. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. 24 GILL AND EDWARDS PTP LSCP. DENP IMR POPP i i Fig. 4 Cephalic sensory pores of Pseudoplesiops occidentalis, BPBM 32926. mm SL, holotype. South Male Atoll. Maldive Islands. Arrow indicates atypical doubled suborbital pore (present unilaterally only in holotype). IMR. intermandibular ridge. Other abbreviations and methods of presentation follow Fig. 2. Description. (Based on five specimens, mm SL) Dorsal-fin rays 11,23, last 6-7 (6) segmented rays branched; anal-fin rays 11,14, last 5-6 (5) segmented rays branched; pect
. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. 24 GILL AND EDWARDS PTP LSCP. DENP IMR POPP i i Fig. 4 Cephalic sensory pores of Pseudoplesiops occidentalis, BPBM 32926. mm SL, holotype. South Male Atoll. Maldive Islands. Arrow indicates atypical doubled suborbital pore (present unilaterally only in holotype). IMR. intermandibular ridge. Other abbreviations and methods of presentation follow Fig. 2. Description. (Based on five specimens, mm SL) Dorsal-fin rays 11,23, last 6-7 (6) segmented rays branched; anal-fin rays 11,14, last 5-6 (5) segmented rays branched; pectoral-fin rays 15-16 (16/15), upper 2-4 (2/2) and lower 1-3 (1/2) rays simple; pelvic-fin rays 1,3, all segmented rays simple; principal caudal-fin rays 9 + 8, the uppermost 1-2 (1) and lowermost 1-2 (2) rays unbranched; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 3-4 (4); lower procurrent caudal-fin rays 3~4 (4); total caudal-fin rays 23-25 (25); scales in lateral series 26-28 (27/27); predorsal scales 6-8 (8); transverse scales 11-12 (11/11); scales behind eye 2; scales to preopercular angle 3; circumpeduncular scales 16; ctenoid scales beginning at 7-9 (7/9) transverse scale rows behind branchial opening; gill rakers 2-\ + 8-11 = 10-15 (2 + 8); pseudobranch filaments 6-7 (7). Head pores (all bilaterally paired; Fig. 4): nasal pores 2; anterior interorbital pores 1; posterior interorbital pores 0; supraotic pores 2; suborbital pores 8-9 (9/8); posterior otic pores 0; preopercular pores 7; dentary pores 4; intertemporal pores 1; anterior temporal pores 0; posttemporal pores 1; parietal pores 2. As percentage of standard length: body depth at dorsal-fin origin (); greatest body depth (); body width (); head length (); snout length (); orbit diameter (); interorbital width (); upper jaw length (); depth of caudal peduncle (); caudal peduncle length (); predorsal
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