144. Melamphaes macrocephalm Parr. 



Figure 27A. 

 120.90, H6204, (1) 116 mm. 



145. Melamphaes parvus Ebeling. 



Figure 27A. 



60.120, B6203, (1) 25.5 mm.; 60.120, H6204, (2) 35-37.5 

 mm.; 60.140, H6204. (4) 36-45 mm.; 60.160, B6203, (3) 

 36-18 mm.; 60.180, H6204, (1) 27 mm.; 80.80, H6204, (3) 

 37-38 mm.; 80.90, B6203, (1) 36 mm.; 80.90. H6204, (1) 

 45 mm.; S0.200, C6208, (1) 18 mm.; 82.69, C6303, (2) 33- 

 38 mm.; 84.92, B6303, (3) 43-47 mm.; 86.92, C6303, (5) 

 33-44 mm. ; 87.80, C6303, (2) 38-43 mm. ; 90.70. H6204, (2) 

 ca. 3S mm.; 97.40, C6303. (1) 39 mm.; 100.60, H6204, 

 (1) 41 mm.: 100.65, C6303. (20) 31-48 mm.; 100.160, 

 H6204, (1) 18 mm.; 108.63, C6303, (6) 30-43 mm. 



146. Melamphaes sub orbital is (Gill). 



Figure 27B. 

 60.180. H6204, (1) 37 mm. 



147. Melamphaes spp. 



60.200, H6204, (1) 15 mm.; 80.80, H6204, (1) 17 mm.; 

 133.35, B6212, (1) 15 mm. 



These damaged specimens probably represent 

 more than one species. 



ANOPLOGASTERIDAE 



148. Anoplogaster cornuta (Valenciennes). 



Figure 27A. 

 80.200, C6208, (1) 94 mm.; 86.92, C6303, (7) 86-121 

 mm.; 87.80, C6303, (1) 94.5 mm.; 90.45a, H6105, (1) 94 

 mm. ; 108.63, O6303, (1) 88 mm. 



As pointed out by Grey (1955: 293), Caulolepis 

 longidens Gill is a junior synonym of this species. 



PERCOMORPHI 

 CARISTIIDAE 



149. C aristius macropus (Bellotti). 



Figure 29A. 

 83.77, 06303, (1) 165 mm. 



150. C aristius maderenis Maul? 



Figures 28 and 29A. 

 108.63, C6303, (2) 148-160 mm. 

 The phylogenetic position of the Caristiidae 

 and the true identity of these specimens are under 

 study (C. L. Hubbs, personal communication). 



SERRANIDAE 



151. Serranidae, unidentified. 

 140.30, B6212, (6) 9-12 mm. 



These specimens are too small to identify with- 

 out comparative material. 



CHEILODIPTERIDAE 



152. Howetta brodiei (Ogilby) ? 



Figure 29A. 



60.120, B6203, (2) 52.5-70.5 mm.; 60.160, H6204, (1) 71 

 mm.; 80.80, H6204, (1) 29.5 mm.; 80.90, H6204, (3) 30.5- 

 34 mm. ; 100.80, H6204, (1) 36 mm. 



The generic limits and the intrageneric com- 

 ponents of Howella Ogilby 1898 are not definitive 

 at this time. It apparently contains as synonyms 

 the genera Galeagra Heller and Snodgrass 1903 

 and Rhectogramma Norman 1930; and, also ap- 

 parently, these genera should be included in the 

 family Cheilodipteridae (rather than Serranidae). 

 The above specimens may represent a new species, 

 but their characters are close to the descriptions 

 given by Ogilby (1898:734) for H. brodiei from 

 Lord Howe Island, and are similar to the accounts 

 of this species from the Philippines given by Herre 

 and Herald (1951:330) and from the North At- 

 lantic Ocean by Koefoed (1952 : 5) . Other speci- 

 mens of Howella from the equatorial eastern Pa- 

 cific that we have examined are specifically distinct 

 from these tentatively designated as H. brodiei, 

 and appear to be the Galeagra pammelas of Heller 

 and Snodgrass. The monotypic Sphyraenops 

 bairdianus Poey that has at times been placed in 

 this complex apparently is generically distinct. 



CARANGIDAE 



153. Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres). 



Figure 29A. 



68.50, C6208, (1) 180 mm.; 70.80, C6208, (25) 64.5-503 

 mm.; 70.90, C6208, (1) 61 mm.; 70.100, C6208, (1) 60 

 mm.; 80.70, C6208, (1) 65 mm.; 80.80, C6208, (9) 28-69 

 mm.; 90.4Sb, H6105, (1) ca. 5 mm.; 90.49b, C6208, (12) 

 51-224 mm.; 90.80, C6208, (5) 23.5-64.5 mm.; 90.150, 

 C6208, (1) 40 mm.; 91.39a, C6208, (1) 190 mm.; 91.39b. 

 C6208, (3) 100-240 mm.; 93.26, C6208, (2) 100-125 mm.; 

 94.28b, C6208, (1) 435 mm.; 94.29b, C6208, (3) 335 mm.; 

 94.29c, C6208, (12) ca. 125 mm. ; 99.31, C6208, size and num- 

 ber not recorded, discarded at sea; 113.34a, C6303, (1) 63 

 mm. ; 120.50, H6204, (1) 23 mm. 



Nine of the above records of jack mackerel were 

 based on larvae or small juveniles. One of these 

 was taken about 420 miles offshore (90.150, C6208) . 

 At station 70.80, C6208, about 185 km. (115 miles) 

 offshore, a night surface drag with the Cobb trawl 

 caught 1 small juvenile and 24 spawning and spent 

 males and females. 



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