DISTRIBUTION 



I examined specimens of Symphysanodon 

 typus from all of its known localities of capture : 

 New Guinea, Kai Islands, Philippine Islands, and 

 Hawaii. Depth data are available for only two 

 collections — 65 fath. (119 m.) off the Philippine 

 Islands and apparently 129 fath. (236 m.) off 

 Kai Islands. Gosline and Brock (1960) stated 

 that S. typus ". . . apparently lives well off- 

 shore . . ." and that it ". . . has never been seen 

 in the market and has been recorded from 

 Hawaii only on the basis of specimens killed by 

 lava flows." S. typus is known from Hawaii only 

 from specimens killed by lava flows. (Gosline, 

 Brock, Moore, and Yamagiichi, 1954, discussed 

 the fish kill resulting from the 1950 eruption of 

 Mauna Loa.) 



MATERIAL EXAMINED 



I examined 12 specimens, 50 to 165 mm. SL. 



Holotype 



ZSZM H 398 (112 mm. SL), New Guinea. 



Other Material 



BMNH 1879.5.14.164-5 (1 specimen, 107 mm. 

 SL; herein designated as the lectotype of Pro- 

 poma roseum), off Kai Islands, Challenger sta- 

 tion 192.5 BMNH 1968.8.1.2 (1, 105; the 



paralectotype of P. roseum) from same station 



'GCnther (1880) gave the following for Challenger station 192: off 

 Kai Islands. 129 fath. Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan, and Munay (1885: 

 556) stated "The two trawlings, taken in 129 to 140 fathoms (Sta- 

 tion 192). , ." and on p. 1012 (op. cit. ) gave the data for Challenger 

 station 192 as lat. 5° 49' 15" S., long. 132° 14'15" E., 140 fath., 

 September 26, 1874. According to U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 

 chart HO. 5592, this position is in the Kai Islands— ca. 7 nautical 

 miles SE. of Taam and ca. 13 nautical miles NW. of Kai Tanimbar. 



as lectotype of P. roseum BMNH 



1890.2.26.30 (1, 106), off Kai Islands?, locality 

 of capture not definitely known, but probably 

 from same locality (or general area) as the type 



specimens of P. roseum UW 12413 (6, 



50-80), off the coast of Cavite Province, Luzon, 

 in the south entrance to Manila Bay, Philippine 

 Islands, 65 fath. (119 m.), by beam trawl, Octo- 

 ber 2, 1948 USNM 84099 (1, ca. 148; holo- 

 type of Rhyacanthias carlsmithi) , off a lava flow 

 from Mauna Loa, Alika, Kau District, Hawaii, 

 by Tom Reinhardt, October 1919 (probably 



October 6) UH uncataloged (1, 165), 



picked up off lava flow, Kona, Hawaii, FWS 

 vessel Henry O'Malley, June 3, 1950. 



SYMPHYSANODON KATAYAMAI 

 NEW SPECIES 



Figure 2 ; tables 1 to 4 



Symphysanodon typus (non Bleeker, 1878), 

 Kamohara and Katayama, 1959: 2, fig. 2 

 (synonymy in part of S. typus and in part of 

 S. maunalose; description and illustration 

 representing S. katayamai from Japan ; distri- 

 bution referring in part to S. typus, in part to 

 S. maunalox, and in part to S. katayamai). 



- Katayama, 1960: 168, pi. 86 (synonymy 



referring in part to S. typus, in part to S. 

 maunalose, and in part to S. katayamai; de- 

 scription and illustration representing S. 

 katayamai; distribution referring in part to 

 S. typus, in part to S. maunaloas, and in part 



to S. katayamai) Anderson, 1967 : 2, 



11 (compiled meristic data referring in part 

 to S. typus, in part to S. maunalose, and in 



Figure 2. — Holotype of Symphysanodon katayamai (ZIKU 8206), 163 mm. SL. 

 REVISION OF THE GENUS SYMPHYSANODON 



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