. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 286 SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE TELEOST FAMILY CARAPIDAE The study material includes ii adults in the collection of the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen. Localities represented are Banda and Cape Jaubert. The type was taken from a pearl oyster dredged off Cape Jaubert, north- west Australia, and was placed in the Swedish Museum. Specific characters. Greatest recorded length 92 mm.: length of head one- sixth to one-seventh of total length ; maximum depth of head three-fifths and maximum width one-third of length of head ; horizontal
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 286 SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE TELEOST FAMILY CARAPIDAE The study material includes ii adults in the collection of the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen. Localities represented are Banda and Cape Jaubert. The type was taken from a pearl oyster dredged off Cape Jaubert, north- west Australia, and was placed in the Swedish Museum. Specific characters. Greatest recorded length 92 mm.: length of head one- sixth to one-seventh of total length ; maximum depth of head three-fifths and maximum width one-third of length of head ; horizontal diameter of eye less than length of snout, twice as great as interorbital width ; mouth nearly horizontal; maxilla extends behind orbit for a distance greater than horizontal diameter of eye ; oval patch of many small teeth on vomer ; pectoral fins one-half to three-fifths of length of head ; translucent in life with pink sheen, caudal dusky (Smith, 1955)-. 25nnm Fig. 15.âCarapiis (Onuxodon) margaritiferae (Rendahl). A representative specimen from Cape Jaubert, Australia. Measurements of representative specimens are given in Table XII, and a summary of measurements and proportions of the adult fish studied in Table XIII. Table XII.âCarapus (Onuxodon) margaritiferae {Rendahl). Measurements and Proportions of Representative Adults in the Collection oj the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen. Locality .... Banda. C. Jaubert. mm. mm. Total length 68 82 Length of head . 9 (13% TL) 12 (15% TL) Maximum depth of head . 5 (56% HL) 8 (67% HL) Maximum width of head . 3-5 (39% HL) 5 (42% HL) Length of snout 2 (22% HL) 3 (25% HL) Horizontal diameter of eye 1-3 (14% HL) 1-5 (21% HL) Vertical diameter of eye . I (11% HL) 2 (17% HL) Interorbital width . 0-7 (8% HL) 1-5 (12% HL) Length of maxilla . 5 (56% HL) â 7 (58% HL) Length of pectoral fin 6 (67% HL) 7 (58% HL) Maximum depth of body 7 (78% HL) 9-5 (79% HL) Preanal length . 9-5 (14% TL) 12 (15% TL) TL = total le ngth; HL = leng
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