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This new genus may be distinguished from other salariian genera by- 

 means of the key to genera of that subfamily. 



Named Fallacirripedes because of its "false" appearance of re- 

 sembling Cirripectes. 



Figure 124. — Fallacirnpectes minutus, new species, holotype, USNM 142153, from Bikini 

 Atoll. Drawn by Dorothea B. Schultz. 



FALLACIRRIPECTES MINUTUS, new species 



Figure 124 



Holotype. — USNM 142153, Bikini Atoll, Eman Island, ocean reef 

 in surf, July 19, 1947, S-46-441, Schultz, Brock, Myers, and Hiatt, 

 standard length, 21.4 mm., female. 



Paratypes. — USNM 142152, taken with holotype and bearing same 

 data, 2 specimens, 18 and 20 mm.; USNM 142151, Bikini Atoll, 

 lagoon reef halfway between Bildni and Amen Islands, July 21, 1947, 

 S-46-442, Brock, Hiatt, and Schultz, 1 specimen, 15 mm.; USNM 

 142150, Eniwetok Atoll, Jieroru Island, ocean reef. May 21, S-46-174, 

 Schultz, 2 specimens, 16 to 19 mm.; USNM 142149, Eniwetok Atoll, 

 Mui Island, ocean reef in surf. May 28, S-46-186, Schultz, 6 speci- 

 mens, 12 to 19 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XII, 10, except XII,11 in one paratype; 

 anal 11,11, except 11,12 in two paratypes; pectoral 15, with lower 

 5 rays enlarged; branched caudal 5+4; pelvics 1,4; no orbital tentacle; 

 nuchal cirrus simple, single on each side; nasal tentacle single, simple 

 on each side. Counts were made on all the specimens. The following 

 measurements made on the holotype and a male paratype are recorded 

 below in thousandths of the standard length, which is, respectively, 

 21.4 and 18.9 mm.: Length of head 322 and 312; greatest depth 

 234 and 227; least depth of body 75 and 90; postorbital length of 

 head 178 and 190; diameter of eye 75 and 85; length of snout 136 

 and 132; fleshy interorbital space 28 and 31; longest dorsal spine 

 131 and 148; longest soft dorsal ray 149 and 169; longest anal ray 107 

 and 106; longest pectoral ray 304 and 291; longest pelvic ray 201 and 



