. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 196 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Subgenus Plectropomus Oken Soft dorsal and anal without front lobes distinctly marked and though front rays highest edges of fin slope obliquely back. Body without dark vertical lines on flanks. PLECTROPOMUS TRUNCATUS, new species Depth S}4 to 3%; head 2% to 2%, width 2% to 2%. Snout 3% to 4% in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 7^, 1 to 2x/% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital, greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches % in eye to little beyond, expansion 1 to 1% in eye, length 2 to 2}

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. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 196 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Subgenus Plectropomus Oken Soft dorsal and anal without front lobes distinctly marked and though front rays highest edges of fin slope obliquely back. Body without dark vertical lines on flanks. PLECTROPOMUS TRUNCATUS, new species Depth S}4 to 3%; head 2% to 2%, width 2% to 2%. Snout 3% to 4% in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 7^, 1 to 2x/% in snout, 1% to 1% in interorbital, greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches % in eye to little beyond, expansion 1 to 1% in eye, length 2 to 2}/$ in head from snout tip; teeth in narrow bands in jaws, pair of canines in front of each, also 2 or 3 on each mandibular ramus; narrow band of fine teeth on vomer and each palatine; interorbital >/$% v::..'| â W -*â¢. 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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