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Skin minutely asperous, finely rough to touch. 



D. VI, 29, 1, sixth spine 3 in head, first ray 2i%; A. II, 28, i, second 

 spine 3%, first ray 33^^; caudal evenly emarginate, lobes pointed, 1}/^; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 5%; pectoral 1%; ventral 2; caudal 

 peduncle with 2 bony bucklers each with broad, compressed keel, 

 anterior little larger or 1}/^ in eye. 



Largely dull brown, under surfaces slightly paler. Head, back and 

 sides with many close-set obscure, slightly dark spots, none equal to 

 pupil. Iris brown. Dorsal rays and spines brown, each membrane 

 neutral-dusky with 3 or 4 ill-defined neutral black blotches. Anals 

 like dorsals, largely with but 3 neutral black blotches to each mem- 

 brane and tip of each ray narrowly gray to whitish, though obscurely 

 so. Caudal brownish like general body color, with obscure brown 

 spots like those on body. Pectoral brown, hind border rather 

 broadly paler brown. Ventral light grayish on membranes, termi- 

 nally each with deep gray streak; rays and spine brown. 



Fig. 22.— Naso vomer (Klunzinger). Adult 

 5937. Sabtan Island, Philippines. November 8, 1908. Length 355 mm. 



This species is unique in its lack of frontal horn or hump, elongated 

 fusiform body, large eye and obscurely spotted coloration. It is 

 previously only known from Klunzinger's description and figure of 

 examples from the Red Sea. From this we have compiled the 

 following: 



Depth 3; head 4. Snout lii in head; eye 5^- D. VI, 26 to 28; 

 A. II, 27 or 28. Tail with 2 keeled bucklers each side. Brown to 

 mousegray. Belly gray yellow. Gill opening dusky. Dorsal smutty 

 yellow with violet streaks. Caudal yellowish and violet, bucklers 

 dirty violet or brownish red. Anal and ventral yellow. Length 

 540 mm. (Klunzinger.) 



NASO TAPEINOSOMA (Bleeker) 



Naseus tapeinosoma Bleekek, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 6, 1854, 

 p. 457. Amboina; Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N6erland., vol. 2, No. 7, 1857, p. 5 

 (Amboina); Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 1, 1863, p. 264 (Atapupu, 

 Timor).— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 321 (Manado; 

 Banda). 



