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?@atral ahoH, ©adiag at a ooasid®rabl« diatauc® liefor© aaua; the iaterapiaal 
asEihrano not well developed* Oaodal abort, romded. 
Bodf nearly uniformly and very moderately daaky; very feeble traces 
of cross-hands, somewhat better marked wbaea viewed from dorsal aspect; the 
nearly evenly dietri bated ehromatophoree of two sizes, fine and coarser ones, 
the latter especially numerous on back and caudal peduncle; head darker than 
body, irrasularly shaded. Oaudal distinctively and prettily spotted, when 
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viewed under magnification arrangemaat of very small individual spots an 
follows; in a large median area nmxe base cf fin one spot, usually elongate, 
set like a jewel in every fin ray joint, surrounded marginally by a light 
region; near upp^ and lower margins and posteriorly two smaller spots, one 
behind the other, often only one and soaetlmes three eimilar spots similarly 
set in every joint; the characteristic arrangements of spots disappearing 
where ray# split to form narrow branches. Anal with a sapramarginal, black, 
diffuse band; rest of fin and other fins more or less tushy, the two dorsals 
darkest • 
Heaaaramsats Famale 1^1 w. in standard length, fentral 21.5, 
depth 23, least depth of caudal peduncle 13»5t ^7, postorMtal part of 
head 18, head depth directly behind eye l6.5, head width at same point IU.5. 
maxillary 12, snout 7, eye 8, antedorsal distance 38. Oaadal in a male 1$ 
cm. 23.5. 
Holotype . — U . 8 . W .M . no. ; Old frovidence Island; August 6, 
1938* obtained on the Presidential oruis#; f. t, ScJmitt collector; male 19 
FaratviaeB .— U.3.I.M. no. ; female l4 w». in standard length, 
obtained with the type. Bingham Oceanographic Collection, no. ; Bara- 
lona Harbor, Samto Doming; John C. Armstrong; July I3, 1933* f®sale 13 as. 
in standard length. 
