

PiotTRE 174. — Colobomatus goodingi within preoperculomandibular canal of Strongylura notata. A small 

 gTaniiloma adjacent to an area of new bone formation. Note hypertrophic osteoblasts at sites of bone 

 formation. X 150, H and E. 



Petalichthys capensis Regan 



A medium-sized (maximum size 211 mm. BL) 

 marine species known only from South Africa. 

 One specimen, 211 mm. BL. 

 No copepods. 



Platybelone argalus (LeSueur) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 300 mm. BL, 

 431+ mm. SL) polytypic worldwide marine spe- 

 cies usually found around islands in tropical and 

 subtropical seas (see fig. 176). 



WESTERN ATLANTIC 



146 specimens (90-248 mm. BL) from 31 



collections. 



Parabomolochus beUones, one male and 46 females 

 from 15 specimens. Cay Areas, Gulf of Mex- 

 ico; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Cumana, Venezuela. 



COPEPODS AND NEEDLEFISHES 



Caiigtis belones, one male and one female from two 



specimens. Cay Areas, Gulf of Mexico; 



Navidad Bank, Caribbean Sea. 

 Lemanthropus helones, two males and one female 



from three specimens (164-248 mm. BL). 



Bermuda. 



EASTERN ATLANTIC 



129 specimens (144-287 mm. BL) from 21 col- 

 lections around islands. 

 Caligus helones, many, mostly juveniles, from 54 



specimens (161-287 mm. BL). Annobon, St. 



Helena, and Ascension Islands. 

 LemantKrofus tyZosuri, one female from the gill 



filaments of one specimen. Fernando Poo. 

 N othohomolochus gibber, two females from two 



specimens. Ascension and Annobon Islands. 



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