. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE FISHES OF THE FAMILY CLINIDAE J7 C. anguillaris and C. striatus are the two most eel-like species. They have small scales on the cheeks as well as on the bases of the dorsal, anal and caudal fins. They are very alike and form a distinct pair of species; it is proposed to show their relationship by placing them together in a subgenus Blennophis. C. capensis cannot be confused with any other species, on account of the barbels on the chin and snout. In some families, Brotulid
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE FISHES OF THE FAMILY CLINIDAE J7 C. anguillaris and C. striatus are the two most eel-like species. They have small scales on the cheeks as well as on the bases of the dorsal, anal and caudal fins. They are very alike and form a distinct pair of species; it is proposed to show their relationship by placing them together in a subgenus Blennophis. C. capensis cannot be confused with any other species, on account of the barbels on the chin and snout. In some families, Brotulidae, this feature is considered sufficient grounds for generic distinction. Springer (1954) included one species with a chin barbel in the clinid genus Paraclinus, whose members are otherwise without facial barbels. In view of the fact that C. capensis resembles. Fig. 4. Distribution of C. anguillaris (open circles), C. striatus (closed circles), C. capensis (closed triangles), C. dor satis (open squares), C. navalis (closed squares), C. acuminatus (open triangles). the other species of Clinus in all other respects, having the same type of supra- orbital tentacle, lateral line, and intromittent organ, it seems preferable to treat this species as a member of the genus Clinus. Since, however, it is set apart from the others by the facial barbels, it may be placed in a subgenus Cirrhi- barbis. The lateral line of C. navalis appears to be of the same type as that found in the other species of Clinus, but the pores continue double for a varying distance behind the post-pectoral curve, often along the whole length of the lateral 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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