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margin of tlie orbit. The top of the head is hght dusky; the bottom 

 of the head is dusky, darker than the top (the prepelvic area of the 

 body is even darker). There is faint indication of a dusky chevron 

 pattern on the bottom of the head, and pale stripes between the 

 chevrons. The upper hp bears indications of 9 or 10 dusky bands 

 separated by pale stripes. 



The spinous dorsal fin bears a broad, immaculate band distally; 

 basally there is a narrow, dusky band; the soft dorsal is irregularly 

 dusky except for a narrow, immaculate distal margin. The anal fin 

 is dark dusky, grading darker distally. The caudal fin bears about 

 four irregular dusky bands punctuated by pale spots. The pectoral 

 fin is almost entirely dusky, darker ventrally. The fleshy pectoral 

 base is irregularly light dusky. The pelvic fin is pale with sparsely 

 scattered melanophores over the fin membrane. 



The paratypes are generally similar in color pattern to the holotype; 

 liowever, the lower half of tlie preopercular area may bear a dark 

 blotch or irregular vertical stripes. Females are paler than males 

 and have the anal fin immaculate, the lip markings more diffuse. 



TABLE 38. — Frequency distribution of number of predorsal commissural pores of 

 specimens of Entomacrodus strasburgi arranged by SL classes (in mm) 



TABLE 39 



. — Proportional 

 strasburgi (for 



dimensions 

 meaning of 



in percent SL of specimens of Entomacrodus 

 abbreviations see methods section) 



