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evenly rounded, shorter than head by length of snout and one-third 

 the diameter of eye ; none of rays forked or exserted ; longest pectoral 

 ray shorter than head b}' snout and half the eye; longest pelvic ray 

 equals two-thirds postorbital length of head, spine completely hidden, 

 slender third ray scarcely visible without dissection. 



Coloration. — Male: Over- all color a rich, reddish brown, only a 

 little lighter on throat than elsewhere; brown extends onto dorsals 



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FiGURK 91. — Ecsenxv.5 lividanalis, new species. Holotype. (Drawn by Louise Home.) 



but fades distally so that outer half of fin more or less transparent; 

 anal rather evenly dusky with edge lighter ; caudal with only a little 

 pigment along rays and on membrane basally; pectorals clear; eye 

 black; a sharply defined black spot (brilliantly blue in life) half the 

 area of eye surrounding anus, and set off from brown of body by a 

 light peripheral band; no other markings on head, body, or fins. 

 Femake : Same as male. 



ECSENIUS MANDIBULARIS McCulloch 



Ec'.cnius mandibular-is McCulloch, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 14, No. 2, p. 122, 

 pi. 15, figs. 1 and 2, 1923 (type locality, Masthead Island, off Port Curtis, 

 Queensland, Australia). 



Spechneyis. — None examined. Description after McCulloch. 



DeSGription.—DoYQ?i[ r^ys XII, 13-16; anal 11,16-18; pectoral 13; 

 pelvic 1,3. 



Nasa] cirrus single, simple, borne on posterior nasal pore and about 

 half diameter of eye in length ; forehead slightly projecting but evenly 

 rounded; six or seven small conical teeth on each side on ridge of 

 dentary and behind labial teeth (in position occupied by the one or 

 two tiny canines found in other species of the genus) ; depth 4.7, head 

 4.1, both in standard length; spinous dorsal rounded posteriorly, the 

 last spine tiny, buried in membranes at bottom of deep notch between 

 spinous and soft dorsals; longest dorsal spine a trifle shorter than 

 longest ray ; last dorsal raj^ bound to caudal peduncle by mepibrane 



