A new species of Tropheus (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika
- Axelrod, G S (Glen S.), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Axelrod, G S (Glen S.) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1977-11
- Subjects: Cichlids , Tropheus , Freshwater fishes -- Tanganyika, Lake
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69803 , vital:29581 , 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. 17 , Tropheus polli, a sp. nov. (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, is described and compared with T. moorii Boulenger 1898, T. annectens Boulenger 1900, T. duboisi Marlier 1959, T. brichardi Nelissen & Thys 1975, and T. moorii kasabae Nelissen 1977. Included are detailed morphometric data with a figure and colour plate, a lower pharyngeal bone description with electron micrograph scans, and a type locality map.
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- Date Issued: 1977-11
- Authors: Axelrod, G S (Glen S.) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1977-11
- Subjects: Cichlids , Tropheus , Freshwater fishes -- Tanganyika, Lake
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69803 , vital:29581 , 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. 17 , Tropheus polli, a sp. nov. (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, is described and compared with T. moorii Boulenger 1898, T. annectens Boulenger 1900, T. duboisi Marlier 1959, T. brichardi Nelissen & Thys 1975, and T. moorii kasabae Nelissen 1977. Included are detailed morphometric data with a figure and colour plate, a lower pharyngeal bone description with electron micrograph scans, and a type locality map.
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- Date Issued: 1977-11
Systematics and distribution of eels of the Muraenesox group (Anguilliformes, Muraenesocidae): a preliminary report and key
- Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John), Williamson, Gordon R, Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John) , Williamson, Gordon R , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1975-05
- Subjects: Fishes -- Classification , Muraenesox -- Classification , Muraenesocidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69746 , vital:29575 , 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. 15 , A study of the eels which have been referred to Muraenesox McClelland clarifies taxonomic confusion in this group and shows it to contain three genera and seven species. M cinereus (Forsskål, 1775) occurs from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean northwards to Japan . M. bagio (Hamilton, 1822) has a wider distribution from South Africa throughout the Indo-west Pacific north to Japan and south to Sydney. Congresox Gill is revived for C. talabon (Cuvier, 1829) and C. talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853) both of which occur in the central Indo-west Pacific. Cynoponticus Costa is represented by C. savanna (Bancroft, 1831) in the West Atlantic, C. ferox Costa, 1845 in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean and C. coniceps (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881) in the central East Pacific.
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- Date Issued: 1975-05
- Authors: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John) , Williamson, Gordon R , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1975-05
- Subjects: Fishes -- Classification , Muraenesox -- Classification , Muraenesocidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69746 , vital:29575 , 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. 15 , A study of the eels which have been referred to Muraenesox McClelland clarifies taxonomic confusion in this group and shows it to contain three genera and seven species. M cinereus (Forsskål, 1775) occurs from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean northwards to Japan . M. bagio (Hamilton, 1822) has a wider distribution from South Africa throughout the Indo-west Pacific north to Japan and south to Sydney. Congresox Gill is revived for C. talabon (Cuvier, 1829) and C. talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853) both of which occur in the central Indo-west Pacific. Cynoponticus Costa is represented by C. savanna (Bancroft, 1831) in the West Atlantic, C. ferox Costa, 1845 in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean and C. coniceps (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881) in the central East Pacific.
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- Date Issued: 1975-05
Common and scientific names of the fishes of Southern Africa
- Smith, Margaret Mary, Jackson, P B N (Peter Brian Neville), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Smith, Margaret Mary , Jackson, P B N (Peter Brian Neville) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1975-04
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature , Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature (Popular) , Fishes
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69731 , vital:29573 , 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. 14 , This is in essence a checklist of the marine fishes occurring in the estuarine and coastal waters of southern Africa from the Kunene River in the west to Beira in the east. Deep sea fishes occurring below 200 metres or 100 fathoms are not included. The freshwater fishes from the Zambezi southwards will be published in Part 2. The scientific names, their spelling, authors and dates, have been carefully checked and brought into line with the most recent revisions available. However, the tremendous outpouring of scientific papers will make some scientific names obsolete even while this checklist is being printed. Also there will continue to be additions to the fauna and this, the first list to be published, must be regarded as a foundation on which subsequent lists can be based.
