PIETSCH and SEIGEL: CERATIOID ANGLERFISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO 



Figure 17. — Subopercula of Oneirodes schmidd, right lateral 

 views: A. LACM 36057-3, 65 mm SL; B. LACM 36067-3, 78 mm 

 SL; C. LACM 36057-3, 92 mm SL. 



the anterior appendage of the new material; Fig- 

 ure 16). 



Suboperculum long and narrow, upper part ta- 

 pering without indentation on posterior margin 

 (Figure 17; Pietsch 1974a:78, fig. 98); length of 

 lower fork of operculum 26.6-27.7% of SL; ratio of 

 lengths of upper and lower forks of operculum 

 0.47-0.51. 



Epibranchial teeth absent; teeth present on 

 pharyngobranchial II. 



Counts and measurements in Table 5. 



Distribution. — All five known specimens of O. 

 schmidti, including the holotype, were collected in 

 the Banda Sea. 



with a single, distal streak of pigment; a slender, 

 unbranched posterior appendage less than length 

 of escal bulb; a relatively short, filamentous, 

 branched, anterolateral appendage on each side 

 (the inner pair of stout, anterolateral appendages 

 described for the holotype of O. schmidti by 

 Pietsch 1974a: 78, fig. 99, correspond to the elon- 

 gate, bifurcated filaments that are associated with 



Oneirodes micronema Grobecker 1978, Figure 18. 



Materia/.— LACM 36039-3, 89 mm SL, stn 113 

 (holotype); LACM 36043-3, 17 mm SL, stn 157 

 (paratype). 



This species, a member of the O. schmidti group 

 (Pietsch 1974a), was recently described by 

 Grobecker (1978) based on two females collected in 

 the Banda Sea. 



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Figure 18. — Esca of Oneirodes micronema, holotype, LACM 

 36039-3, 89 mm SL, left lateral view. 



Oneirodes sp. of Oneirodes schmidti Group, 

 Bertelsen 1951 



Material. — LACM 36046-6, metamorphosed 

 female, 13 mm SK, stn 97 (illicivim length 36. 99^ of 

 SL). 



Oneirodes sp. 



Material. — Adolescent and adult males and 

 females, and metamorphosing stages not identifi- 

 able to species or species group. Metamorphosed 

 females representing possible new species: LACM 

 36087-5, 13 mm SL, stn 135 (illicium 15.4% of SL, 

 upper jaw teeth 14, lower jaw teeth 21, pectoral fin 

 rays 15); LACM 36089-5, 14 mm SL, stn 137 (il- 

 licium 14.3% of SL, upper jaw teeth 15, lower jaw 

 teeth 20, pectoral fin rays 15; esca like that of 

 LACM 36087-5); LACM 36115-2, 21 mm SL, stn 

 102 (illicium 23.8% of SL, upper jaw teeth 27, 

 lower jaw teeth 38, pectoral fin rays 16). Metamor- 

 phosing females: LACM 36121-1, 2(7.5-9 mm SL), 

 stn 178; LACM 36106-2, 8.5 mm SL, stn 187; 

 LACM 36088-3, 9.5 mm SL, stn 136; LACM 

 36049-3, 9.5 mm SL, stn 194; LACM 36073-3, 10 

 mm SL, stn 94; LACM 36087-3, 10 mm SL, stn 135; 

 LACM 36028-4, 10 mm SL, stn 141; LACM 



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