. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 143 rays (if the figure is correct). There is apparently no series of small fine teeth on the posterior margin of the maxilla in the Cape species, as there is in the other species. Gen. GoNOSTOMA Raf. 1810. Rafinesque, Indice d' Ittiol. Sicil., p. 64. 1906. Brauer, Wiss. Erg. D. Tiefsee Exp., vol. xv, pt. 1, p. 70 (account of genus). Body elongate, compressed. Skin naked, or occasionally with very thin deciduous scales. Photophores longitudinally arra

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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 143 rays (if the figure is correct). There is apparently no series of small fine teeth on the posterior margin of the maxilla in the Cape species, as there is in the other species. Gen. GoNOSTOMA Raf. 1810. Rafinesque, Indice d' Ittiol. Sicil., p. 64. 1906. Brauer, Wiss. Erg. D. Tiefsee Exp., vol. xv, pt. 1, p. 70 (account of genus). Body elongate, compressed. Skin naked, or occasionally with very thin deciduous scales. Photophores longitudinally arranged. Mouth large. Teeth unequal, slender ; canines mixed with smaller teeth in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum

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