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- Date Issued: 1975-04
- Authors: Smith, Margaret Mary , Jackson, P B N (Peter Brian Neville) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1975-04
- Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature , Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature (Popular) , Fishes
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69731 , vital:29573 , 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. 14 , This is in essence a checklist of the marine fishes occurring in the estuarine and coastal waters of southern Africa from the Kunene River in the west to Beira in the east. Deep sea fishes occurring below 200 metres or 100 fathoms are not included. The freshwater fishes from the Zambezi southwards will be published in Part 2. The scientific names, their spelling, authors and dates, have been carefully checked and brought into line with the most recent revisions available. However, the tremendous outpouring of scientific papers will make some scientific names obsolete even while this checklist is being printed. Also there will continue to be additions to the fauna and this, the first list to be published, must be regarded as a foundation on which subsequent lists can be based.
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- Date Issued: 1975-04
A new Barbus species (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from the Olifants River System, Western Cape Province, South Africa
- Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1974-08
- Subjects: Barbus erubescens , Freshwater fishes -- South Africa -- Olifants River (Clanwilliam District, Cape of Good Hope)
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69715 , vital:29570 , 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. 13 , A new species of small Barbus is described from the Olifants River System, western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is restricted to a single tributary complex of the river system and appears closely related to B. calidus. Diagnostic features include pharyngeal teeth formulae, colour pattern, and dorsal and anal fin ray characteristics.
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- Date Issued: 1974-08
- Authors: Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1974-08
- Subjects: Barbus erubescens , Freshwater fishes -- South Africa -- Olifants River (Clanwilliam District, Cape of Good Hope)
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69715 , vital:29570 , 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. 13 , A new species of small Barbus is described from the Olifants River System, western Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is restricted to a single tributary complex of the river system and appears closely related to B. calidus. Diagnostic features include pharyngeal teeth formulae, colour pattern, and dorsal and anal fin ray characteristics.
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- Date Issued: 1974-08
Rediscovery of certain type specimens of fishes from the collections of the Government Marine Survey made by J.D.F. Gilchrist & the S.S. Pickle
- Winterbottom, Richard, 1944-, Gilchrist, J D F (John Dow Fisher), 1866-1926, Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Winterbottom, Richard, 1944- , Gilchrist, J D F (John Dow Fisher), 1866-1926 , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1974-05
- Subjects: Fishes -- Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69684 , vital:29565 , 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. 12 , The discovery in the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology of type material of 14 species of fishes from the collections made by the S.S. ‘Pickle’ (1920-1924) off the South African coast is reported. Brief redescriptions of, and new catalogue numbers for, the specimens are given.
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- Date Issued: 1974-05
- Authors: Winterbottom, Richard, 1944- , Gilchrist, J D F (John Dow Fisher), 1866-1926 , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1974-05
- Subjects: Fishes -- Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69684 , vital:29565 , 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. 12 , The discovery in the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology of type material of 14 species of fishes from the collections made by the S.S. ‘Pickle’ (1920-1924) off the South African coast is reported. Brief redescriptions of, and new catalogue numbers for, the specimens are given.
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- Date Issued: 1974-05
Evolutionary significance of Holapogon, a new genus of cardinal fishes (Apogonidae), with a redescription of its type-species, Apogon maximus
- 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: 1973-04
- Subjects: Holapogon , Holapogon maximus , Fishes -- Classification , Fishes -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69640 , vital:29562 , 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. 10 , A new genus is erected for Apogon maximus, a deep water cardinal fish occurring off the coast of southern Arabia in the Indian Ocean. Holapogon is a primitive genus near the ancestor which gave rise to all the living Apogoninae. The type-species, Apogon maximus Boulenger, 1887, is redescribed and aspects of its anatomy are investigated.
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- Date Issued: 1973-04
- Authors: Fraser, Thomas H , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1973-04
- Subjects: Holapogon , Holapogon maximus , Fishes -- Classification , Fishes -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69640 , vital:29562 , 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. 10 , A new genus is erected for Apogon maximus, a deep water cardinal fish occurring off the coast of southern Arabia in the Indian Ocean. Holapogon is a primitive genus near the ancestor which gave rise to all the living Apogoninae. The type-species, Apogon maximus Boulenger, 1887, is redescribed and aspects of its anatomy are investigated.
