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  WETMORELLA 
  — 
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  AND 
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  lateral 
  line; 
  another 
  white 
  bar 
  begins 
  near 
  base 
  of 
  third 
  dorsal 
  spine, 
  

   curves 
  ventrally, 
  and 
  passes 
  about 
  2 
  scales 
  behind 
  pectoral 
  base, 
  

   thence 
  to 
  behind 
  black 
  area 
  near 
  base 
  of 
  pelvics; 
  distal 
  fourth 
  of 
  cau- 
  

   dal 
  fin 
  blackish 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  on 
  rear 
  margin 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  caudal 
  

   spot 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  anteriorly; 
  pelvics 
  blackish 
  except 
  edged 
  with 
  

   white 
  and 
  body 
  next 
  to 
  pelvics 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  all 
  others 
  referable 
  

   to 
  the 
  genus 
  Wetmorella 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  bar 
  that 
  passes 
  across 
  body 
  

   between 
  the 
  ocellate 
  spots 
  in 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  and 
  soft 
  anal 
  fins. 
  Named 
  

   alhojasciata 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  characteristic 
  white 
  bars. 
  

  

  Wetmorella 
  triocellata, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  FiaxTBB 
  54 
  

  

  Wetmorella 
  philippina 
  (in 
  part) 
  Fowler 
  and 
  Bean, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  100, 
  vol, 
  

   7, 
  p. 
  212, 
  1928 
  (specimen 
  from 
  Rapurapu 
  Island, 
  June 
  24, 
  1909). 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  USNM 
  93529, 
  Rapurapu 
  Island, 
  Philippines, 
  Albatross, 
  

   June 
  24, 
  1909, 
  standard 
  length 
  39.2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  IX, 
  10; 
  anal 
  111,8; 
  pectorals 
  ii,10-ii,10; 
  

   pelvics 
  1,5-1,5; 
  branched 
  caudal 
  rays 
  6+5; 
  pores 
  in 
  lateral 
  line 
  15-f-6, 
  

   with 
  2 
  scales 
  above 
  and 
  6 
  below 
  to 
  anal 
  origin; 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  21. 
  

  

  Certain 
  measurements 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  holotype, 
  and 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   thousandths 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  length, 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  table 
  2. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  morphological 
  characteristics 
  of 
  triocellata 
  are 
  so 
  similar 
  

   to 
  those 
  of 
  ocellata, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  deemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  repeat 
  them 
  here, 
  

   except 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  greatest 
  depth, 
  which 
  is 
  contained 
  about 
  3 
  times 
  

   in 
  the 
  standard 
  length; 
  it 
  is 
  notably 
  a 
  more 
  slender 
  fish 
  than 
  ocellata 
  

   and 
  philippina. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  — 
  A 
  narrow, 
  white 
  bar 
  occurs 
  behind 
  the 
  two 
  ocellate 
  

   spots 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  fins 
  and 
  another 
  extends 
  from 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  ocellate 
  

   spot 
  in 
  dorsal 
  to 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  that 
  in 
  anal, 
  ending 
  near 
  base 
  of 
  third 
  

   anal 
  spine; 
  background 
  coloration 
  light 
  brown; 
  a 
  brown-edged 
  pale 
  

   bar 
  from 
  behind 
  eyes 
  meets 
  its 
  fellow 
  dorsally 
  on 
  head; 
  probably 
  an- 
  

   other 
  brown-edged 
  pale 
  bar 
  extends 
  across 
  interorbital 
  space 
  although 
  

   this 
  is 
  faded 
  as 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  pale 
  bars; 
  caudal 
  fin 
  gradually 
  a 
  little 
  

   darker 
  distaUy, 
  probably 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  white. 
  We 
  quote 
  the 
  

   following 
  Albatross 
  color 
  note: 
  "Pale 
  band 
  behind 
  head 
  extends 
  acr3?3 
  

   occiput 
  and 
  bounded 
  by 
  brown 
  line 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  behind 
  its 
  en 
  \e 
  

   extent." 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  new 
  species 
  is 
  recognizable 
  from 
  others 
  referable 
  

   to 
  the 
  genus 
  Wetmorella 
  by 
  its 
  slender 
  form 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinctive 
  color 
  pattern. 
  It 
  is 
  closest 
  to 
  albofasciata 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  its 
  

   slender 
  form 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  not 
  having 
  a 
  white 
  bar 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  passing 
  

   between 
  the 
  two 
  ocellate 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  fins. 
  

  

  Named 
  triocellata 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  ocellate 
  spots 
  that 
  char- 
  

   acterise 
  this 
  group 
  of 
  fishes. 
  

  

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