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  NEW 
  SCI.VENID 
  FISHES 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  129 
  

  

  Descriptioji. 
  — 
  Certain 
  meapurcmeiits 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  these 
  data, 
  

   recorded 
  below, 
  are 
  expressed 
  in 
  hundredths 
  of 
  the 
  s(an(hutl 
  k'ngth, 
  

   fii-st 
  for 
  the 
  holotyjie, 
  then 
  for 
  the 
  paratype 
  in 
  parentheses, 
  respec- 
  

   tively. 
  Standard 
  len<rths 
  in 
  millimeters, 
  77 
  ^89). 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  head 
  33.8 
  (33.2); 
  greatest 
  depth 
  of 
  body 
  32.5 
  (30.8); 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  7.53 
  (7.42) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  snout 
  9.22 
  (8.70) 
  ; 
  distance 
  

   from 
  front 
  of 
  upper 
  lip 
  to 
  rear 
  tip 
  of 
  maxillary 
  12.2 
  (11.8); 
  least 
  

   preorbital 
  width 
  4.1G 
  (3.93) 
  ; 
  postorbital 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  18.8 
  (18.4) 
  ; 
  

   width 
  of 
  bony 
  interorbital 
  space 
  9.74 
  (9.10) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  

   or 
  distance 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  last 
  anal 
  ray 
  to 
  midcaudal 
  fin 
  base 
  22.1 
  (23.G) 
  ; 
  

   least 
  depth 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  10.0 
  (9.r>5) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  second 
  

  

  Figure 
  6. 
  — 
  Ophioscion 
  brasiliensis, 
  new 
  species: 
  Ilolotype 
  (U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  87742). 
  

  

  doi-sal 
  fin 
  32.5 
  (31.2) 
  and 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  anal 
  fin 
  12.5 
  (12.9) 
  ; 
  longest 
  dorsal 
  

   spine 
  175 
  ( 
  — 
  ) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  second 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  12.3 
  (11.8); 
  length 
  of 
  

   second 
  anal 
  spine 
  16.2 
  (13.8) 
  ; 
  longest 
  ray 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  24.4 
  (22.5) 
  ; 
  

   longest 
  soft 
  ray 
  of 
  pelvic 
  fin 
  25.1 
  (25.8) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  pelvic 
  spine 
  12.1 
  

   (11.7); 
  longest 
  midcaudal 
  fin 
  ray 
  2G.0 
  (23.0); 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  gill 
  

   raker 
  3.64 
  (2.81) 
  ; 
  distance 
  from 
  snout 
  tip 
  to 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  37.1 
  (36.5) 
  

   and 
  to 
  anal 
  origin 
  68.3 
  (70.8) 
  ; 
  snout 
  (o 
  pelvic 
  in.sortioii 
  3r).4 
  (3"). 
  5) 
  and 
  

   to 
  pectoral 
  insertion 
  31.4 
  (33.7). 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  counts 
  were 
  made, 
  respectively 
  : 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  X-I, 
  22 
  

   (X-I. 
  21) 
  ; 
  anal 
  rays 
  II, 
  9 
  (II, 
  9) 
  ; 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  ii, 
  16-ii, 
  17 
  (ii, 
  17-ii, 
  

   17) 
  ; 
  pelvics 
  always 
  I, 
  5; 
  vertical 
  .scale 
  rows 
  counted 
  above 
  lateral 
  lino 
  

   •16 
  (46) 
  and 
  pores 
  in 
  lateral 
  line 
  45 
  (46) 
  ; 
  scales 
  from 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  to 
  

   lateral 
  line 
  5 
  (5) 
  and 
  fi'oni 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  soft 
  dor.^al 
  ray 
  to 
  lateral 
  lino 
  

   5 
  (5) 
  ; 
  scales 
  from 
  lateral 
  jiiie 
  to 
  anal 
  (iriiiin 
  7 
  (7) 
  : 
  zig/ag 
  .'-cale 
  rows 
  

   around 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  17 
  (17). 
  

  

  Snout 
  blimtly 
  roiuided, 
  projecting 
  a 
  liltic 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  mouth, 
  tho 
  

   latter 
  inferior 
  in 
  [josition; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  included: 
  intciorbital 
  space 
  

   broad, 
  a 
  little 
  convex, 
  its 
  width 
  about 
  equnl 
  to 
  Iciigdi 
  of 
  snout; 
  an- 
  

  

  