EVIOTA 73 



the mouth is oblique and the maxillary reaches below middle 

 of eye ; the teeth in several rows, those of outer row larger, few 

 in number, and widely spaced; the isthmus very broad. The 

 sides covered with ctenoid scales which extend forward to a line 

 from middle of first dorsal to base of pectoral ; beyond this they 

 become smaller and the anterior ones are cycloid; the head, 

 nape, and forward part of back naked. In one specimen the first 

 spine of first dorsal is distinctly elongated, so that it is greater 

 than the depth of the body ; those following diminish in length ; 

 the base of second dorsal hardly united to first, the rays all 

 divided and approximately equal and half the height of body; 

 the bluntly rounded caudal approximately 0.2 of total length; 

 the anal fin like the second dorsal; the pectoral approximately 

 equal to length of head, its upper rays undivided; the ventrals 

 separate, longer than head, their four rays so divided that the 

 whole fin is distinctly sickle-shaped. 



The color is that of yellow sand ; from the lower part of pecto- 

 ral base to caudal fin are approximately eight translucent dark 

 spots, which are especially distinct along base of anal fin ; six are 

 plainly seen, but spots may be absent. In the middle of base 

 of caudal is a large dark spot. The caudal fin has rows of dark 

 spots. The head and nape have groups of small black dots. 

 In one specimen each scale had fine black dots or groups of dots, 

 especially along the back. The anal fin spotted with dark, the 

 dorsal less so. The ventrals and pectorals uniformly clear. 



The description here given is taken from Weber's account. 

 He collected thirty-one specimens of this tiny fish at twelve 

 stations, from Sanguisiapo in the Sulu Archipelago, the coast of 

 Borneo, and eastward to Celebes, Saleyer, Sula Besi, Timor, and 

 Waigeu. His largest example was only 25 millimeters long. 



26. EVIOTA SEALEI ap. nov. 



Dorsal VI, 1-8 ; anal I, 8 ; there are 22 scales in a longitudinal 

 series and 7 in a transverse series. 



The body strongly compressed laterally, its depth 4 times 

 in the length; the stout heavy head contained 3.25 times in the 

 length and its breadth equal to its greatest depth ; the large eyes 

 4 times in head and twice the length of the short, blunt, but 

 pointed snout ; the eyes are very high up but do not quite touch 

 each other ; the mouth strongly oblique, its cleft reaching below 

 anterior part of eye and angle of maxillary extending to below 

 center of pupil; the ventrals very long and narrow, extending 

 to anal fin; the first dorsal moderately elongated, its longest 



