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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  io3 
  

  

  Wetmorella 
  ocellataf 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  12, 
  Figures 
  D, 
  E 
  

  

  Holotype.—VSNM 
  112368, 
  Rongelap 
  Atoll, 
  Kieshiechi 
  Island, 
  

   north 
  end, 
  lagoon 
  coral 
  head, 
  depth 
  20 
  feet, 
  July 
  24, 
  8^6-285,^ 
  Brock 
  

   and 
  Herald, 
  standard 
  length 
  38.6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Paratypes. 
  — 
  USNM 
  112372, 
  Bikini 
  Atoll, 
  coral 
  heads 
  in 
  eastern 
  

   end 
  of 
  lagoon, 
  depth 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  feet, 
  March 
  26, 
  8-46^2,^ 
  Brock 
  and 
  

   Schultz, 
  2 
  specimens, 
  25 
  mm. 
  and 
  49 
  mm.; 
  USNM 
  112371, 
  Bikini 
  

   Atoll, 
  off 
  Amen 
  Island 
  in 
  lagoon, 
  depth 
  30 
  feet, 
  August 
  4, 
  S-46-307,* 
  

   Herald 
  and 
  Brock, 
  1 
  specimen, 
  50 
  mm.; 
  USNM 
  112370, 
  Bikini 
  

   Lagoon, 
  100 
  yards 
  off 
  Airy 
  Island, 
  depth 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  feet, 
  August 
  7, 
  

   S-46-308,^ 
  Brock 
  and 
  Herald, 
  6 
  specimens, 
  23 
  mm. 
  to 
  57 
  mm. 
  Bikini 
  

   Atoll, 
  reef 
  between 
  Amen 
  and 
  Bikini 
  Islands 
  in 
  lagoon, 
  depth 
  30 
  feet, 
  

   July 
  31, 
  1947, 
  Donaldson 
  and 
  Welander, 
  1 
  specimen, 
  48 
  mm.; 
  USNM 
  

   112369, 
  taken 
  with 
  holotype 
  and 
  bearing 
  same 
  data, 
  1 
  specimen, 
  41 
  

   mm.; 
  USNM 
  112373, 
  Bikini 
  Atoll, 
  Amen 
  Island, 
  August 
  21, 
  1947, 
  

   Univ. 
  Washington, 
  1 
  specimen, 
  43 
  mm. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  IX, 
  10; 
  anal 
  111,8; 
  pectoral 
  ii,10; 
  pel 
  vies 
  

   1,5; 
  branched 
  caudal 
  fin 
  rays 
  6 
  + 
  5; 
  pores 
  in 
  lateral 
  lines 
  14 
  or 
  15+6 
  

   or 
  7; 
  scales 
  above 
  lateral 
  line 
  2, 
  below 
  lateral 
  line 
  to 
  anal 
  origin 
  6; 
  

   vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  20 
  or 
  21; 
  gillrakers 
  on 
  first 
  arch 
  about 
  6+9. 
  

   (Certain 
  measurements 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  two 
  paratypes, 
  

   expressed 
  in 
  thousandths 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  length, 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  

   table 
  2.) 
  

  

  Body 
  compressed, 
  the 
  greatest 
  depth 
  opposite 
  middle 
  of 
  spiny 
  

   dorsal 
  base; 
  snout 
  normal; 
  dorsal 
  profile 
  of 
  head 
  straight 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  

   forming 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  40° 
  to 
  46° 
  with 
  ventral 
  contour 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   body; 
  interorbital 
  space 
  slightly 
  convex; 
  nostrils 
  small, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   one 
  tubular; 
  a 
  vertical 
  line 
  through 
  rear 
  nasal 
  opening 
  passes 
  through 
  

   front 
  edge 
  of 
  eye; 
  jaws 
  approximately 
  equal; 
  maxillary 
  reaches 
  to 
  a 
  

   vertical 
  line 
  through 
  front 
  nostril; 
  maxillary 
  covered 
  by 
  preorbital 
  

   when 
  mouth 
  is 
  closed; 
  dentary 
  normal; 
  premaxillary 
  protractile; 
  

   teeth 
  short, 
  conical 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  in 
  both 
  jaws, 
  those 
  near 
  front 
  of 
  

   both 
  jaws 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  enlarged, 
  the 
  2 
  pairs 
  nearest 
  tip 
  of 
  

   jaws 
  largest, 
  and, 
  when 
  mouth 
  is 
  closed, 
  those 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw 
  fitting 
  

  

  Explanation 
  of 
  plate 
  12. 
  — 
  A, 
  holotype 
  of 
  Wetmorella 
  philippina 
  hifasciata, 
  new 
  sub- 
  

   species 
  (BM 
  195 
  1.9. 
  18.1) 
  from 
  Red 
  Sea; 
  B, 
  paratype 
  of 
  same 
  subspecies 
  from 
  same 
  

   locality; 
  C, 
  holotype 
  of 
  W. 
  albofasciata, 
  new 
  species 
  (USNM 
  93504) 
  from 
  the 
  Philip- 
  

   pines; 
  D, 
  holotype 
  of 
  W. 
  ocellata, 
  new 
  species 
  (USNM 
  112368) 
  from 
  Rongelap 
  Atollj. 
  

   Marshall 
  Islands; 
  E, 
  paratype 
  of 
  W. 
  ocellata, 
  new 
  species 
  (USNM 
  112372) 
  from 
  Bikini 
  

   Atoll, 
  25 
  mm. 
  standard 
  length. 
  

  

  * 
  Collecting 
  station 
  In 
  Operation 
  Crossroads, 
  1946 
  (see 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  202, 
  1953). 
  

  

  