﻿NO. 
  1948. 
  NEW 
  BROTULID 
  AND 
  CARAPID 
  FISHES— 
  RADCLIFFE. 
  171 
  

  

  LUCIOBROTULA 
  BARTSCHI 
  Smith 
  and 
  RadcUfEe, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   Plate 
  16, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Dorsal, 
  85; 
  caudal, 
  13; 
  anal, 
  68; 
  ventrals, 
  2; 
  pectorals, 
  25. 
  

  

  Head 
  4.40 
  (4.73 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  long, 
  depressed, 
  pike-like, 
  porous, 
  

   dorsal 
  contour-line 
  slightly 
  concave; 
  body 
  relatively 
  short, 
  com- 
  

   pressed, 
  not 
  markedly 
  attenuated 
  posteriorly, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  5.90 
  

   (6.34 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  eye 
  small, 
  doreo-lateral, 
  7.85 
  in 
  head, 
  1.78 
  in 
  

   snout, 
  1.28 
  in 
  interorbital; 
  snout 
  4.40, 
  pointed, 
  not 
  projecting 
  

   beyond 
  mouth, 
  mouth 
  large, 
  oblique, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  included; 
  maxillary 
  

   1.96, 
  reacliing 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  eye-diameter 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eye, 
  posterior 
  end 
  expanded, 
  1.5 
  times 
  as 
  broad 
  

   as 
  eye, 
  anterior 
  upper 
  margin 
  slipping 
  under 
  expanded 
  suborbital; 
  

   bands 
  of 
  small 
  villiform 
  teeth 
  on 
  jaws, 
  vomer, 
  and 
  palatines, 
  vom- 
  

   erine 
  patch 
  broadly 
  p-shaped; 
  interorbital 
  6.12, 
  flattened; 
  nostrils 
  

   small, 
  rather 
  close 
  together; 
  opercle 
  armed 
  with 
  2 
  spines 
  as 
  in 
  

   Sarcocara, 
  the 
  lower 
  one 
  rather 
  inconspicuous; 
  preopercle 
  unarmed; 
  

   pseudobranchise 
  present, 
  represented 
  by 
  2 
  small 
  filaments; 
  gills 
  4, 
  a 
  

   long 
  slit 
  beliind 
  the 
  fourth; 
  gill-filaments 
  relatively 
  short; 
  only 
  3 
  

   developed 
  gill-rakers 
  on 
  anterior 
  arch; 
  pyloric 
  coeca 
  absent; 
  scales 
  

   small, 
  deciduous, 
  covering 
  body, 
  cheeks, 
  opercles, 
  and 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  

   to 
  front 
  of 
  eyes, 
  apparently 
  about 
  10 
  scales 
  from 
  origm 
  of 
  dorsal 
  to 
  

   and 
  mcludmg 
  lateral 
  line, 
  about 
  33 
  from 
  anal 
  to 
  lateral 
  line; 
  lateral 
  

   line 
  indistinct, 
  interrupted 
  m 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal; 
  dorsal 
  posterior 
  in 
  

   its 
  msertion, 
  its 
  distance 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  3.23 
  (3.47 
  m 
  total 
  length); 
  

   distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  1.95 
  (2.09 
  m 
  total 
  length); 
  ventrals 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  2 
  flattened 
  rays 
  divided 
  nearly 
  to 
  base,- 
  inner 
  ray 
  

   longest 
  1.83 
  in 
  head, 
  their 
  bases 
  close 
  together 
  behind 
  tip 
  of 
  humeral 
  

   symphysis; 
  pectoral 
  1.90, 
  short, 
  broad, 
  acutely 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Body 
  pinkish-buff, 
  dark 
  grayish 
  on 
  belly, 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  blackish 
  in 
  region 
  of 
  vent; 
  opercular 
  region 
  blackish; 
  cheek 
  

   light 
  chestnut; 
  rest 
  of 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  grayish 
  wash; 
  scaly 
  sheath 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  similar 
  in 
  coloration 
  to 
  the 
  adjacent 
  parts 
  of 
  body; 
  

   fins 
  margined 
  with 
  blackish, 
  the 
  dark 
  area 
  widening 
  posteriorly; 
  

   pectorals 
  grayish 
  at 
  base, 
  with 
  a 
  brownish 
  wash 
  distally; 
  ventrals 
  

   light 
  browii. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  74151, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  26 
  cm. 
  in 
  length, 
  taken 
  with 
  a 
  

   beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5348 
  (lat. 
  10° 
  57' 
  45'' 
  N.; 
  long. 
  118° 
  38' 
  

   15" 
  E.), 
  in 
  Palawan 
  Passage, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  375 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  coral 
  and 
  sand. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Bartsch, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  

   the 
  Albatross 
  PhUippme 
  expedition 
  and 
  assistant 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  