. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 150 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 Total length in mm. 179,178,161 and 143. Greatest depth 48; 39; 44; 38; head 121; 111; 109; 111; snout to anus 449; 450; 454; 448; longest midcaudal fin ray 8; 5; 9; 6; eye 12; 13; 12; 10; snout 23; 20; 19; 19; snout tip to rictus 44; 36; 40; 38; interorbital space 17; 12; 15; 16; snout to dorsal origin 324; 337; 311; 315. Greatest depth 21 to 26; head to ; snout to anus , to dorsal origin to ; all in total length. Greatest depth to ; length of longest midcaudal fin ray 12 to 20;
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 150 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 Total length in mm. 179,178,161 and 143. Greatest depth 48; 39; 44; 38; head 121; 111; 109; 111; snout to anus 449; 450; 454; 448; longest midcaudal fin ray 8; 5; 9; 6; eye 12; 13; 12; 10; snout 23; 20; 19; 19; snout tip to rictus 44; 36; 40; 38; interorbital space 17; 12; 15; 16; snout to dorsal origin 324; 337; 311; 315. Greatest depth 21 to 26; head to ; snout to anus , to dorsal origin to ; all in total length. Greatest depth to ; length of longest midcaudal fin ray 12 to 20; eye to ; snout to rictus to ; snout to ; interorbital space to ; all in length of head. Body a little compressed throughout its length; dorsal fin present, its origin about 1% to 2 head lengths behind gill opening, only slightly more than 1 head length in front of vertical line through anus; anal fin present, its origin just behind anus, both fins confluent with short „„ ., ^.- ,_,..,.j<„t,.»wrw • Tirr Ill' iTun r-. Figure 31.^—Holotype of Rabula marshallensis, new species ( No. 141687), from Kwajalein Atoll. (Drawing by Dorothea B. Schultz.) caudal fin; rays of dorsal and anal fins visible upon dissection; center of eye about a third closer to rictus than to tip of snout; anterior nos- trils tubular, on each side of tip of snout when depressed reaching to edge of upper lip; single pair of posterior nasal openings with slightlj'^ raised rims, a vertical line through center of base of posterior nasal openings passes through front of pupil; anus a little in front of middle of total length; distance between pore above base of anterior nostril and pore on dorsal surface of snout contained about to times in distance between latter and rear nostril, all three nearly in a straight line; distance between rear nostrils about equal to diameter of ej^e; lower jaw a little shorter than upper; teeth rather short, conical, arranged
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