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_ Rataboura_ oc ^lls new species 
Depth 45 1/4; head 10 1/5, 7 1/6 to vent, width 5 1/5 
in its length; tail 2 in combined head and trunk. Snout 7 
3/4 in head; from snout tip; eye 9 7/8, 1 1/5 in snout, 
equals interorbital; mouth cleft reaches opposite eye center, 
length 4 3/4 in head from snout tip; teeth simple, conic, 
uniserial in jaws; interorbital 9 7/8, level. Gill opening 
10 3/4, equals Interspace. 
Dorsal inserted space behind vent equal to head length; 
anal inserted behind vent space equal to 1/3 head; caudal 
obtusely rounded, rather broad; pectoral 4 3/5. 
Brown, paler or lighter below. Eye gray. Fins all 
pale brown. 
Diagnosis. Apparently well distinguished by its large 
eye, short pointed muzzle and space between vent and dorsal 
origin subequal with the head. 
Type No. U. S. N. M. 
1 example. Tifu Bay, Bouro Island, Dutch East Indies. 
December 10, 1909, Length 219 mm. 
