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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal; 
  distance 
  of 
  dorsal 
  

   from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  3.48 
  (3.72 
  in 
  total 
  length) 
  ; 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  tip 
  

   of 
  snout 
  2.17 
  (2.32 
  m 
  total 
  length) 
  ; 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  lower 
  pec- 
  

   toral 
  base 
  about 
  0.7 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  ventrals 
  small, 
  close 
  together, 
  

   each 
  consisting 
  of 
  2 
  loosely-bound 
  rays, 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  become 
  

   torn 
  apart, 
  bases 
  slightly 
  behind 
  tip 
  of 
  humeral 
  symphysis, 
  a 
  head- 
  

   length 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  origin 
  of 
  anal; 
  pectorals 
  broken. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Raw 
  sienna; 
  fins, 
  lateral 
  line, 
  branchiostegal 
  

   membranes, 
  margin 
  of 
  eye, 
  and 
  lips 
  dusky 
  brownish-black; 
  inside 
  of 
  

   mouth 
  washed 
  with 
  plumbeous; 
  peritoneum 
  very 
  dark 
  seal 
  brown. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  74134, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  32 
  cm. 
  in 
  

   length, 
  taken 
  with 
  a 
  beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5299 
  (lat. 
  20° 
  5' 
  00'' 
  N.; 
  

   long. 
  116° 
  5' 
  00" 
  E.), 
  in 
  the 
  China 
  Sea 
  south 
  of 
  Hongkong, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  

   of 
  524 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  bottom 
  of 
  gray 
  mud 
  and 
  sand. 
  

  

  MONOMITOPUS 
  MICROLEPIS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   Plate 
  9, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  95; 
  caudal 
  8; 
  anal 
  78; 
  ventrals 
  1 
  ; 
  pectorals 
  28. 
  

  

  Head 
  4.52 
  (5 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  long, 
  rather 
  pointed 
  in 
  the 
  adult; 
  

   body 
  elongate, 
  compressed, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  5.58 
  (6.25 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  

   eye 
  5.32, 
  small, 
  elliptical-oval; 
  snout 
  3.85, 
  long, 
  slightly 
  overhang- 
  

   ing 
  mouth; 
  mouth 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  slightly 
  obhque, 
  upper 
  jaw 
  

   overhanging 
  lower; 
  maxillary 
  1.92, 
  reachmg 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eye 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  nearly 
  equal 
  to 
  five-eighths 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  its 
  expanded 
  posterior 
  end 
  very 
  slightly 
  incised; 
  

   teeth 
  small, 
  villiform, 
  the 
  patch 
  on 
  vomer 
  /^-shaped; 
  interorbital 
  

   3.71, 
  broadly 
  convex; 
  opercle 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  sharp 
  spine; 
  

   angle 
  of 
  preopercle 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  incision, 
  the 
  spine-like 
  tips 
  above 
  

   and 
  below 
  this 
  flat 
  and 
  thin 
  (smaller 
  examples 
  have 
  the 
  double 
  

   incision 
  more 
  closely 
  approximating 
  the 
  form 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus); 
  pseudobranchiae 
  very 
  small, 
  of 
  2 
  filaments, 
  partially 
  

   concealed 
  in 
  a 
  depression; 
  gill 
  rakers 
  5+17, 
  the 
  longest 
  about 
  five- 
  

   eighths 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  the 
  7 
  outer 
  ones 
  on 
  lower 
  arch 
  reduced 
  to 
  

   mere 
  protuberances; 
  a 
  ring 
  of 
  11 
  pyloric 
  coeca 
  around 
  the 
  pylorus, 
  

   one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  neighboring 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  gut, 
  those 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides 
  being 
  much 
  longer, 
  finger-like; 
  scales 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  re- 
  

   lated 
  species, 
  cycloid, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  deciduous, 
  covering 
  head 
  and 
  

   body, 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  sheath 
  along 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal, 
  12 
  or 
  13 
  

   in 
  a 
  series 
  from 
  origin 
  of 
  dorsal 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  lateral 
  line, 
  35 
  from 
  

   origin 
  of 
  anal 
  to 
  lateral 
  line; 
  as 
  in 
  typical 
  examples, 
  radial 
  strise 
  are 
  

   found 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  scale, 
  but 
  the 
  concentric 
  lines 
  are 
  

   fewer 
  m 
  number 
  and 
  farther 
  apart; 
  lateral 
  line 
  distinct, 
  disappearing 
  

   at 
  a 
  point 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  caudal. 
  

  

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

   ing 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin; 
  distance 
  of 
  dorsal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  3.84 
  

  

  