. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY LUTJANIDAE'—SCHULTZ 547 PTEROCAESIO KOHLERI, new species Figure 86 Eolofype.—'NM. No. 140246, Bikini Atoll, in lagoon at lat. II'SS'IS'' N., long. 165°28'39'' E., coral head at depth of 30 to 45 feet, July 13,1946, S-46-252, Brock, Emory, and Kohler, only known specimen, 193 mm. in standard length. Description.—Dorsal rays X,15; anal 111,11; pectoral ii,21-ii,21; scale rows crossing lateral line 82, scales above lateral line to dorsal origin 9, below to anal origin 16; lateral line pores 74; scales in a zigzag row around least dep
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY LUTJANIDAE'—SCHULTZ 547 PTEROCAESIO KOHLERI, new species Figure 86 Eolofype.—'NM. No. 140246, Bikini Atoll, in lagoon at lat. II'SS'IS'' N., long. 165°28'39'' E., coral head at depth of 30 to 45 feet, July 13,1946, S-46-252, Brock, Emory, and Kohler, only known specimen, 193 mm. in standard length. Description.—Dorsal rays X,15; anal 111,11; pectoral ii,21-ii,21; scale rows crossing lateral line 82, scales above lateral line to dorsal origin 9, below to anal origin 16; lateral line pores 74; scales in a zigzag row around least depth of caudal peduncle 29; gill rakers 8+1+27. Certain measurements were made on the holotype and these are recorded in table 50 in thousandths of the standard length. Length of head ; depth ; length of anal fin base ; length of dorsal fin base or ; tip of snout to anal origin , to pelvic. Figure 86.—Holotype of Pterocaesio kohleri, new species ( No. 140246), from Bikini Atoll. (Drawing by Aime M. Awl.) insertion ; all in the standard length. Eye ; snout ; length of maxillaries ; fleshy interorbital space ; least depth of caudal peduncle ; longest dorsal spine ; length of last dorsal spine , of last and anal ray ; postorbital length of head ; all in length of head. Body fusiform, greatest depth through base of spiny dorsal; head bluntly pointed, with a slight concavity at tip of premaxillary; caudal peduncle slender; dorsal and ventral profiles evenly curved; inter- orbital space convex; lateral line complete, a little above lengthwise axis of body anteriorly, but along it on caudal peduncle; body covered with weakly ctenoid scales, smooth to the touch; snout, area around orbit, lower part of preopercle, lower and upper jaw, gill membranes, naked; caudal fin scales between rays nearly to tips of lobes; accessory pelvic appendage about half length of pelvic fin; basal part of pectoral fin scaled; bases of dorsal an
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