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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Figure 
  S3. 
  Sketch 
  of 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  holotype 
  of 
  Wetmorella 
  

   philippina 
  bifasciata, 
  new 
  species. 
  A, 
  B, 
  holotype; 
  C, 
  paratype. 
  

  

  interorbital 
  space 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  nostrils 
  small, 
  the 
  anterior 
  one 
  

   tubular; 
  jaws 
  equal 
  or 
  nearly 
  so; 
  scales 
  on 
  head 
  as 
  illustrated 
  in 
  

   figure 
  53. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  other 
  morphological 
  characteristics 
  of 
  Wetmorella 
  philip- 
  

   pina 
  bifasciata 
  are 
  so 
  similar 
  to 
  W. 
  p. 
  philippina 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  deemed 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  redescribe 
  them 
  here. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  — 
  Background 
  coloration 
  brownish 
  with 
  a 
  naiTOwish 
  

   white 
  bar 
  just 
  behind 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  passing 
  through 
  rear 
  base 
  of 
  soft 
  

   dorsal, 
  thence 
  across 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  through 
  rear 
  of 
  anal 
  base 
  behind 
  

   ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  soft 
  anal 
  fin; 
  another 
  white 
  bar, 
  much 
  less 
  distinct, 
  

   extends 
  from 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  across 
  body 
  to 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  anal 
  fin; 
  a 
  narrow, 
  white 
  bar 
  extends 
  from 
  

   occiput 
  past 
  rear 
  of 
  eye 
  to 
  lower 
  posterior 
  corner 
  of 
  gill 
  cover; 
  caudal 
  

   fin 
  with 
  about 
  7 
  or 
  8 
  black 
  spots; 
  pelvics 
  black 
  distally. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  new 
  subspecies 
  from 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea 
  differs 
  from 
  

   W. 
  p. 
  philippina 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  narrower 
  peduncular 
  white 
  bar 
  and 
  a 
  

   white 
  bar 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  ocellate 
  spot 
  in 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  fins. 
  

  

  Named 
  bifasciata 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  white 
  bands, 
  one 
  in 
  front 
  

   and 
  one 
  behind 
  the 
  ocellate 
  spots. 
  

  

  