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distance from tip of snout to posterior edge of maxillary 14.6 (13.9; 

 14.9) ; distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 35.4 (33.9; 

 36.2) ; snout to origin of anal fin 64.9 (69.1; 66.0) ; distance from pos- 

 terior base of anal fin to midbase of caudal fin 23.4 (23.3 ; 22.8) ; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 12.9 (13.1; 13.0) ; postorbital length of head 

 19.1 (18.6; 18.5); width of bony interorbital space 4.7 (4.7; 4.3); 

 length of longest ray of pectoral fin 32.8 (33.3 ; 33.0) ; length of longest 

 (fourth or fifth) dorsal spine 14.9 (15.3; 14.9) ; length of longest or 

 first soft ray of dorsal 22.9 (19.5 ; 19.4) ; length of caudal fin 25.7 (21.7; 

 24.4) ; length of pelvic fin 23.4 (21.7 ; 23.4) ; length of longest or second 

 anal spine 16.6 (16.7; 17.4) ; least width of preorbital 3.7 (3.3; 3.8). 



Figure 12. — Amblycirrhitus hubhardi, new species: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 115750), 



35 mm. in standard length. 



Counts made on the types: Dorsal rays X, 14 (X, 14; X, 14) ; anal 

 rays III, 6 (III, 6; III, 6) ; number of scale rows crossing the lateral 

 line 51 (51; 51) ; scales between lateral line and base of last dorsal 

 spine 4 (4; 4) ; scales between lateral line and base of first anal spine 

 10 (10; 10) ; number of teeth on preopercular edge 12 or 13 (about 14; 

 16 or 17) ; number of scale rows on cheek 5 (5; 5) ; number of gill 

 rakers on first gill arch (5+1 + 12; 5 + 1 + 12); pectoral fin for- 

 mula ii + 6 + vi R, ii + 6 vi L (ii + 6 + vi R, ii + 6 + vi L; ii + 6 + vi 

 R, ii + 6 + vi L). 



Teeth on vomer and head of palatines villif orm ; a few small canines 

 near front and sides of both jaws anteriorly, becoming villiforjn and 

 in a narrow to a single row posteriorly ; posterior edge of preopercle 

 dorsally with small serrae, the lower edge smooth ; scales cycloid ; rear 

 margin of caudal fin a little concave ; second anal spine longest, third 

 longer than first; lower pectoral rays simple, exserted, the longest 

 reaching to base of second anal spine ; anus a little in advance in origin 

 of anal fin; pelvics reaching just past anus but not quite to anal fin 

 base; base of pectoral scaly, these extending out on middle rays a 



