.), 239-242, [1] plate (col.), 243-248, [1] plate, 249-252, pdf, Online version of original print edition of the Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 14
- Contributor
- Smith, Margaret Mary (Illustrator)
- Publisher
- Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ichthyological bulletin (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
- Rights
- Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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