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BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Family CH2ETOBONTII32E. 
Clisetodon mantelliger Jenkins, new species. Fig. 7. 
Head 3.5 in length of body; depth 1.5 in length. D. xii, 22; A. hi, 19. Body ovate, greatest 
depth through middle of pectoral tin; anterior upper profile of head concave. Snout prominently 
projecting, a little less than eye, 3.75 in head. Eye circular, 3 in head. Lower margin of suborbital 
not visible. Margin of preopercle entire, angle rounded, posterior limb vertical, lower horizontal. 
Interorbital slightly^ less than eye. First dorsal spine 2 in second, second three-fourths of third, 
following spines about same length, last slightly shorter than others. Soft dorsal rounded, median 
rays longest, a little longer than longest spine, first same length as last spine, last equal to first spine. 
First anal spine about two-fifths of second; second and third about equal, 1.5 in head. Soft anal a 
little shorter than soft dorsal, otherwise similar to it, median rays equal to median dorsal rays. 
Pectorals and ven train about equal, a little shorter than head. Caudal peduncle short, length equal 
to interorbital, about three-fourths of its depth. Edge of caudal fin straight, oblique, upper rays 
longest, 1.33 in head. Scales, 9-57-22. Scales on anterior part of body, except those of nape and on 
the ventral region between the head, pectorals, and ventrals, much larger than those of posterior part 
of body. Lateral line strongly arched, beginning above upper end of gill cleft and ending just below 
fifth ray from end of soft dorsal. 
7. Clisetodon mantelliger Jenkins, new species. Type. 
Color in life: General color light yellow; chin and front part of snout red; ocular band only a little 
narrower than eye above orbit, a little wider than pupil below, inclined somewhat obliquely backward 
from eye above and below; interorbital yellow; a yellow stripe on level of pupil running across the 
snout from one eye to the other; about eight vertical rows of black spots, each smaller than pupil, on 
sides of body, extending from front of dorsal fin to middle of body and reaching from back to level of 
pectoral, occurring on every third vertical row of scales; caudal peduncle black, the black extending 
in small amount for a short distance along bases of dorsal and anal fins; caudal fin bright yellow, the 
general yellow color of body becoming a bright sulphur yellow on posterior parts of dorsal and anal 
fins; extreme margin of soft dorsal and anal fins, especially posteriorly, black; ventrals yellow; iris 
nearly white with upper and lower parts dark where ocular band passes through eye. 
