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Genus BRACHALUTERES Bleeker 



Brachaluteres Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 3, p. 13, 1866 (type species* 

 Aleuterius frossulus Richardson). 



BRACHALUTERES T A YLORI, new species 



Figure 154 



Holotype. — USNM 140643, Rongelap Atoll, lagoon two miles west 

 of Bush Island, dredged in 120 feet, June 21, S-46-232, Dr. W. R. 

 Taylor, 14.3 mm. 



Description. — Figures in parenthesis are proportions in thousandths 

 of standard length. Dorsal rays 1,23; anal rays 20; pectoral rays 10; 

 branched caudal rays 5+5; teeth in upper jaw 3, lower jaw 2. 



Depth of body 1.65(609) ; length of head 2.65(378) ; both in standard 

 length. Snout 1.7(224); diameter of eye 1.95(196); least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3.2(119); length of pectoral fin 3.2(119); length of 

 soft dorsal fin base 1.17(324) ; length of anal fin base 1.3(287) ; length 

 of dorsal spine 1.8(210); interorbital width 1.95(196); all in length 

 of head. Angle of snout profile with lengthwise axis of body approxi- 

 mately 31 degrees, snout profile straight. 



Figure 154. — Brachaluteres taylori, new species, holotype, USNM 140643, from Rongelap 

 Atoll. Drawn by A. M. Awl. 



Body rounded, shape resembling that of small tetrodont; snout 

 obtuse; belly distensible; pelvic spine absent, pelvis obscured; dorsal 

 spine slender, rough but without barbs, inserted just behind posterior 

 margin of eye; caudal peduncle slender, tapering posteriorly; scales 



