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  l'lU)C;iOEDlNCiS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
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  OoTonrJion. 
  — 
  Goncrnlly 
  brownish, 
  with 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  each 
  scale 
  

   pnU'i-; 
  a 
  pule, 
  hroiul, 
  wedge-shaped 
  bh)(ch 
  extends 
  from 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   anus 
  to 
  pelvic 
  base, 
  upward 
  to 
  behind 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  base; 
  a 
  blackish 
  

   laleral 
  band 
  extends 
  alono- 
  niidaxis 
  of 
  body, 
  more 
  intensely 
  blackish 
  

   l)os(eriorly, 
  eniliiig 
  in 
  a 
  black 
  blotch 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  caudal 
  lin 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  blotch 
  

   about 
  size 
  of 
  eye 
  or 
  smaller 
  occurs 
  just 
  dorsally 
  to 
  anterior 
  base 
  of 
  

   anal 
  fin 
  ; 
  all 
  (ins 
  dusky, 
  the 
  pip;ment 
  more 
  intense 
  basally 
  on 
  interradial 
  

   membranes 
  ol" 
  soft 
  I'ays 
  of 
  each 
  median 
  lin; 
  clieek 
  pale; 
  operculum 
  

   with 
  dusky 
  blotch 
  above 
  and 
  below, 
  w 
  hich 
  are 
  palei- 
  areas; 
  peritoneum 
  

   black. 
  

  

  lieinarka. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  all 
  rehited 
  forms 
  by 
  

   the 
  foregoing 
  key. 
  

  

  Named 
  honessl 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  its 
  collector, 
  Capt. 
  Ilalj)h 
  F. 
  Honess, 
  

   U.S.A. 
  

  

  XENAMBASSIS 
  SIMONI. 
  ni-w 
  KpetiiN 
  

  

  Figure 
  4 
  

  

  llolotype. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  l'J282.S, 
  a 
  male 
  specimen 
  80 
  nnn. 
  in 
  

   standard 
  length, 
  collected 
  in 
  either 
  tlie 
  Samboga 
  or 
  the 
  Girua 
  Kiver 
  

   at 
  Huna 
  (long. 
  148^'U)' 
  E., 
  lat. 
  8°45' 
  S.), 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  by 
  Capt. 
  

   Uali)h 
  V. 
  lioness, 
  U.S.A., 
  in 
  1944. 
  

  

  Pamti/pe. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  122829, 
  a 
  fenuile 
  si)ecimen, 
  08.5 
  nmi. 
  

   in 
  standai'd 
  length, 
  taken 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  bearing 
  

   same 
  data. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Detaiknl 
  measnrements 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  tliese 
  data, 
  

   expressed 
  in 
  hundredths 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  length, 
  are 
  recorded 
  first 
  

   for 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  then 
  for 
  the 
  para(yi)e. 
  Standard 
  lengths 
  in 
  

   millimeters 
  80 
  and 
  (58.5. 
  

  

  (JreatesI 
  depth 
  of 
  body 
  45.0 
  and 
  48.8; 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ;H).9 
  and 
  40.7; 
  

   length 
  of 
  snout 
  9.25 
  and 
  9.78; 
  diameter 
  of 
  . 
  eye 
  10.9 
  and 
  13.0; 
  least 
  

   width 
  of 
  inlerorbital 
  space 
  9.38 
  and 
  10.4; 
  length 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  

   to 
  rear 
  tij) 
  of 
  maxillary 
  13.5 
  and 
  14.2; 
  post 
  orbital 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  

   17.4 
  and 
  19.9; 
  least 
  width 
  of 
  i)reorbital 
  opposite 
  tip 
  of 
  maxillary 
  

   2.00 
  and 
  2.34; 
  least 
  depth 
  of 
  caudal 
  i)e(luncle 
  15.1 
  and 
  15.0; 
  k'ugth 
  

   of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  last 
  anal 
  ray 
  to 
  midcaudal 
  tin 
  base 
  

  

  17.3 
  and 
  18.7; 
  length 
  of 
  embedded 
  procumbent 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  at 
  dorsal 
  

   origin 
  4.25 
  and 
  3.94; 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  ray 
  of 
  i)ectoral 
  fin 
  25.3 
  and 
  

   24.8; 
  longest 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  pelvic 
  lin 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  lilament 
  27.1 
  and 
  2G.7; 
  

   length 
  of 
  pelvic 
  spine 
  H').2 
  and 
  17.4; 
  length 
  of 
  first 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  8.50 
  

   and 
  7.44; 
  of 
  second 
  doi-sal 
  spine 
  19.2 
  and 
  21.3; 
  of 
  last 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  

  

  14.4 
  and 
  11. 
  5; 
  of 
  next 
  lo 
  last 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  14.1 
  and 
  11.5; 
  longest 
  soft 
  

   ray 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  19.5 
  and 
  19.0; 
  of 
  anal 
  lin 
  20.0 
  and 
  20.3; 
  length 
  of 
  

   first 
  anal 
  spine 
  R.50 
  and 
  7.88; 
  of 
  second 
  13.3 
  and 
  14.9; 
  of 
  third 
  anal 
  

   spine 
  M.4 
  and 
  14. 
  0; 
  longest 
  caudal 
  lin 
  ray 
  33.1 
  and 
  34.0; 
  shortest 
  

   midcaudal 
  lin 
  ray 
  10.2 
  and 
  10.3; 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  gill 
  raker 
  on 
  first 
  

  

  