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- Date Issued: 1973-04
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
- 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
An index and bibliography of eel larvae
- Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1969-12
- Subjects: Eels , Fishes -- Larvae , Fishes -- Bibliography , Leptocephalous larvae
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69608 , vital:29558 , 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. 7 , A survey of ichthyological literature from 1758 until the end of 1968 reveals that information on eel larvae (leptocephali) is widely scattered and contained in at least 600 different papers. A synthesis of tlris information, essential for the correlation of larval eels with their adult species, is attempted here as a necessary adjunct to the further development of systematic studies on adults. About 450 forms of eel larvae have been described, of which nearly 100 have been at least tentatively identified; some 200 have been named as species of die genus Leptocephahis Grono- vius, 1763 (now a rejected name in Zoology), or of other larval genera; the remainder have not been named. Systematic and bibliographic information on these cel larvae is presented together with a geographic checklist and a list of myomere numbers in leptocephali. Reports of eel eggs and prelarvae are not included but these may be found in some of the papers listed. The leptocephalous larvae of other groups of fishes are excluded from this index, although references are made to relevant sources of information.
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- Date Issued: 1969-12
- Authors: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1969-12
- Subjects: Eels , Fishes -- Larvae , Fishes -- Bibliography , Leptocephalous larvae
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69608 , vital:29558 , 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. 7 , A survey of ichthyological literature from 1758 until the end of 1968 reveals that information on eel larvae (leptocephali) is widely scattered and contained in at least 600 different papers. A synthesis of tlris information, essential for the correlation of larval eels with their adult species, is attempted here as a necessary adjunct to the further development of systematic studies on adults. About 450 forms of eel larvae have been described, of which nearly 100 have been at least tentatively identified; some 200 have been named as species of die genus Leptocephahis Grono- vius, 1763 (now a rejected name in Zoology), or of other larval genera; the remainder have not been named. Systematic and bibliographic information on these cel larvae is presented together with a geographic checklist and a list of myomere numbers in leptocephali. Reports of eel eggs and prelarvae are not included but these may be found in some of the papers listed. The leptocephalous larvae of other groups of fishes are excluded from this index, although references are made to relevant sources of information.
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- Date Issued: 1969-12
The Eel genera Congrina and Coloconger off Southern Mozambique and their larval forms
- Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Authors: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1969-05
- Subjects: Bathycongrus -- Mozambique , Bathycongrus -- Larvae , Coloconger , Coloconger -- Larvae , Eels -- Mozambique
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69597 , vital:29555 , 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. 6 , Eight juvenile eels collected off southern Mozambique by the Galathea and identified as Congrina guttulata (Gunther, 1887) each have three well-defined, longitudinal rows of melanophores on the lateral body surface. The Dana collection of leptocephali contains many East African larvae with identical pigmentation. Their added close agreement in number of myomeres, fin-rays etc. allows such larvae to be firmly identified with Congrina Jordan & Hubbs, 1925, and specifically with C. guttulata. Leptocephalus trilineatus Castle, 1964 and L. geminus Castle, 1964, with similar pigmentation from the southwest Pacific, must therefore also belong to Congrina. Ten eels from southern Mozambique (Galathea Expedition and a commercial trawler) are identified with Coloconger scholesi Chan, 1967, otherwise known only from the South China Sea. A metamorphic lepto-cephalus of C. raniceps Alcock, 1889, from off southern India (Galathea) shows remnants of larval pigmentation, and permits the recognition for the first time of the larval characters of Coloconger.
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- Date Issued: 1969-05
- Authors: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John) , Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1969-05
- Subjects: Bathycongrus -- Mozambique , Bathycongrus -- Larvae , Coloconger , Coloconger -- Larvae , Eels -- Mozambique
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69597 , vital:29555 , 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. 6 , Eight juvenile eels collected off southern Mozambique by the Galathea and identified as Congrina guttulata (Gunther, 1887) each have three well-defined, longitudinal rows of melanophores on the lateral body surface. The Dana collection of leptocephali contains many East African larvae with identical pigmentation. Their added close agreement in number of myomeres, fin-rays etc. allows such larvae to be firmly identified with Congrina Jordan & Hubbs, 1925, and specifically with C. guttulata. Leptocephalus trilineatus Castle, 1964 and L. geminus Castle, 1964, with similar pigmentation from the southwest Pacific, must therefore also belong to Congrina. Ten eels from southern Mozambique (Galathea Expedition and a commercial trawler) are identified with Coloconger scholesi Chan, 1967, otherwise known only from the South China Sea. A metamorphic lepto-cephalus of C. raniceps Alcock, 1889, from off southern India (Galathea) shows remnants of larval pigmentation, and permits the recognition for the first time of the larval characters of Coloconger.
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- Date Issued: 1969-05
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