. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 56.—Holotype of Epinephelus spilotoceps, new species ( No. 141901), from Bikini Atoll. (Drawing by Dorothea B. Schultz.) 111,8; pectoral ii,17-ii,17 and ii,l7-ii,l7; vertical scale rows above lateral line 97 and 95; scales in a row from anal origin to lateral line 23 and 24, from lateral line to base of soft dorsal fin 10 and 11; gill rakers on first gill arch counting all rudiments 8 + 1 + 16 and 8+1 + 16. Greatest depth to ; head to ; length of pectoral fin to ; all in standard length. Greatest depth
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 56.—Holotype of Epinephelus spilotoceps, new species ( No. 141901), from Bikini Atoll. (Drawing by Dorothea B. Schultz.) 111,8; pectoral ii,17-ii,17 and ii,l7-ii,l7; vertical scale rows above lateral line 97 and 95; scales in a row from anal origin to lateral line 23 and 24, from lateral line to base of soft dorsal fin 10 and 11; gill rakers on first gill arch counting all rudiments 8 + 1 + 16 and 8+1 + 16. Greatest depth to ; head to ; length of pectoral fin to ; all in standard length. Greatest depth to ; length of pectoral fin to ; snout to ; postorbital length of head to ; eye to ; tip of snout to rear of maxillary to ; least depth of caudal peduncle to ; all in length of head. Least depth of caudal peduncle in snout tip to rear of maxillary to Interorbital (fleshy) space flattish to slightly concave, about to in eye; least depth of caudal peduncle in its length, to ; teeth on middle of side of dentary in 2 or 3 rows in young, in 3 or more in half grown and adults; a pair or two of short canines on each side of symphysis of each jaw; teeth on palatines in a narrow band, those on vomer in a narrow A-shaped band; preopercular edge notably convex, finely serrate; greatest depth of body opposite dorsal origin; posterior margins of all fins rounded; sixth dorsal spine longest, about same length as fifth and a little longer than last, contained about to in postorbital length of head; soft dorsal rays longer than dorsal. 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, [etc. ]; for sale by the Su
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