The spine and seta formulas for legs 1 to 4 

 follow : 



Leg 1 



Leg 2 



Leg 3 



Leg 4 



end 



end 



end 



end 



.1 1:1 



.2 1:1 



.3 11:5 



0:1 1:1 



0:1 1:1 

 11:4 111:6 



0:1 

 0:2 

 11:4 



1:1 



1:1 



111:6 



0:1 

 0:2 

 11:4 



1:1 



1:1 

 111:6 



0:1 

 0:2 

 11:3 



On the basis of the shape of the anchor, the 

 specimen seems to be closely related to Lemaea 

 coniposita Wilson, 1924 described from the electric 

 catfish, Malapterus electrlous, in Egypt. 



Lernaeenicus Sp. 



Specimens studied. — A single female embedded 

 at the base of the pectoral fin of a specimen of 

 Tylosurus crocodilus from Manila, Philippines. 



FAMILY LERNAEOCERIDAE 



Lernaeolophus sultanus (Milne-Edwards) 



Specimens studied. — One collection containing 

 one immature female from the tongue of Plafy- 

 helone argalus trachu7'a taken at Ascension Island ; 

 one collection containing two females from the 

 roof of the mouth of Strmigylura marina collected 

 off Belize, British Honduras; and one collection of 

 two females from the roof of the mouth of Ty- 

 losurus a. acus from Haiti. 



Remarks. — This copepod has been considered 

 recently by Kabata (1968) so no further descrip- 

 tion is added here. His investigations showed this 

 species to be a lernaeocerid and not a pennellid as 

 thought by Yamaguti (1963). L. sttltanu.s is not 

 common on needlefishes, and they are probably 

 not its preferred host. It has been previously re- 

 ixjrted from Acanthocyhium solandrl, Caranx as- 

 censionis, Istiophonis gladiu^, Haeinnlon plumieri, 

 Maena vulgaris, and two species of Serranus. 



Order Philichthyidea 



A single species of the family Philichthyidae 

 was collected — a new species of Colohomatus from 

 the cephalic canals of needlefishes. 



FAMILY PHILICHTHYIDAE 



Colobomatus goodinsi Cressey and Collette, New 

 Species 



Figures 165 to 174 



Specimens studied. — Sixty-five collections from 



7 host species containing 190 females as listed 



below: Ahlennes hums, Cuba; Haiti; Sierra Leone 



(2 collections) ; Dahomey; Grabon; Torres Strait, 

 Australia (2 collections) ; Acapulco, Mexico; Pan- 

 ama (Pacific) ; Strongylura notaia, Sanibel Is- 

 land, Fla. ; Sarasota, Fla. (2 collections) ; Tampa 

 Bay, Fla. ; Alligator Harbor, Fla. ; Key Biscayne, 

 Fla. (3 collections) ; Bimini, Bahamas (2 collec- 

 tions) ; Providence Island, Caribbean Sea ; Stron- 

 gylura nmmia, west coast of Florida; Everglades 

 Park, Fla.; Clearwater, Fla.; Alligator Harbor, 

 Fla.; Panama City, Fla.; Strongylura ti?nucu, 

 west coast of Florida (2 collex^tions) ; Haiti (2 

 collections) ; Puerto 'Rico (2 collections) ; Virgin 

 Islands; Curagao; Strongylura exilis, Panama 

 (Pacific) ; Tylosums acus, Gulf of Mexico (2 col- 

 lections) ; Bahamas (2 collections) ; Angola (2 

 collections) ; Philippines; Acapulco, Mexico ; Pan- 

 ama (Pacific); Cabo Blanco, Peru; Tylosunis 

 crocodilus, Virginia Key, Fla.; Bahamas; Trini- 

 dad; Venezuela; Cameroons; Red Sea; Gulf of 

 Aden; Madagascar (4 collections); Madras, In- 

 dia ; Kerala, India ; Ceylon ; Java ; Manila, Philip- 

 pines; Marianas Islands; Solomon Islands; 

 Marshall Islands; Panama (Pacific) (2 collec- 

 tions) ; Cocos Island (Eastern Pacific). 



HolotyiDe female (USNM 125700) and five para- 

 type females (USNM 125701) irom Strongylura 

 notata from Bimini. 



Female. — Body form as in figure 165. Total 

 length based on an average of 28 o\'igerous females 

 from the four host species 4.4 mm. (2.7-7.1 mm.). 

 Greatest width 1.9 mm. (0.82-2.78 mm.). 



C^phalon with single lobe projecting anterior 

 to first anteima (in all other species except 0. 

 mura^nae this lobe is double) . Three thoracic seg- 

 ments partially separated from each other pos- 

 terior to cephalon, each segment only slightly 

 wider than cephalon. Next following segment 

 greatly expanded, each side bearing an anteriorly 

 and posteriorly directed lobe; this segment com- 

 poses about one-third total body length. The fol- 

 lowing segment with a lateral, well-developed lobe 

 on each side. Three remaining segments (ab- 

 domen?) of about equal width and incompletely 

 divided from each other, last segment with a pos- 

 teriorly directed lobe projecting between caudal 

 rami gi\nng posterior portion of lx)dy a triramose 

 appearance. 



First antenna apparently 4-segmented, each seg- 

 ment bearing a few long setae; the total length of 

 tliis appendage is only 26.5 ix. Because of its small 



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