PIETSCH and SEIGEL: CERATIOID ANGLERFISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO 



A single male taken by the Alpha Helix in the 

 Banda Sea consitutes the second record for this 

 species in southeast Asian waters. 



Chaenophryne draco Beebe 1932 



Material.— hACM 36073-6, 17 mm, stn 94; LACM 

 36123-1, 21.5 mm, stn 80. 



Chaenophryne draco has a wide distribution oc- 

 curring in all three major oceans of the world 

 (Pietsch 1975). Two metamorphosed females col- 

 lected by the Alpha Helix in the Banda Sea consti- 

 tute the first records of this species in southeast 

 Asian waters. 



Chaenophryne sp. of Chaenophryne draco Group 



Material. — LACM 36046-7, metamorphosed male, 

 10 mm, stn 97. 



Pentherichthys Regan and Trewavas 



Pentherichthys sp. 



The genus Pentherichthys is represented in 

 southeast Asian waters by only two larval speci- 

 mens (Bertelsen 1951). No additional material 

 was provided by the Alpha Helix. 



terior nostril well separated from eye; operculum 

 deeply notched posteriorly; suboperculum short 

 and broad, upper end rounded; inner side of sub- 

 operculum darkly pigmented; subdermal pigment 

 continuous over body to posterior margin of caudal 

 peduncle; pectoral rays on end of a relatively 

 short, broad lobe; dorsal fin rays 6, anal fin rays 4, 

 pectoral fin rays 15. 



Comments. — These males are similar to 

 Oneirodes and Microlophichthys in having a 

 short, rounded suboperculum. They differ from 

 Oneirodes, however, in having the skin between 

 the anterior nostrils lightly pigmented, the inner 

 surface of the suboperculum darkly pigmented, 

 and the body covered with subdermal pigment to 

 the base of the caudal fin. On the other hand, they 

 differ from Microlophichthys in the absence of a 

 distinct, separate patch of pigment on the caudal 

 peduncle, and in having four, instead of five anal 

 fin rays. 



THAUMATICHTHYIDAE 



Thaumatichthys Smith and Radcliffe 1912 



Thaiimatichthys pagidostomns 

 Smith and Radcliffe 1912 



Lophodolos Lloyd 1909 



Lophodolos indicus Lloyd 1909 



Materia/.— LACM 36116-4, 69 mm, stn 84. 



Twenty-two female specimens of this species 

 were previously recorded from localities in the 

 eastern Atlantic, and the Indian and Pacific 

 Oceans between about lat. 4° S and 30° N (Pietsch 

 1974b). One additional specimen was collected by 

 the Alpha Helix in the Banda Sea. 



Oneirodidae gen. et sp. .-^ 



Material. — Two metamorphosing males: LACM 

 36069-3, 11 mm, stn 28; LACM 36039-3, 11.5 mm, 

 stn 113. 



These two metamorphosing males cannot be 

 reasonably placed within any known oneirodid 

 genus. Both are very similar in having the follow- 

 ing characteristics: 



Description. — Nostrils opening forward; skin be- 

 tween anterior nostrils lightly pigmented; pos- 



Thaumatichthys pagidostomus is known from 

 only the holotype (60 mm SL, USNM 72952) col- 

 lected by the Albatross off Sulawesi (Bertelsen 

 and Struhsaker 1977). 



CENTROPHRYNIDAE 



Centrophryne Regan and Trewavas 1932 



Centrophryne spinulosa Regan and Trewavas 1932 



Centrophryne spinulosa is known from 15 

 metamorphosed females and 2 metamorphosing 

 males. The lectotype (39 mm SL female, ZMUC 

 P92122), collected by the Dana off the northern 

 coast of New Guinea, is the only record from the 

 western Pacific (Pietsch 1972). 



CERATIIDAE 



Key to Females of Genera and 

 Species of Ceratiidae 



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