NO. 17C.4. 



THE VENOMOUS TOADFISHES—BEAN \\l> WEED. 



523 



Measun mt nts of Jive specimens of Thalassophryne reticulata. 



Total length 



Standard length 



Body: 



Depth 



Width 



Depth at ventral fins 



Depth of caudal peduncle 

 Head: 



Length 



Width 



Interorbital width 



Snout 



Maxillary 



Mandible 



Orbit 



Dorsal (spinous): 



Distance from snout 



Lengt h of base 



Height of first spine 



Height of second spine . . . 

 Dorsal (soft): 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Height of first ray 



Height of longest ray 



Height of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Height of first ray 



Height of longest ray 



Height of last ray 



Caudal: 



Length of middle rays 



Length of outer rays 



Pectoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branehiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Maximum. 



29.7 cm. 



24.8 cm. 



.198 

 .222 

 .1(19 

 .073 



.331 

 .320 

 .070 

 .045 

 .153 



.202 



.055 



Minimum. 



6.6cm. 



5. 5 cm. 



.104 

 .198 

 .157 



. 059 



. 323 

 .297 

 .05* 

 .035 

 .144 



.192 



.028 



Average. 



21.0cm. 

 L8.0cm. 



.185 

 .210 



. 165 



. 004 



. 327 

 .305 

 . 060 

 .041 

 .148 



.197 



.038 



.279 

 .102 

 .092 

 .080 



.421 

 .579 

 .093 

 .147 

 .094 



.444 

 . 550 

 .001 

 .112 

 .077 



.187 

 .161 



.343 



. 240 



.180 

 .165 



5 



11-27 



25 



12 



17 



T.2 



5.41 in standard length. 

 1.77 in standard length. 

 6.06 in standard length. 

 5.12 in head. 



3.06 in standard length. 

 3.28 in standard length. 

 4.!to in head. 



7.98 in head. 



6.76 in standard length. 



2.21 in head. 



5.08 In standard length. 



1.66 in head. 



8.61 in head. 



3.58 in standard length. 



3.21 in head. 

 3.56 in head. 

 3.80 in head. 



2.37 in standard length . 

 1.73 in standard length. 

 3.52 in head. 



2.22 in head. 

 3.48 in head. 



2.25 in standard length. 

 1.80 in standard length. 



5.37 in head. 

 2.92 in head. 

 4.25 in head. 



1.75 in head 

 2.03 in head. 



2.91 in standard length. 



4.07 in standard length. 

 1.33 in head. 



5.38 in standard length. 

 6.06 in standard length. 

 1.98 in head. 



THALASSOPHRYNE MEGALOPS Bean and Weed, new species. 



Head 2* to 2§. Depth U. D. 11-18 or 19. A. 17. P. 13 to 14. 

 V. I, 2. C. 14. 



Body short and stout, compressed behind. Head low, its length 

 slightly greater (one-seventh to two-ninths) than its width. Eyes 

 large, 5§ to 5£ in head. Eyes 1 ^ to 1 \ times 

 length of snout, equal to interorbital width. 

 Interorbital width 5.3 to 5.5 in length of head. 

 Opercular spine Z\ to 4 in head. Mouth oblique, 

 the lower jaw much projecting. Maxillary 2 in 

 head, reaching past eye. Mandible 1§ in head. 

 Teeth broad incisors, uniserial on premaxillary, 

 mandible, vomer and palatines. The illustration shows the front 

 and side of a tooth from the left palatine. Pectoral lins obliquely 

 rounded, reaching to about fourth anal ray, If in head. Candid 



Fig. 8.— Tooth ofThalasso- 



PHRYNE MEGALOPS. X 10 

 DIAMETERS. Klsll. 6.9 CM. 

 LONii. 



