. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 26 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 02 Vol. 3 fins barred with blackish; pelvic fins black, with two pale areas in central part of soft rays, margins white; anal fin blackish broken by a white bar across center, margin pale; posterior margin of soft dorsal fin with two distinct black ocellate spots. —^This characteristic species was taken in an abundant growth of corals in about 6 to 25 feet of water where the current was strong and wave action Figure 139.—Brachirus biocellatus (Fowler), holotype, USNM 98894, from
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 26 NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 02 Vol. 3 fins barred with blackish; pelvic fins black, with two pale areas in central part of soft rays, margins white; anal fin blackish broken by a white bar across center, margin pale; posterior margin of soft dorsal fin with two distinct black ocellate spots. —^This characteristic species was taken in an abundant growth of corals in about 6 to 25 feet of water where the current was strong and wave action Figure 139.—Brachirus biocellatus (Fowler), holotype, USNM 98894, from the Philippines, after Fowler. Remarks.—During the course of this study we have examined several specimens of Brachirus from various parts of the Indo-PacLfic area and are able to present new data on certain species before us. Brachirus zebra as understood by us has the general color pattern shown by Bleeker (Atlas ichthyologique . ., pi. 411, fig. 1, 1862), in whose figure one of the most characteristic color marks is the last dark bar across the caudal peduncle, with a middle projection ex- tending from it to the base of the middle caudal fin rays; the supra- orbital tentacle either long and barred or short, as in some of our specimens. In our specimens under USNM 26630 (Fiji Island), 122853 (New Hebrides), and 123367 (Okinawa), there are XIII,10 dorsal rays, 111,6 anal, and 16 or 17 pectoral rays. After examining the two types of Dendrochirus sauselele Jordan and Scale, USNM 51760, and finding color pattern and fin rays the same as in zebra, we are of the opinion that sauselele is a synonym of zebra and herewith. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [et
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