﻿NO. 
  1948. 
  NEW 
  BROTULID 
  AND 
  CARAPID 
  FISHES— 
  RADCLIFFE. 
  141 
  

  

  small, 
  blunt, 
  arranged 
  as 
  in 
  macrops, 
  interorbital 
  4.37, 
  convex; 
  nos- 
  

   trils 
  widely 
  separated 
  as 
  in 
  related 
  species; 
  opercle 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  

   single 
  long, 
  sharp 
  spine; 
  a 
  sharp 
  spinule 
  at 
  angle 
  of 
  preoperculum, 
  

   a 
  second 
  sHghtly 
  shorter 
  spinule 
  about 
  0.5 
  an 
  eye 
  diameter 
  above 
  

   this; 
  pseudobranchiae 
  present, 
  consisting 
  of 
  several 
  quite 
  well- 
  

   developed 
  filaments; 
  gill-rakers 
  5 
  + 
  12, 
  reduced 
  to 
  mere 
  protuber- 
  

   ances 
  at 
  ends; 
  pyloric 
  coeca 
  long, 
  finger-like, 
  arranged 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus; 
  scales 
  small, 
  cycloid, 
  entirely 
  covering 
  head 
  

   and 
  body, 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  from 
  origin 
  of 
  dorsal 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  

   lateral 
  line; 
  lateral 
  line 
  in 
  upper 
  third 
  of 
  body, 
  disappearing 
  at 
  a 
  

   point 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  0.5 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  caudal. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal, 
  the 
  last 
  rays 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin; 
  distance 
  of 
  dorsal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  

   snout 
  4 
  (4.30 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  2.34 
  

   (2.53 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  lower 
  pectoral 
  base 
  four- 
  

   sevenths 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  ventrals 
  bifid, 
  bases 
  well 
  separated, 
  inserted 
  

   slightly 
  behind 
  humeral 
  symphysis, 
  inner 
  ray 
  longest, 
  1,21 
  in 
  head, 
  

   1.24 
  in 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  its 
  base 
  to 
  origin 
  of 
  anal; 
  pectorals 
  1.60 
  in 
  

   head, 
  acutely 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Clay, 
  lighter 
  ventrally, 
  becoming 
  dusky 
  pearl- 
  

   gray 
  on 
  belly; 
  brownish 
  shades 
  along 
  back 
  above 
  lateral 
  line, 
  a 
  line 
  

   of 
  similar 
  color 
  along 
  side, 
  the 
  lighter 
  interspace 
  crossed 
  by 
  lines 
  of 
  a 
  

   darker 
  coloration, 
  posteriorly 
  these 
  extend 
  downward 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  anal; 
  

   dorsal 
  dusky 
  gray,, 
  median 
  portion 
  posteriorly 
  much 
  darker; 
  a 
  large, 
  

   black, 
  white-rimmed 
  ocellus 
  on 
  dorsal, 
  the 
  black 
  portion 
  lying 
  

   between 
  fourteenth 
  and 
  twenty-fourth 
  rays; 
  caudal 
  dusky; 
  anterior 
  

   anal 
  rays 
  light 
  gray, 
  minutely 
  dotted 
  with 
  darker; 
  beginning 
  with 
  

   the 
  fourteenth 
  ray 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow, 
  mesial, 
  dusky 
  line 
  which 
  be- 
  

   comes 
  broader 
  posteriorly, 
  until 
  it 
  covers 
  nearly 
  the 
  entire 
  width 
  of 
  

   fin; 
  paired 
  fins 
  gray, 
  finely 
  punctulate 
  with 
  darker; 
  peritoneum 
  

   brownish 
  black. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  74127, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  16.6 
  cm. 
  in 
  length, 
  taken 
  with 
  

   a 
  beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5590 
  Gat. 
  4° 
  10' 
  50'' 
  N.; 
  long. 
  118° 
  39' 
  35" 
  

   E.), 
  near 
  Mabul 
  Island, 
  Borneo, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  310 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  green 
  mud 
  and 
  sand. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  closely 
  resembles 
  our 
  examples 
  of 
  N. 
  macrops, 
  but 
  

   differs 
  in 
  ha%nng 
  fewer 
  rays 
  in 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  (dorsal 
  about 
  96, 
  

   anal 
  about 
  83 
  in 
  macrops), 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  ocellus 
  

   upon 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin. 
  The 
  collection 
  contains 
  a 
  single 
  other 
  example 
  

   from 
  station 
  5520, 
  off 
  northern 
  Mindanao. 
  

  

  NEOBYXmTES 
  (WATASEA) 
  PURUS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   Plate 
  7, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  about 
  87; 
  caudal 
  12; 
  anal 
  70; 
  ventrals 
  2; 
  pectorals 
  27. 
  

   Head 
  4.35 
  (4.74 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  subconic; 
  body 
  elongate, 
  com- 
  

   pressed, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  5.25 
  (5.75 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  eye 
  4.86, 
  sub- 
  

  

  