NEW COTTOID FISHES SCHULTZ 



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eral line complete, arched over pectoral fin as in Sigmistes caulias; 

 no slit behind last gill ; anal papillae of male simple, long, conical, 

 unbranched at tip; vent about one-fourth to one-third the distance 

 from the insertion of the pelvic fins to the origin of the anal fin; 

 pelvic fin rays I, 3 ; one bannerlike cirrus on tip of each dorsal spine 

 except the first; a single unbranched cirrus at each pore of anterior 

 portion of the arch of lateral line, the last cirrus being about under the 

 origin of soft dorsal ; a pair of simple dermal cirri over each concealed 

 nasal spine ; a large multibranched cirrus over each eye, and another 

 pair of simple unbranched cirri occurs on the occiput about one-third 

 of the distance from those over the eyes to the origin of the spiny 

 dorsal fin; jaws about the same length; snout blunt; spinous dorsal 

 of mature males much higher than on females. 



Figure 70. — Phallocotttis obtusus, new genus and species : Holotype, U. S. N. M. no. 

 103280. Drawn by Jane Roller. 



Color ill alcoliol. pale yellowish below, darker above; body finely 

 speckled with tiny black dots, more dense on upper portions of body ; 

 anal fin of male yellow-orange; spinous dorsal fin of male blackish 

 anteriorly and brownish orange posteriorly; lower portion of pec- 

 torals of male yellowish orange; fins otherwise light grayish; soft 

 dorsal with four or five faint and very irregular cross bars; sev- 

 eral ocelli or black spots surrounded by light areas occur on top of 

 head and body as follows: One on top of head midway between 

 eyes; one on midline of occiput ; a pair on upper side of head a little 

 in front of origin of soft dorsal, or just above the anterior end of the 

 lateral line ; and several faint irregular ones below the lateral line on 

 side of body sometimes absent. Black spots occur as follows: One 

 above upper edge of base of pectoral fin, and one at base of midrays 

 of pectoral fin ; another at base of fourth, fifth, or sixth soft dorsal 

 rays; another series of small faint irregular spots occur along the 

 lateral line ; two of the paratypes have a row of roundish light areas 



