lat. 20°45' N., long. 73°33' W., 217 to 200 fath. 

 (397-366 m.), Oregon station 5414, May 24, 

 1965. 



Paratypes 



43 specimens, 87 to 137 mm. SL, from same 

 station as holotype: AM I. 15402-001 (1 speci- 

 men, 122 mm. SL), AMNH 28501 (2, 110-128), 

 ANSP 112724 (2, 112-120), BPBM 7305 

 (1, 109), BMNH 1969.5.16.2-3 (2, 118-121), 

 HOC 5988 (1, 125), CU 64262 (2, 109-119), 

 IRSNB 474 (1, 133), LACM 30769-1 (2, 115- 

 120), MCZ 46518 (2, 110-135), MNHN 1969- 

 165 (2, 106-111), RMNH 26071 (1, 121), SU 

 67142 (2, 114-124), TABL 101316 (10, 93- 

 134), TU 57443 (2, 116-120), UF 16425 (2, 

 112-125), UH uncataloged (1, 114), UMMZ 

 188888 (2, 92-112), USNM 204087 (3, 88-137), 

 UW 200444 (1, 87), and ZSZM 4201 (1, 118). 



UMML 2679 (4, 73-93), north of Little 



Bahama Bank, lat. 27°29' N., long. 78°58' W., 

 200 fath. (366 m.). Combat station 236, Febru- 

 ary 2, 1957 UMML 20774 (1, 74), off 



southern coast of Grand Bahama Island, lat. 

 26°34' N., long. 78°26-25' W., 160 to 150 fath. 

 (293-274 m.), Gerda station 693, July 21, 1965. 



26 specimens, 49 to 86 mm. SL, off eastern 



coast of the Dominican Republic, lat. 18°24' N., 

 long. 68°05' W., 200 fath. (366 m.). Silver Bay 

 station 5190, October 17, 1963; TABL 101313 

 (6, 56-83), UMML 15814 (17, 60-78), and 



USNM 204088 (3, 49-86) 24 specimens, 



71 to 120 mm. SL, off western coast of Puerto 

 Rico, lat. 18°26.5' N., long. 67°41' W., 260 fath. 

 (476 m.), Silver Bay station 5191, October 18, 

 1963; TABL 101317 (21, 71-120), and USNM 



204089 (3, 96-108). FMNH 66922 (1, 54), 



off the southern coast of Isla de Vieques, Puerto 

 Rico, lat. 18°05' N., long. 65°21' W., 120 fath. 

 (220 m.), Oregon station 2627, September 29, 



1959 7 specimens, 75 to 102 mm. SL, off 



western coast of Puerto Rico, lat. 18°03' N., 

 long. 67°27' W., 150 to 180 fath. (274-329 m.), 

 Oregon station 2643, October 5, 1959; FMNH 

 66923 (4, 75-100) and UMML 7487 (3, 77- 



102) UMML 7043 (2, 86-87), off western 



coast of Puerto Rico, lat. 18°14' N., long. 67°20' 

 W., 210 fath. (384 m.), Oregon station 2646, 



October 5, 1959 TABL 106432 (1, 81), off 



northwestern coast of Tobago, lat. 11°30' N., 



342 



long. 60°46' W., 200 to 240 fath. (366-439 m.), 



Oregon station 5028, September 22, 1964 



UMML 23902 (6, 83-96), east of Arrowsmith 

 Bank, off Quintana Roo, Mexico, lat. 21° 10' N., 

 long. 86°18' W., 250 to 20 fath. (458-37 m.), 



Pillsbury station 582, May 23, 1967 TABL 



101315 (3, 92-99), south southwest of Glovers 

 Reef, off British Honduras, lat. 16°35' N., long. 

 87°56' W., 150 to 175 fath. (274-320 m.), Un- 

 daunted cruise 6703, station 76 (TABL 67-174), 



May 19, 1967 FMNH 66918 (8, 80-119), 



off northeastern coast of Honduras, lat. 16°39' 

 N., long. 82°29' W., 225 fath. (412 m.), Oregon 



station 1870, August 21, 1957 FMNH 



66919 (1, 99), off eastern coast of Nicaragua, 

 lat. ir31' N., long. 83°09' W., 150 fath. (274 

 m.), Oregon station 1903, September 9, 1957. 



6 specimens, 75 to 112 mm. SL, off eastern 



coast of Nicaragua, lat. 11°34' N., long. 83°07' 

 W., 125 fath. (229 m.), Oregon station 1904, 

 September 9, 1957; FMNH 66920 (5, 75-112) 

 and FMNH 66921 (1, 108). A total of 133 para- 

 types, 49 to 137 mm. SL. 



Other Material, Not Part of the Type Series 



UMML 24751 (1, 47), collection data the 



same as that for UMML 23902 TABL 



106275 (1, 87), collection data the same as that 

 for TABL 101317. These specimens (UMML 

 24751 and TABL 106275) were not considered 

 during the preparation of the description of the 

 species. 



SYMPHYSANODON OCTOACTINUS 

 NEW SPECIES 



Figure 5 ; tables 1 to 4 



DIAGNOSIS 



Body deeper than in other species of Symphy- 

 sanodon, the depth 33.4 to 36.0 percent SL. First 

 pelvic soft ray not greatly produced. Anal fin 

 short, length of depressed anal fin 28.5 to 32.3 

 percent SL. Caudal fin deeply forked, but the 

 lobes apparently never greatly produced. Anal 

 soft rays 7 or 8 (usually 8). Gill rakers 12 to 

 14 + 26 to 29— total 39 to 42. Pored lateral- 

 line scales 45 or 46. 



DESCRIPTION 



Maxillary extending posteriorly to approxi- 

 mately middle of eye or a little beyond. Length 



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