Ablennes hians (Valenciennes) 



A large (maximum size 725 mm. BL) oif shore 

 marine needlefish found worldwide in tropical and 

 subtropical seas (see fig. 175) . 



WESTERN ATLANTIC 



81 specimens (83-630 mm. BL) from 30 

 collections. 



Caligodes laciniatns, eight females from six speci- 

 mens (200-240 mm. BL). Florida; Missis- 

 sippi; Caribbean Sea; Surinam; Brazil. 



Parabo7)wlochus bellones, 12 males and 96 females 

 from 31 specimens (169-535 mm. BL). Woods 

 Hole, Mass. ; "Virginia ; Florida ; Mississippi ; 

 Grand Bahamas; Haiti; Caribbean Sea; 

 Honduras; Recife, Brazil. 



Lemanthropus tylosuri, six females and three 

 males from four specimens (353-i55 mm. 

 BL). Woods Hole, Mass.; New Point, Va. ; 

 Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Recife, Brazil. 



Leimantkropus helones, three males and one female 

 from one specimen (459 mm. BL). Western 

 Puerto Rico. 



Golobomatus goodingi, two females from inter- 

 orbital canals of two specimens (455-630 mm. 

 BL). Cuba; Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 



EASTERN ATLANTIC 



37 specimens (132-530 mm. BL) from 17 

 collections. 



Caligodes laciniahis, 58 females from nine speci- 

 mens (207-530 mm. BL) . Cape Verde Islands ; 

 Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ghana; Gabon; 

 Angola. 



Parahotnolochus hellones, 1 male and 26 females 

 from 17 specimens (132-530 mm. BL). 

 Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ghana; Dahomey; 

 Gabon. 



Lemanthropus tylosuri^ five females and one male 

 from four specimens (418-530 mm. BL). 

 Sierra Leone; Gabon. 



Golohomatux goodingi, 15 females from 15 speci- 

 mens (147-530 mm. BL). Sierra Leone; 

 Dahomey ; Gabon. 



Caligus sp. A, two males and six females from four 

 specimens (418-530 mm. BL). Sierra Leone; 

 Gabon. 



INDIAN OCEAN 



31 specimens (84-725 mm. BL) from 13 



collections. 



Caligodes laciniattis, six females from two speci- 

 mens (610-725 mm. BL). Mauritius; 

 Zanzibar. 



LemantJu'opvs tylosuri, 2 males and 10 females 

 from 1 specimen (610 mm. BL). Mauritius. 



Parahomolochus bellones, 4 males and 16 females 

 from 6 specimens. Red Sea; Persian Gulf; 

 Natal, South Africa. 



Nothobomolochus gibber, one female from one 

 specimen (311 mm. BL). Andaman Islands. 



WEST AND CENTRAL PACIFIC 



77 specimens (99-615 mm. BL) from 21 



collections. 



Caligodes laciniatus, three females from three 

 specimens (305^70 mm. BL) . Japan ; Hawaii. 



LerrMnthropus tylosuri, 22 males and about 54 fe- 

 males from 16 specimens (295-615 mm. BL). 

 Japan; Taiwan; Bikini, Marshall Islands; 

 Philippine Islands; Hawaii. 



Nothobomolochus gibber, 59 females from 29 

 specimens (192-374 mm. BL). Japan; Philip- 

 pine Islands ; Borneo ; North Australia. 



Parabomolocku-^ bellones, five females from four 

 specimens (286^49 mm. BL). Suruga Bay, 

 Nagasaki, and Kobe, Japan; Djakarta, Java. 



Parahomolochus sinensis, two females from one 

 specimen (286 mm. BL). Djakarta, Java. 



Golobomatus goodingi, 10 females from 9 speci- 

 mens (226-278 mm. BL). Torres Strait, 

 Australia. 



Caligus sp. E, one male and five females from 

 three specimens. Djakarta, Java; Torres 

 Strait, Australia. 



EASTERN PACIFIC 



25 specimens (120-540 mm. BL) from 11 



collections. 



Caligodes laeiniatus, 28 females from 8 specimens 

 (252-540 mm. BL). Gulf of California; west- 

 ern Mexico ; Cabo Blanco, Peru. 



Lemanthropus tylosuri, 10 females and 17 males 

 from 5 specimens (462-540 mm. BL). Gulf of 

 California; western Mexico; Panama; Cabo 

 Blanco, Peru. 



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