FAMILY KRAEMERIIDAE — SCHULTZ 7 



Table 120.- — Counts for specieii of Kraemeria and Gobitrichonotus 



on jaws and a few on palatines; eyes small, located dorsally and close 

 together; interorbital narrow, convex; anterior nostril tubular, 

 posterior one not observed ; tip of tongue bilobed, free. 



Color in alcohol. — Yellowish white, eye black, otherwise unpig- 

 mented. 



Color when alive. — Translucent. 



Ecology. — This species was found living in loose coral sand where 

 wave action was severe. 



Remarks. — This species is widely distributed in the tropical central 

 and western Pacific, and in the Indian Ocean. 



KRAEMERIA BRYANI Schultz 



Plate 124,A 

 Kraemeria bryani Schultz, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 9, No. 6, p. 271, 

 fig. 1, 1941 (type locality, Hawaiian Islands); U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 180, p. 

 262, 1943. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Rongerik Atoll: Bock Island, ocean reef, June 27, S-46-237, Schultz and Herald, 

 4 specimens, 8.5 to 18.5 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays 20, anal 13 or 14, pectoral rays 4, pelvics 

 1,5, branched caudal rays about 7 or 8. 



This species agrees so closely with K. samoensis except for the fewer 

 number of pectoral fin rays that no description is given. However, 

 certain anatomical details are observable on the largest specimen of 

 this series that help verify similar observations for K. samoensis. 



A dermal lobe occurs on under side of chin. This lobe has cirri on 

 its front edges; preorbital margin with a series of cirri and side of 

 lower jaw with a similar dermal fold with cirri; gill membranes joined 

 to side of isthmus forward. There are a few black pigment cells in 

 preorbital region. The dorsal fin is composed of two parts, the first 

 five rays appear to be unsegmented, then a space followed by what 

 appears to be segmented rays, but all are connected by a membrane. 



