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  PROCBEDINOS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ^^ATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  snout 
  3.73 
  (4.03 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  

   2,07 
  (2.24 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  lower 
  pectoral 
  base 
  

   equal 
  to 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  ventrals 
  bifid, 
  bases 
  well 
  separated, 
  inserted 
  

   slightly 
  behind 
  humeral 
  symphysis, 
  inner 
  ray 
  longest, 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head, 
  1,87 
  (2.01 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  outer 
  ray 
  0.5 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  inner 
  ray, 
  1.07 
  in 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  origin 
  of 
  anal; 
  

   pectorals 
  1.70 
  in 
  head, 
  acutely 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Raw 
  sienna, 
  becoming 
  pearl-gray 
  on 
  belly; 
  

   sides 
  and 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  body 
  finely 
  punctulate 
  with 
  

   darker; 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  brownish 
  band 
  extending 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  

   through 
  middle 
  of 
  eye 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  opercular 
  spine; 
  ground 
  color 
  of 
  dorsal 
  

   dusky 
  gray, 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  ocellus 
  margined 
  with 
  lighter 
  lies 
  between 
  

   the 
  twenty-first 
  and 
  thu'ty-second 
  rays; 
  beliind 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  median 
  band 
  

   of 
  dusky 
  black, 
  widening 
  posteriorly 
  until 
  it 
  covers 
  nearly 
  the 
  entu'e 
  

   fin; 
  upper 
  rays 
  of 
  caudal 
  dusk}^ 
  gray, 
  distal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  lower 
  rays 
  

   black; 
  anterior 
  half 
  of 
  anal 
  gray, 
  punctulate 
  with 
  darker, 
  color 
  

   changing 
  to 
  black 
  on 
  posterior 
  rays, 
  the 
  black 
  coloration 
  not 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  rays; 
  paired 
  fins 
  gray, 
  finely 
  punctulate 
  with 
  darker; 
  

   peritoneum 
  veiy 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

  

  Type,— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  74126, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  30.2 
  cm. 
  m 
  length, 
  taken 
  mth 
  

   a 
  beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5550 
  (lat, 
  6° 
  02' 
  00'' 
  N,; 
  long 
  120° 
  44' 
  40" 
  

   E.), 
  near 
  Jolo, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  258 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  bottom 
  of 
  fine 
  sand 
  

   and 
  shells. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  by 
  the 
  elongate 
  ventrals 
  and 
  the 
  characteristic 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   preopercle. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  example 
  9.8 
  cm. 
  long, 
  from 
  station 
  5580, 
  Darvel 
  Ba}'', 
  Borneo, 
  

   a 
  dark-brown 
  band 
  extends 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  through 
  eye, 
  along- 
  

   side 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  body, 
  interrupted 
  below 
  dorsal 
  ocellus, 
  contmuing 
  

   agam 
  along 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  slight 
  arch 
  to 
  within 
  a 
  head 
  length 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  

   caudal; 
  indistinct 
  brown 
  markmgs 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  head, 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  arch 
  

   of 
  brown 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  opercle 
  to 
  below 
  dorsal 
  ocellus; 
  a 
  brown 
  

   blotch 
  on 
  side 
  behind 
  ocellus. 
  Some 
  examples 
  of 
  intermediate 
  size 
  

   show 
  faint 
  indications 
  of 
  these 
  markings. 
  

  

  NEOBYTHITES 
  (WATASEA) 
  UNIMACULATUS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   Plate 
  7, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  83; 
  caudal 
  10; 
  anal 
  71; 
  ventrals 
  2; 
  pectorals 
  26. 
  

  

  Head 
  4.37 
  (4.75 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  short, 
  subconic; 
  body 
  elongate, 
  

   compressed, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  5.10 
  (5.52 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  eye 
  4.67, 
  

   subelliptical; 
  snout 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  eye, 
  subconic, 
  blunt, 
  projecting 
  but 
  

   shghtly 
  beyond 
  mouth; 
  mouth 
  largo, 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  lips 
  thin, 
  upper 
  

   jaw 
  overhanging 
  lower; 
  maxillary 
  1.90, 
  reaching 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  

   from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eye 
  for 
  about 
  0.5 
  an 
  eye 
  diameter, 
  longer 
  

   than 
  snout 
  plus 
  eye, 
  upper 
  edge 
  slipping 
  under 
  suborbital; 
  teeth 
  

  

  