. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 646 Annals of the South African Museum. canal opening by paired pores, the upper and lower pores opposite one another (not alternate as in Clinoporus), and joined by a slight cuticular ridge, thus resembling a ladder. Climacoporus navalis n. sp. (Text-fig. 1.) Body elongate, moderately compressed. Depth 5J, length of head 4, in length of body (caudal excluded). Eye slightly greater than. Fig. 1.—Climacoporus navalis , a, whole animal, scaling on body only partly indicated, b, scale, c, d, l
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 646 Annals of the South African Museum. canal opening by paired pores, the upper and lower pores opposite one another (not alternate as in Clinoporus), and joined by a slight cuticular ridge, thus resembling a ladder. Climacoporus navalis n. sp. (Text-fig. 1.) Body elongate, moderately compressed. Depth 5J, length of head 4, in length of body (caudal excluded). Eye slightly greater than. Fig. 1.—Climacoporus navalis , a, whole animal, scaling on body only partly indicated, b, scale, c, d, left anterior nostril from the side and from behind, e, left supraorbital tentacle from behind. snout, 4 in length of head. Profile of head slightly convex. Anterior nostril shortly tubular, with a short filament arising from hind margin of rim; posterior nostril slightly larger than the head pores, but scarcely tubular. A transversely flattened, palmate supraorbital tentacle. Maxilla reaching to vertical from anterior third of eye. A band of smaller teeth behind the front row in both jaws, and a curved band on vomer. Branchiostegals 6. Gill-rakers 5-6 on lower part of anterior arch, very feeble. D XXXVII 1, beginning above hind edge of pre-opercle, spines increasing in length up to about the 30th, the first 4 more widely spaced than the others, especially the 2nd and 3rd, and 3rd and 4th, the single ray connected by membrane with the base of caudal fin. A II 24. P 12. VI 3, 3rd ray minute. C 15 (13 main rays). Lateral line with 77 pairs of pores, 24 to the downward curve, 10 on the bend, which occurs between the verticals from the 12th and 14th spines, and 43 on the straight hinder part,. 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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