. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 298 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM SIGANUS PUNCTATISSIMUS new species Diagnosis.—Distinguished among all the species of its genus by the very minute numerous gray or whitish dots, which extend on the base of the caudal fin. Reaches 285 mm. Type.—C&t. No. 89979, Type locality.—Masinloc Bay, Zambales. Depth 2 to 2H; head S}4 to 35^, width 2 to 23/^. Snout 2 to 2)4 in head; eye 2^^ to 3^, 134 to ^H in snout, 1 to 13^ in interorbi- tal; teeth about 32 in each jaw; maxillary 33^ to 4 in head; inter- orbital 2^ to 3, bro
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 298 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM SIGANUS PUNCTATISSIMUS new species Diagnosis.—Distinguished among all the species of its genus by the very minute numerous gray or whitish dots, which extend on the base of the caudal fin. Reaches 285 mm. Type.—C&t. No. 89979, Type locality.—Masinloc Bay, Zambales. Depth 2 to 2H; head S}4 to 35^, width 2 to 23/^. Snout 2 to 2)4 in head; eye 2^^ to 3^, 134 to ^H in snout, 1 to 13^ in interorbi- tal; teeth about 32 in each jaw; maxillary 33^ to 4 in head; inter- orbital 2^ to 3, broadly convex; preorbital, preopercle limb, opercle and scapular arch striate. Gill rakers 6 + 16, short, small, bifid points. Scales very minute, ovoid, cycloid, 40 to 45 curculi. Cheek cov- ered with small Fig. 25.—SiGANUs PUNrTAxissmus, new species D. XIII, 10, I, fifth spine 1^ to 1^ in head, thhdray 1% to 1^; A. VII, 9, I, third spine 1% to 2, third ray IJ/^ to 1^; caudal deeply emarginate, lobes angularly pointed, 3 to 4 in combined head and body; least depth of caudal peduncle 33^ to 43^^ in combined head and body; pectoral 1^ to 134; ventral 134 to 1^. Body largely uniform deep brownish, everywhere with minute gray dots and extending on bases of soft vertical fins. Iris pale yellowish to olivaceous. Vertical fins brownish like general body color, only caudal base with pale dots. Pectoral dull olivaceous, uniform. Ven- tral pale, with brownish blotches. Young with dusky or blackish rounded blotch at shoulder, little less than eye, which also invaded by pale dots. East Indian region. Bloch's figure of Chaetodon guttatus shows a species without spots on the head and those on the body greatly larger than in any of our 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 State
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