﻿NO. 
  1948. 
  NEW 
  BROTULID 
  AND 
  CARAFID 
  FISHES— 
  RADCLIFFE. 
  143 
  

  

  fleshy, 
  less 
  pointed 
  than 
  in 
  macrops; 
  mouth 
  comparatively 
  small, 
  

   nearly 
  horizontal, 
  lips 
  fleshy, 
  upper 
  jaw 
  overhanging 
  lower; 
  maxil- 
  

   lary 
  2.05, 
  reaching 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   eye, 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  related 
  species, 
  equal 
  to 
  snout 
  plus 
  eye, 
  entire 
  

   upper 
  edge 
  slipping 
  under 
  the 
  suborbital; 
  bands 
  of 
  small 
  blunt 
  teeth 
  

   on 
  jaws, 
  vomer, 
  palatines, 
  tongue, 
  hypobranchise 
  and 
  lower 
  pharyn- 
  

   geals, 
  5 
  small 
  patches 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  roof 
  of 
  pharynx, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   vomer 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  triangular 
  patch, 
  differing 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  from 
  

   related 
  species; 
  interorbital 
  convex, 
  its 
  width 
  nearly 
  equal 
  to 
  diam- 
  

   eter 
  of 
  eye; 
  nostrils 
  rather 
  widely 
  separated, 
  the 
  anterior 
  subtubular, 
  

   near 
  edge 
  of 
  snout, 
  the 
  posterior 
  close 
  to 
  eye; 
  opercle 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  

   single 
  sharp 
  spine 
  ; 
  a 
  short, 
  flat 
  spinule 
  at 
  angle 
  of 
  prcoperculum, 
  and 
  

   another 
  similar 
  but 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  spinule 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  above 
  it; 
  

   pseudobranchise 
  present, 
  consisting 
  of 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  small 
  filaments; 
  gill- 
  

   rakers 
  5 
  + 
  15, 
  rather 
  long 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  arch, 
  reduced 
  to 
  mere 
  

   protuberances 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  longest 
  about 
  0.5 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye; 
  a 
  ring 
  of 
  

   extremely 
  short 
  coeca 
  around 
  the 
  pylorus, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  series 
  of 
  some- 
  

   what 
  larger 
  ccEca 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  gut; 
  

   scales 
  small, 
  cycloid, 
  elliptical-oval, 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  from 
  origin 
  of 
  

   dorsal 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  lateral 
  line, 
  31 
  from 
  origin 
  of 
  anal 
  to 
  lateral 
  

   line, 
  vertical 
  fins 
  scaled 
  at 
  base; 
  lateral 
  line 
  slightly 
  arched 
  anteriorly, 
  

   disappearing 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  0.5 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  caudal. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal, 
  last 
  rays 
  extending 
  

   about 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin; 
  distance 
  of 
  dorsal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  4 
  

   (4.29 
  in 
  total 
  length) 
  ; 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  2.40 
  (2,58 
  in 
  

   total 
  length) 
  ; 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  lower 
  pectoral 
  base 
  slightly 
  less 
  

   than 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  ventrals 
  short, 
  bifid, 
  bases 
  well 
  separated, 
  

   inserted 
  slightly 
  behind 
  humeral 
  symphysis, 
  inner 
  ray 
  longest, 
  1.52 
  

   in 
  head, 
  1.86 
  in 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  its 
  base 
  to 
  origin 
  of 
  anal; 
  pectorals 
  

   1.52 
  in 
  head, 
  acutely 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Dusky 
  clay, 
  becoming 
  dusky 
  gray 
  on 
  belly, 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  dark 
  russet 
  band 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  through 
  middle 
  of 
  eye 
  

   extending 
  backward 
  along 
  side 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  head-length 
  beyond 
  tip 
  

   of 
  opercular 
  spine, 
  a 
  similar 
  band 
  extending 
  from 
  above 
  eye 
  along 
  

   back 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal, 
  terminating 
  above 
  end 
  of 
  first 
  band, 
  the 
  two 
  

   ends 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  slightly 
  broader 
  vertical 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color, 
  

   behind 
  tliis 
  there 
  are 
  6 
  crossbands 
  of 
  similar 
  coloration, 
  first, 
  third, 
  

   and 
  fifth 
  continued 
  on 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal, 
  where 
  the 
  color 
  becomes 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  or 
  black; 
  second, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  sixth 
  bands 
  narrower, 
  

   indistinct 
  below 
  middle 
  of 
  side, 
  adjacent 
  portion 
  of 
  vertical 
  fins 
  

   dusky; 
  interspaces 
  on 
  vertical 
  fins 
  dusky 
  white, 
  becoming 
  blackish 
  

   behind 
  fifth 
  crossband, 
  each 
  fin 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  white; 
  

   paired 
  fins 
  dusky 
  gray; 
  peritoneum 
  dark 
  brown. 
  (Coloration 
  of 
  

   smaller 
  examples 
  much 
  more 
  distinct 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  type.) 
  

  

  