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U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 



Vol. 2 



HEMIPTERONOTUS HYPOSPILUS, new species 



FlGUEE 97 



Holotype. — Only known specimen (USNM 152989), Celebes, 

 Makasser Market, December 22, 1909, Albatross, standard length 

 119 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays IX, 12; anal 111,12; pectoral ii,10 and 

 ii,10; branched caudal rays 6 + 6; pores in lateral line 20 + 5; vertical 

 scale rows 26 or 27, with 2 scales above lateral line to base of fost 

 dorsal soft ray and 10 below to anal origin; gill rakers on first gill 

 arch 5+1 + 8; cheek below eye with about 8 rows of scales, this patch 

 of scales reaching to corner of mouth; upper part of opercle with 2 

 scales. 



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Figure 97. — Hejnipteronotus hypospilus, new species, holotype, USNM 152989 from 

 Makasser market, Celebes. Drawn by A. M. Awl. 



Precision measurements were made on the holotype, and these are 

 expressed in thousandths of the standard length, 119 mm. Length 

 of head 303; greatest depth 319; least depth of caudal peduncle 130; 

 length of caudal peduncle 101; snout 160; eye 83; fleshy interorbital 

 space 71; postorbital length of head 143; distance between anterior 

 and posterior nostrils 8; least suborbital distance to mouth 122; 

 snout tip to anus 498; snout tip to dorsal origin 269; longest fin ray 

 of pectoral 193, of pelvic 202, caudal 202, soft anal 109, and of soft 

 dorsal 105; longest dorsal spine (fii*st) 130, anal spine (third) 80. 



Head 3.3; greatest depth 3.1; longest pectoral ray 5.1; snout tip to 

 anus 2.1 ; snout to dorsal origin 1.3, all in the standard length. Snout 

 1.8; eye 5.5; postorbital length of head 2.1; fleshy interorbital space 

 6.0; longest pectoral ray 1.5; least depth of body 2.3; all in length 

 of head. Eye in fleshy interorbital space 0.8. 



Dorsal profile of snout forming an angle of 90 degrees with ventral 

 contour of head; pectoral fin reaches to opposite tenth or eleventh 

 lateral line pore; outer rays of pelvics elongate; distal margin of caudal 



