. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY MXJRAENIDAE—SCHULTZ 147 Remarks.—^We have compared the Marshall Islands specimens with the types from the Phoenix Islands and find no significant differences. Genus RABULA Jordan and Davis Rahula Jordan and Davis, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish, and Fisheries, 1888, vol. 16, pp. 590, 598, 1892. (Genotype based on No. 6673, holotype of R. davisi Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 64, p. 21, February 1912, as restricted by him, and not on Oymnothorax aquae-dulcis Cope, holotype, No. 14925, which is another species
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FAMILY MXJRAENIDAE—SCHULTZ 147 Remarks.—^We have compared the Marshall Islands specimens with the types from the Phoenix Islands and find no significant differences. Genus RABULA Jordan and Davis Rahula Jordan and Davis, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish, and Fisheries, 1888, vol. 16, pp. 590, 598, 1892. (Genotype based on No. 6673, holotype of R. davisi Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 64, p. 21, February 1912, as restricted by him, and not on Oymnothorax aquae-dulcis Cope, holotype, No. 14925, which is another species and came from Costa Rica.) This genus is characterized by having an anal fin with its origin close behind anus (origin of the rayed dorsal fin is more than a head length behind the gill openings but in front of a vertical line through the anus) and by having a single posterior nasal opening. ^p^?^T^'^^"^:^^;p^*fi^^^^p?^^^^^^^^^^|^^^^. Figure 30.—Holotype of Rabula fuscomaculata, new species ( No. 141639), from Rongerik Atoll. (Drawing by Dorothea B. Schultz.) RABULA FUSCOMACULATA, new species Figure 30 Holotype.—\J.^MM. No. 141639, Kongerik Atoll, Latoback Island, lagoon reef, August 14, 1947, S-1041, Brock, Schultz, and Donaldson, total length 173 mm. Paratypes.— No. 141644, Bikini Atoll, Erik Island, ocean reef, March 19, 1946, S-46-9, Schultz and Brock, 1 specimen, 125 mm. in total length; No. 141646, Bikini Atoll, lagoon, coral heads eastern end, depth 20 to 25 feet, March 26, 1946, S^6-42, Brock and Schultz, 1 specimen, 164 mm.; No. 141645, Bikini Atoll, Boro Island, channel reef, April 6, 1946, S-46-52, Schultz and Brock, 1 specimen, 61 mm.; No. 141643, Bikini Atoll, Cherry Island, April 18, 1946, S-46-98, Schultz, 2 specimens, 146 to 150 mm.; No. 141648, Bikini Atoll, Arji Island, lagoon, depth 20 to 40 feet, August 7,1946, S^6-308, Brock and Herald, 2 specimens, 143 and 147 mm.; No. 141647, Bik
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