. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 322 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM The fish is 7 cm. long and has 18 narrow dark cross bands, whicli extend to the median line of the back and are deficient on the lower part of the body; 7 of the bands are predorsal, 3 subdorsal, and 8 postdorsal, in addition to a narrow, sharply defined, vertical black stripe at the base of the caudal fin. A black bar extends from the axil of the pectoral fin to a black blotch at the beginning of the lateral line; there is a diffuse brownish area on the upper part of the opercle; the whole upp
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 322 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM The fish is 7 cm. long and has 18 narrow dark cross bands, whicli extend to the median line of the back and are deficient on the lower part of the body; 7 of the bands are predorsal, 3 subdorsal, and 8 postdorsal, in addition to a narrow, sharply defined, vertical black stripe at the base of the caudal fin. A black bar extends from the axil of the pectoral fin to a black blotch at the beginning of the lateral line; there is a diffuse brownish area on the upper part of the opercle; the whole upper surface of the head is covered with rounded black spots; a brown stripe extends under eye to angle of mouth; the pale yellow dorsal fin has a jet-black spot at its base anteriorly and several transverse rows of dark spots on the dorsal rays; and the greenish- yellow caudal fin has five irregular transverse rows of brown spots. The barbels are long, all reaching to or beyond the eye; the eyes, in- visible from below, are much nearer to tip of snout than to the gill opening; the anterior nostril is in a tube with a posterior flap, which nearly reaches eye; the lateral line terminated in advance of the anal fin. -ifr v%f ^ «^. 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 Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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