Leg 5 (see fig. 62) a free segment with three 

 setae at its tip and an additional seta near its base 

 on thoracic segment. Leg 6 absent. 



No egg sacs present on material studied. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Etymology. — The specific name remulus is Latin 

 for "oar" and refers to the nature of the broad 

 spatulate si^ines on the tip of the endopod of 

 leg 1. 



Remarks. — This species may be distinguished 

 from the six known species of Paraergasilus by the 

 two broad spines on the tip of the endopod of leg 

 1. Fryer (1968) stated that Paraergasilus is prob- 

 ably restricted to the nasal sinuses of the hosts. 

 The two specimens reported here were found 

 attached beneath the operculum. The nasal fossae 

 of all synentognath fishes are open pits so it would 

 be difficult for any copepod to attach therein. In 

 any event, it seems apparent that members of this 

 genus are not found on the gills as Yamaguti 

 (1963) has reported. 



All known species of Paraergasilus have been 

 collected from Asia or East Africa. 



FAMILY BOMOLOCHIDAE 



Six species of bomolochids were collected repre- 

 senting the genera Paraboirwloclius and Notho- 

 homolochus. Four of the six species discussed are 

 new. 



Parabomolochus bellones (Burmeister) 



Figures 71, 72 



Specimens studied. — A total of 860 individuals 

 from the gill chambers and oral valves of 16 spe- 

 cies of hosts: Ablennes Mans (gill chambers), 

 Woods Hole, Mass.; Virginia coast (3 collec- 

 tions); north Florida; Florida Keys; Gulf of 

 Mexico, lat. 28°30' N., long. 88°45' W. (2 collec- 

 tions) ; Haiti; British Honduras (3 collections) ; 

 Padre Bank, Caribbean Sea; Grand Bahama 

 Island; off North Brazil (2 collections) ; Gulf of 

 Guinea (7 collections); Liberia; Persian Gulf; 

 Natal, South Africa; Red Sea; Japan (4 collec- 

 tions) ; Belone belone (gill chambers), "Europe" 

 (2 collections) ; Trieste; Venice, Italy (2 collec- 

 tions) ; Naples, Italy; Mediterranean Sea; Tuni- 

 sia; Spain (2 collections) ; Belone svetovidovi (gill 

 chambers), Genoa, Italy; Platybelone argalus 

 (gill chambers), Puerto Rico (2 collections); 

 Cuba; Gulf of Mexico, lat. 20°12' N., long. 91°59' 

 W., Cay Areas, Gulf of Mexico; Cumana, Vene- 



zuela; Saudi Arabia; Strongylura anastomella 

 (gill chambers), Matsushima, Japan; "Japan" 

 (5 collections) ; Yokohama, Japan (2 collections) ; 

 Suruga Bay, Japan; Sea of Japan; Chiba Pre- 

 fecture, Japan; Korea; Strongylura leiura (gill 

 chambers). Hong Kong; Strongylura incisa (gill 

 chambers), Philippine Islands (2 collections); 

 Strongylura marina (gill chambers and oral 

 valves), Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; Morehead 

 City, N.C. ; Beaufort, N.C. (4 collections) ; South- 

 port, N.C. ; St. Simons Island, Ga. (4 collections) ; 

 Jekyll Island, Ga. ; Amelia River, Fla. ; Flagler 

 Beach, Fla.; Key "West, Fla.; Everglades Park, 

 Fla. ; Sanibel Island, Fla. ; Alligator Harbor, Fla. 

 (3 collections); Yucatan, Mexico; Panama (At- 

 lantic); Cumana, Venezuela; Venezuela; Trini- 

 dad; Strongylura notata (gill chambers and oral 

 valves), Sarasota, Fla. (4 collections); New 

 Smyrna, Fla. ; Banana River, Fla. ; Key Biscayne, 

 Fla. (7 collections) ; Matecumbe Key, Fla.; Bay- 

 port, Fla.; Alligator Harbor, Fla.; Pensacola, 

 Fla.; Andros Island, Bahamas; Mujeres Island, 

 Yucatan ; Tampico, Mexico ; Havana, Cuba (2 col- 

 lections) ; Palisadoes, Jamaica; Strongylura sene- 

 galensis (gill chambers and oral valves), Ivory 

 Coast (2 collections) ; Volta River, Ghana; Stron- 

 gylura strongylura (gill chambers), Arnhem 

 Land, Australia; Strongylura timucu (gill cham- 

 bers), Sarasota, Fla.; Pensacola, Fla.; Placida, 

 Fla.; Clearwater, Fla.; Monroe County, Fla.; 

 Tampa Bay, Fla.; Key Biscayne, Fla. (2 collec- 

 tions) ; Sanibel Island, Fla. ; Virgin Gorda Soimd, 

 Virgin Islands; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Laguna 

 Rincon, Puerto Rico; Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico; 

 San Juan, Puerto Rico; Punta Arenas, Puerto 

 Rico; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Lazaretto, Jamaica; 

 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; New Providence, 

 Bahamas; Ascension Bay, Yucatan; Progresso, 

 Yucatan; Honduras; Strongylura urvillii (gill 

 chambers), Philippine Islands; Tylosunis acus 

 (gill chambers and oral valves), Gulf of Mexico, 

 lat. 20°50' N., long. 93°00' W.; off North East 

 Florida; Monroe County, Fla.; Hondui'as; Free- 

 town, Sierra Leone; Gulf of Guinea; Tylosurus 

 crocodilus (gill chambers), Sarasota, Fla.; Vir- 

 ginia Key, Fla.; U.S. Atlantic Coast; Havana, 

 Cuba; Golfo de Lanaio, Venezuela; Venezuela; 

 Delagoa Bay, Mozambique; Kenya; Mosios 

 Islands, Burma; Kerala, India; Lhotskia gavi- 

 aloides (oral valves). Botany Baj', Australia; 



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