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One example. Tapiantana Island. September 13, 1909. Length 75 mm. [1923.] 



16256. Teomabal Island, Jolo. September 18, 1909. Length 93 mm. 



6900 to 6903. Danawan and Si Amil Islands, Borneo. September 26, 1909. 



Length 88 to 97 mm. 

 8915. Mabul Island. September 29, 1909. Length 53 mm. 

 9505, 21429. Dodepo and Pasejogo Islands, Celebes. November 16, 1909. Length 



66 to 78 mm. [2045.] 4 examples. 

 12783, 12784. Llmbe Strait, Celebes. November 10, 1909. Length 102 to 107 mm. 

 18138, 18326 to 18330. Malibagu Point, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 21, 



1909. Length 60 to 82 mm. 9 examples. 

 Twelve examples. Gulf of Tomlnl, Celebes. November 17, 1909. Length 56 to 



80 mm. 

 21519, Doworra Island. December 2, 1909. Length 64 mm. 

 Three examples. Togian Bay, Togian Island. November 19, 1909. Length 



63 to 80 mm. Each scale on back with dark brown spot, under surface 



and all fins whitish. 

 One example. Kayoa Island. November 29, 1909. Length 71 mm. 

 Three examples. Powati Harbor, Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length 



78 to 84 mm. [2082.] 

 Two examples. Powati Harbor. November 29, 1909. Length 83 to 84 mm. 



MIROLABRICHTHYS WAITEI, new species ^^ 



Depth 31/4 to 31/2; head 3% to 33/5, width 1% to 2xV. Snout 

 4% to 5 in head from snout tip; eye 3% to 4tV, greater than snout, 



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Figure 16. — Mikolabrichthys waitei, new species. Type 



1 to IVs in interorbital and hind orbital edge with row of low 

 small papillae ; maxillary reaches % to 4^ in eye, expansion ll^ to 

 1% in eye diameter, length 2 to 21/5 in head from snout tip; teeth 

 uniserial in jaws, pair of wide set canines above often double and 

 pair of lower front canines recurved outward, also 2 recurved 

 canines medially on each mandibular ramus; palate and tongue 

 edentulous; interorbital 3% to 3%, convex; preopercle edge denticu- 

 late; one large spine on opercle, other not distinct. Gill rakers 

 10 + 17, finely lanceolate, much larger than gill filaments or I14 

 in eye. 



15 For the late Edgar Ravenswood Waite, the distinguished Australian zoologist, ia 

 appreciation of his many contributions to ichthyology. 



