﻿NEW 
  PEHCOll) 
  FISHES 
  IKOM 
  NEW 
  CTINEA 
  — 
  StlllLrZ 
  

  

  IIU 
  

  

  (listaiK-e 
  from 
  ti|) 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  dorsal 
  orijriii 
  4(').S 
  (47.0; 
  47.4) 
  : 
  snout 
  to 
  

   niuil 
  oii<:iu 
  G")!) 
  (G4..'5; 
  65.7): 
  snout 
  to 
  pectoral 
  insertion 
  34.2 
  (30.8: 
  

   3(5.0); 
  snout 
  to 
  jjelvie 
  insertion 
  3i>.0 
  (39.0: 
  11.5): 
  snout 
  to 
  center 
  of 
  

   :inus 
  .'m.C) 
  (5r..7 
  : 
  ."rj.l 
  ) 
  : 
  ceiitei- 
  of 
  anus 
  to 
  anal 
  ori<i;in 
  7.<t.") 
  (7.32: 
  ,s.()() 
  i. 
  

  

  The 
  follo\vin«r 
  counts 
  were 
  made, 
  respectively 
  : 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  VI 
  11. 
  11 
  

   (VIII. 
  10: 
  VIII. 
  11: 
  VIII. 
  II: 
  \TI1. 
  11: 
  VIII. 
  11) 
  : 
  anal 
  rays 
  III, 
  10 
  

   in 
  all 
  six 
  specimens; 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  ii. 
  13 
  in 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  all 
  six 
  s[)eci- 
  

   mens: 
  pelvics 
  always 
  I. 
  5: 
  iriH 
  rakers 
  6+1 
  + 
  13 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  types; 
  scales 
  

   in 
  lateral 
  line 
  31 
  (30; 
  31; 
  31: 
  30; 
  30) 
  ; 
  scales 
  ahove 
  lateral 
  line 
  4 
  (4:4; 
  

   4; 
  4; 
  4) 
  and 
  helow 
  lateral 
  line 
  to 
  anal 
  ori«;in 
  7 
  (7: 
  8; 
  7: 
  7; 
  7) 
  ; 
  zigzag 
  

   .scales 
  around 
  caudal 
  i)eduncle 
  15 
  (l6: 
  IC); 
  16; 
  15; 
  16) 
  ; 
  branched 
  rays 
  

   of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  always 
  8 
  + 
  7. 
  totaling 
  i:». 
  

  

  \^fl^_v 
  

  

  ^^ 
  

  

  Figure 
  3. 
  — 
  Xenambassis 
  honessi, 
  new 
  species: 
  Holotype 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  122830), 
  standard 
  

   length 
  X7.6 
  mm. 
  Drawn 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Aimc 
  \I. 
  .\wl. 
  

  

  Depth 
  of 
  body 
  about 
  2'/). 
  head 
  2%, 
  both 
  in 
  standard 
  length; 
  snout 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  eye 
  3»'- 
  to 
  4. 
  eye 
  3yi„ 
  to 
  IP/-,, 
  both 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  in- 
  

   terorbital 
  about 
  e<|ual 
  to 
  snout; 
  maxillary 
  with 
  its 
  rear 
  margin 
  a 
  little 
  

   concave, 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  to 
  below 
  middle 
  of 
  pupil; 
  three 
  series 
  of 
  

   scales 
  on 
  the 
  che<.»k 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  over 
  rear 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  pectoral 
  Hn 
  ; 
  

   first 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  short, 
  second 
  aixl 
  third 
  of 
  nt-arly 
  e(|ual 
  length, 
  those 
  

   following 
  gradually 
  shorter, 
  the 
  next 
  to 
  last 
  sjjine 
  shortest, 
  almul 
  

   three-fourths 
  length 
  of 
  last 
  : 
  anterioi- 
  soft 
  rays 
  of 
  both 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  

   tins 
  longest, 
  longer 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  fin>; 
  first 
  anal 
  

   >pine 
  about 
  two-thiids 
  length 
  <»f 
  second 
  and 
  third, 
  the 
  ladcr 
  s|)ine 
  

   usually 
  a 
  trifle 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  -pines 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  about 
  ecjual 
  

   to 
  f)ostorbital 
  length 
  of 
  head: 
  pelvic 
  spine 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  |)o>t- 
  

   orbital 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  soft 
  ray 
  a 
  little 
  pr<i(|uccd. 
  reaching 
  

   about 
  opjiosite 
  the 
  anal 
  origin: 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  iieaily 
  or 
  (|nitc 
  reaching 
  

   lo 
  opposite 
  anal 
  origin; 
  vertebrae 
  10 
  i 
  17. 
  

  

  