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of E. frontalis^ for specimens of the latter, examined in the Paris and 

 British Museums, were of practically the same size as those of E. 

 gravieri. 



ECSENIUS STIGMATURA, Fowler, new species 

 FiGUBE 90 



Holotype.—V.S.'^M. No. 99379, Philippine Islands, Dammi Island 

 between Jolo and Tawi Tawi Straits, lat. 5°52'12" N., long. 

 120°31'00" E., depth 244 fathoms, September 21, 1909, Albatross, 

 standard length 46.5 mm., female. 



Paratypes. — U.S.N.M. No. 111878, taken with the holotype and 

 bearing same data, standard length 37 mm., female; U.S.N.M. No. 

 122444, Philippine Islands, Cataingan Bay, east of Masbate Island, 

 April 18, 1908, Albatross, standard length 36.2 mm., female. 



Figure 90. — Ecsenius stigmatura Fowler, new species. (From photograph of color 

 drawing from the Philippine Albatross collection.) 



Description. — ^The following counts were made on the holotype 

 and paratypes, respectively: Dorsal rays XII,17; XII,17; XII,16; 

 anal 11,19; 11,19; 11,18; pectoral 13-14; 14-14; 15-15; pelvic 1,3; 

 1,3 ; 1,3 ; no branched caudal rays ; nasal cirri 1-1 ; 1-1 ; 1-1. 



Certain measurements were made on the types and these data are 

 recorded in thousandths of the standard length in table 2. 



Head (tip of upper lip to end of gill cover) 3.6 to 4.0; greatest 

 depth 3.8 to 4.7, longest pectoral ray 5.2 to 5.8, snout tip (upper lip) to 

 anus 1.8 to 1.9, anal fin base 2.5 to 2.7, all in the standard length. 

 Eye 2.7 to 3.3, snout 3.5 to 3.7, postorbital length of head 1.5, greatest 

 depth of body 1.1, least depth of body 2.2 to 2.3, longest pectoral ray 

 1.4 to 1.5, longest dorsal spine 1.8 to 1.9, all in the length of head 

 from tip of upper lip (snout) to rear of gill cover. Fleshy inter- 

 orbital space 2.5 to 3.0 in eye. 



No orbital cirrus; no nuchal cirrus; a single, simple, nasal cirrus 

 arising on upper edge of nasal opening; snout profile with a notable 

 backward slant of 25 to 30 degrees from the vertical ; edges of both lips 

 smooth; lateral line running a dorsal course over pectoral fin and 

 ending about opposite tip of pectoral fin and base of eighth or ninth 

 dorsal spine, not descending to middle of side ; vertical line through 



