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146. If pigment occurs on upper part of head it is not arranged to form 



a single pair of darkish spots between eyes anil origin of dorsal 



fin. 



15a. Midventral line behind anal origin without distinct pigment areas; 



a black blotch at base of caudal fin rays, more below lengthwise 



axis than above, and continued as a fan-shaped band in lower 



half of caudal fin ; upper part of head darkish ; rest of body 



pale except a trace of a streak from eye past upper pectoral 



base, thence below midaxis of body to black caudal spot ; depth 



5.2 in standard length; snout 1.1 in eye; snout 4.4 in head; eye 



1.6 in maxillaries ; eye 4 in head ; dorsal rays VI-I, 8 ; anal I, 8 ; 



pectoral 16 (there is a rudimentary fifth ray on pelvics of type). 



Eviota sebreei Jordan and Scale 

 15&. Along base of anal fin and midventral line of caudal peduncle 

 five or six pigment areas. 

 16a. Along base of anal fin two pigment areas and three more on mid- 

 ventral line of caudal peduncle (usually these spots are dis- 

 tinct and only somewhat imbedded) ; caudal i)eduncle with a 

 black blotch that more or less joins the fifth spot on mid- 

 ventral line of caudal peduncle (a few specimens are almost 

 colorle.ss) ; spiny dorsal blackish, basal part often white; anal 

 blackish; about 1.3 to 16 pigment areas sometimes in form 

 of saddles along midline of back, four of these in front of 

 dorsals, nine under dorsals and rest on caudal peduncle ; lower 

 pectoral rays of large males fringelike similar to pectorals ; 

 depth about 4.5 ; snout 1.25 to 1.6 in eye ; snout 4.4 to 5.0 in 

 head ; eye 1.1 to 1.3 in maxillary ; eye 3 to 3.1 In head ; dorsal 

 rays VI-I, 9 ; anal I, 7 or I, 8 ; pectoral 17. 



Eviota epiphanes Jenkins 

 16&. Along base of anal fin three pigment areas and three more on 

 midventral line of caudal peduncle (these spots somewhat 

 imbedded) ; a pair of postsymphyseal canines each side of 

 symphysis of lower jaw ; similar canines on upper jaw ; 

 black blotch on caudal peduncle indistinct or absent ; two 

 or three faint pigment areas on cheek and another on opercle; 

 dorsals and anal blackish ; caudal dusky ; young sometimes 

 with two brown spots on pectoral base; tongue pointed; 

 maxillary extends to rear of pupil ; first dorsal spines some- 

 times elongate; depth 4.2 to 5.3; snout in eye 1.2 to 1.4; snout 

 in head 4.1 to 4.6; eye in maxillary 1.0 to 1.5; eye in head 

 3.1 to 3.6; dorsal rays VI-I, 8 or I, 9; anal I. 7 or 8; pectoral 



about 16 Eviota prasites Jordan and Seale 



12&. Gill membranes extending far forward and narrowly joined to isthmus; 

 eight blackish bars on head and body; fifth pelvic ray rudimentary; 

 bony interorbital space concave, very narrow ; area in front of dorsal 

 fin naked; tongue rounded; depth 4^ ; eight blackish bars or saddles, 

 one under eye, next across rear margin of orbit, two in front of 

 dorsals, three under dorsals, and eighth a saddle on upper edge of 

 caudal peduncle ; dorsal rays VI-I, 9 or 10 ; anal I, 8 or I, 9 ; pectoral 

 17 or 18 ; scales 27 ; 8 in transver.se row ; head naked ; breast naked. 



Trimma eviotops, now species 



