found from soutliern Florida and the Bahamas 



to Cuba, Jamaica, Yucatan, and Honduras (see 



fig. 179). 



About 200 specimens (29-24.5 mm. BL) from 



about 50 collections. 



Coloiomatus goodingi, from cephalic lateral line 

 canals of 42 specimens (72-238 mm. BL [aver- 

 age 133.3]). Bimini, Bahamas; Tampa Bay, 

 Cape Haze, Sanibel Island, and Key Biscayne, 

 Fla. ; Providence Island, Caribbean Sea. 



Leim-anthropus helones, 63 males and 78 females 

 from about 50 specimens (87-245 mm. BL 

 [average 151.0]). Bimini and Andros Is., Ba- 

 hamas; Sanibel Island, Cape Haze, Sarasota, 

 Pensacola, and Key Biscayne, Fla.; Florida 

 Keys; Cuba; Jamaica; Yucatan. 



Parabomolochus bellones, 3 males and 158 females 

 from about 50 specimens (41-226 mm. BL 

 [average 108.4]). Andros Island, Bahamas; 

 Cape Haze, Sarasota, New Smyrna, Pensa- 

 cola, Bayport, and Key Biscayne, Fla. ; Flor- 

 ida Keys; Jamaica; Yucatan and Tampico, 

 Mexico. 



Caligus sp. B, four females from two specimens. 

 Sarasota, Fla. 



Strongylura scapularis (Jordan and Gilbert) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 245 mm. BL, 



385 mm. SL) eastern Pacific marine species found 



from Costa Rica to Ecuador (see fig. 179). 

 38 specimens (36-245 mm. BL) from 12 



collections. 



Lernanthropus heloTies, eight males and four fe- 

 males from four specimens (157-227 mm. 

 BL). Canal Zone, Panama; Guyaquil, 

 Ecuador. 



Parabomolochus constricPus, 15 females from un- 

 der opercles of about 7 specimens (64—148 mm. 

 BL). Costa Rica; Canal Zone, Panama. 



Paral)07nolochics ensiculus, 139 females from under 

 oral valves of 21 specimens (59-235 mm. BL) . 

 Canal Zone, Panama; Ecuador; Peru. 



ErgasUus arguhis, 48 females from gill filaments 

 of 6 specimens (187-245 mm. BL). Mouth of 

 Dagua River, Colombia. 



Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes) 



A mediaim-sized (maximum size 263 mm. BL, 

 381 mm. SL) eastern Atlantic marine species 

 found from Senegal through the Gulf of Guinea 

 to Angola (see fig. 179). Sometimes enters rivers. 



27 specimens (116-229 mm. BL) from 6 



collections. 



Parabomolochus bellones, five females from five 

 specimens ( 143-175 mm. BL) . Volta River at 

 Ada, Ghana; Ebzie Lagoon, Ivory Coast. 



ErgasUus inflatipes, 62 females from 17 specimens 

 (129-218 mm. BL). Volta River at Ada, 

 Ghana ; Ebzie Lagoon, Ivoiy Coast. 



Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 233 nmi. BL, 



366-1- mm. SL) estuarine spex?ies found along the 



coasts of India, southeast Asia, China, Borneo, the 



Philippines, and Australia (see fig. 179). 



69 specimens (56-233 mm. BL) from 32 



collections. 



Parabomolochus bellones^ two females from one or 

 two specimens. Arnhem Land, Australia. 



Parabomolochus sinensis, 12 females and 1 male 

 from 7 specimens (78-166 mm. BL). Hong 

 Kong; Amoy and Fukien, China; Penang, 

 Malaysia. 



N othobomolochus digitatus, 19 females from 12 

 specimens (103-206 mm. BL). Bombay and 

 Caliout, India; Penang, Malaysia; Hong 

 Kong; Arnhem Land, Australia. 



Lernanthropus belones. 11 males and 10 females 

 from 9 specimens ( 145-255 mm. BL) . Madras 

 and Bombay, India; China; Singapore; 

 Philippine Islands. 



LemanthrojnbS tylosuri, two males and three fe- 

 males from six specimens ( 103-201 mm. BL) . 

 Penang, Malaysia. 



ErgasUus coleus, 28 females from gill filaments of 

 6 specimens. Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao, 

 Philippine Islands; Sandakan Bay, Borneo; 

 Porto Novo, Madras, India. 



Strongylura timucu (Walbaum) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 275 mm. BL, 

 418 mm. SL) western Atlantic marine species 

 found in southern Florida, the West Indies, 

 Central and South America south to Rio de 

 Janeiro (see fig. 179). Frequently enters fresh 

 water. 



281 specimens (82-250 mm. BL) from 95 

 collections. 



ColobomMtus goodingi, 31 females from cephalic 

 lateral line canals of 26 specimens (112-232 

 mm. BL [average 158.0]). Sarasota, Fla.; 



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