. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAX ISLAXDS 9 tip of snout to rear margin of maxillary (); tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin (); tip of snout to insertion of pelvic fin (); tip of snout to origin of anal fin (); length of depressed dorsal (); length of base of dorsal fin (); length of base of anal fin (); distance from insertion of pec- toral to insertion of pelvic fins (); distance from insertion of pelvic fin to origin of anal () ; width of interorbital space (2
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAX ISLAXDS 9 tip of snout to rear margin of maxillary (); tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin (); tip of snout to insertion of pelvic fin (); tip of snout to origin of anal fin (); length of depressed dorsal (); length of base of dorsal fin (); length of base of anal fin (); distance from insertion of pec- toral to insertion of pelvic fins (); distance from insertion of pelvic fin to origin of anal () ; width of interorbital space (); dorsal rays 11 (12); anal 11 (10); pectoral 12 (-) : pelvic 8 (8); scales 44 (42) ; gill rakers on first gill arch 7 + 1 + 21 (7 + 1 + 19); premaxillary bound to snout with a frenum; abdomen appears to be naked along the midline. Color in alcohol: Sides with a black band % width of eye extend- ing from upper gill opening to base of caudal fin and joining with a. Figure 1.—Spratelloides atrofasciatus, new species: Holotype (U. S. N. M. No. 115099), mm. in standard length. Scales lost on the types, thus not shown in drawing. small patch of pigment on base of caudal fin rays above and below the midaxis; above (dorsal) the black lateral band is a white band of nearly same width anteriorly but narrower posteriorly; the middorsal line has a double roAv or line of black spots from occiput to origin of dorsal, thence irregularly along base of dorsal, continuing behind it as a double row and ending at base of caudal fin; the dorsal row of scales in the white band have very faint, blackish, crescent-shaped lines, one on each scale; below the black lateral band the body is white, except for the midline of abdomen, which has a line of black pigment becoming double along base of anal thence to base of caudal fin; tip of chin and sides of mandibles with black pigment; tip of snout black; supraorbital region with black pigment; peritoneum dusky to blackish; inside of opercular app
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