FAMILY TRICHONOTIDAE — SCHULTZ 



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tip of snout to anus 458 and 497; tip of snout to dorsal origin 492 

 and 582; tip of snout to anal origin 459 and 484; length of pectoral 

 fin 172 and 165; length of pelvics 103 and 98; length of caudal fin 

 212 and 215. 



■ Counts from original description and figure. 



Body elongate, slender, head depressed, tapering to a flattened 

 projecting snout; lower jaw notably included; origin of dorsal fin a 

 little behind a vertical line through anal fin origin; pelvics inserted a 

 little in advance of base of pectoral fins; operculum elongated, mem- 

 branous, and covering base of pelvic fins, gill membranes free from 

 isthmus, joined to it far forward; lateral line along midaxis anteriorly, 

 gradually becoming more ventraliy located, and meeting its fellow at 

 ventral base of caudal fin; each lateral line scale, at least posteriorly, 

 with concave notch posteriorly and lower lobe longer than upper lobe 

 of scale, the canal under lower lobe; body fully scaled; the slender 

 maxillary slips under the preorbital; the slender pointed lower jaw 

 has a series of cirri along its edges ; minute teeth in a very narrow band 

 on both jaws, on palatines and probably on the vomer; no cirri on 

 operculum; eyes large, located dorsaUy, with the pupils placed 

 anteriorly and directed forward; interorbital space convex, narrow; 

 posterior nasal opening a pore at front margin of orbit, anterior 

 nostril also a pore behind fleshy tip of snout; tongue free, long, 

 slender, and pointed; anus close in front of anal origin; third and 

 fourth pelvic soft rays longest. 



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