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AKT. S. — S. TANAKA : DESCRirXIONS OF ONE NEW 



ill May 1901), is numbered 2154 in the Iniperitil University 

 collection. 



MEASUREMENTS OF SCYLIORinNUS PLATYlillYNCliUS. 



Total k'ugth as measured to root of lower caudal lobe 



Total length as measured to tip of caudal 



Height of body behind base of pectoral 



Height of body at origin of first dorsal 



Length of head as measured to upper edge of Hr,'<t gill-oj)euii 



Diameter of eye 



Iuterorl)ital "width ... 



Length of snout from anterior margin of eye ... 



Longitudinal diameter of spiracle 



Distance between spiracles 



Length of mouth cleft as measured from its antei'ioi- tip to the 



Distance between mouth corners 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior margin of mouth 



Shortest distance between nostrils 



Longest distance between nostrils 



Distance from tij) of snout to first dorsal 



Distance from tip of snout to second dorsal ... 



Distance from tip of snout to pectoral 



Distance from tip of snout to ventral ... 



Distance from tip of snout to anal 



Length of base of first dorsal 



Length of base of second dorsal 



Length of base of anal ... 



Length of base of pectoral 



Lenyth of lower caudal lobe 



