. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY APOGONIDAE—LACHNER 457 Greatest body depth 334 (mean 354, range 338 to 374) ; length of head 393 (395,387 to 407) ; head depth at occiput 266 (285, 268 to 296) ; length of caudal peduncle 266 (288, 278 to 301) ; least depth of caudal peduncle 156 (154, 148 to 161) ; length of longest pectoral ray 252 (251, 238 to 260) ; length of third spine of spinous dorsal 214 (186, 185 to 190) ; length of second spine of anal 117 (124, 120 to 129) ; diameter of eye 126 (123, 120 to 125) ; length of upper jaw 204 (208, 203 to 213) ; length of snout
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY APOGONIDAE—LACHNER 457 Greatest body depth 334 (mean 354, range 338 to 374) ; length of head 393 (395,387 to 407) ; head depth at occiput 266 (285, 268 to 296) ; length of caudal peduncle 266 (288, 278 to 301) ; least depth of caudal peduncle 156 (154, 148 to 161) ; length of longest pectoral ray 252 (251, 238 to 260) ; length of third spine of spinous dorsal 214 (186, 185 to 190) ; length of second spine of anal 117 (124, 120 to 129) ; diameter of eye 126 (123, 120 to 125) ; length of upper jaw 204 (208, 203 to 213) ; length of snout 106 (107,100 to 120) ; least width of bony interorbital 83 (86, 83 to 89) ; tip of snout to origin of spinous dorsal fin 390 (400, 390 to 425) ; tip of snout to origin of anal fin 610 (623,. Figure 78.—Holotype of Apogon menesemops, new species ( No. 142232), from Bikini Atoll. (Drawing by Aime M. Awl.) 610 to 633) ; tip of snout to insertion of pectoral fins 378 (384, 368 to 405) ; tip of snout to insertion of pelvic fins 379 (395, 380 to 435) ; tip of snout to anal opening 550 (562, 540 to 575) ; gill rakers 6 + 1 + 17 (5 or 6 + l + 16or 17), total 22 to 24. First spine of spinous dorsal about one-third length of second spine, second spine almost one-half length of third; jaws and vomer with small villiform teeth, none on palatines; both margins of preopercle serrated; serrations stronger and larger on anterior edge of pre- opercle; some serrations on lower edge of orbit; ctenoid scales with about 12 to 21 radii; fine ctenii limited to about 10 rows on posterior margin of scale; upper jaw reaches vertical through posterior margin of pupil; body slab sided; mouth terminal; lateral line complete; peritoneum silvery; operculum with one flat spine; gill rakers slender, longest raker about times longest filament, about to in diameter of eye; no apparent sexual dimorphism in size, color, or body form; largest male 115 mm. in standard length, largest female
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