FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 



2G5 



116087) 38 to 67 mm., bearing same data. In addition 9 paratypes 

 (U.S.N.M. No. 116088), 24.5 to 49 mm., were taken by L. P. Schiiltz 

 on the reef of Tau Island at Siulagi Point. 



Description. — (Based on the holotype and paratypes listed above. 

 Detailed measurements were made on the holotype and two para- 

 types and are expressed in hundredths of the standard length, 61.5 

 (67; 61.7) mm.; those for the holotype outside the parenthesis and for 

 the paratypes within the parentheses, respectively.) Length of 

 head 21.4 (21.1; 21.0); greatest depth 8.9 (7.9; 10.8); diameter of 

 eye 2.4 (2.8; 2.6); length of snout 5.5 (5.5; 6.0); width of fleshy 

 interorbital space 1.6 (1.5; 1.8) ; length from tip of lower jaw to the 

 posterior edge of the maxillary 8.1 (8.5; 8.3) ; postorl)ital length of 

 head 13 ( 11.2 ; 13.0) ; tip of snout to posterior edge of the maxillary 

 10.1 (10.0; 10.5) ; distance from tip of snout to anus 37.0 (38.3; 37.7) ; 

 distance from snout to origin of dorsal fin 35.0 (33.6; 36.4) ; length 



Figure 25. — Crystallodytes cookei enderburyensis, new subspecies: Holotype (U. S. N. M. 

 No. 116086), 61.5 mm. in standard length. 



of longest ray of dorsal fin 7.0 (7.5; 5.7); longest ray of anal 7.0 

 (7.5; 7.4); longest ray of pectoral 11.0 (9.7; 10.2); longest ray of 

 pelvic 8.0 (6.7; 6.8) ; longest ray of caudal (middle) fin 9.7 (9.3; 9.2). 



Dorsal 41 (43; 40; 42; 43; 41; 40; 41; 40) ; anal 39 (39; 37; 39; 39; 

 39; 38; 38; 37) ; pectoral 13 (12; 13; 12; 13; 13; 12; 12; 12) ; pelvic 

 rays always I, 5; pores in lateral line 59 (59; 59; 57; 60; 56; 58). 



The origin of the dorsal fin is a little in front of the anal so 

 that the origin of the anal is under the third to fifth dorsal ray; 

 the pelvics are inserted in front of the bases of the pectoral fins; 

 the operculum extends backward, covering the base of the pectoral 

 fin; the ventral part of the opercular covering (subopercle and inter- 

 operclo) is deeply emarginate and fits around the front bases of the 

 l)elvic fins; gill opening extended far forward, the gill membranes 

 free from the isthmus; the lateral line extends along the midaxis 

 anteriorly but has a ventral course posteriorly, almost meeting its 

 fellow behind the anal fin; there are no scales in front of the dorsal 

 fin and none on any other part of the body or head except along 

 the lateral line; the maxillary is somewhat concealed by the sub- 

 orbital region of the eye under which it slips; the edges of the lower 

 jaw along their sides, (not at tip of jaw) bear about 14 or 15 tiny 

 cirri or tootldike projections some of which are bifid; there are no 

 other papillae or cirri on the head; the large eyes in front part of 



