FISHERY BUIXETIN: VOL. 78, NO. 2 



of esca; 2 caruncles on back; subopercle 



without spine on anterior margin 



Ceratias sp. 



IB. Illicium short, nearly completely envel- 

 oped by bulb of esca; 3 caruncles on back; 

 subopercle with spine on anterior mar- 

 gin Cryptopsaras couesi Gill 



Ceratias Kroyer 1845 



Ceratias sp. 



Materia/.— L ACM 36046-9, 9 mm, stn 97; LACM 

 36034-3, 2(10-18 mm), stn 85; LACM 36047-4, 10.5 

 mm, stn 89; LACM 36073-7, 1 1 mm, stn 94; LACM 

 36125-1, 12 mm, stn 72; LACM 36032-5, 13 mm, 

 stn 110; LACM 36074-4 13.5 mm, stn 120; LACM 

 36076-7, 13.5 mm, stn 26; LACM 36027-4, 15 mm, 

 stn 147; LACM 36064-2, 16.5 mm, stn 152; LACM 

 36058-2, 18 mm, stn 99; LACM 36029-2, 23 mm, 

 stn 162; LACM 36093-2, 25 mm, stn 146. 



Fourteen female specimens of the genus 

 Ceratias were collected by the Alpha Helix from 

 the Banda, Celebes, Ceram, and Halmahera Seas. 

 All of these are adolescent females in which the 

 diagnostic characters of the esca have not as yet 

 developed. Since there are two, perhaps three 

 species o^ Ceratias (Bertelsen 1951), specific iden- 

 tification is impossible at this time. 



Cryptopsaras Gill 1883 



Cryptopsaras couesi Gill 1883 



Materia/.— LACM 36031-4, 8 mm, stn 58; LACM 

 36090-3, 3(8.5-12.5 mm), stn 138; LACM 36029-3, 

 2(9.5-10 mm), stn 162; LACM 36042-2, 10 mm, stn 

 74; LACM 36074-5, 10 mm, stn 120; LACM 

 36034-4, 10 mm, stn 85; LACM 36100-3, 10 mm, 

 stn 166; LACM 36109-5, 10 mm, stn 193; LACM 

 36087-8, 2(10-10.5 mm), stn 135; LACM 36040-4, 

 3(10-102 mm), stn 27; LACM 36051-4, 11 mm, stn 

 38; LACM 36028-6, 11 mm, stn 141; LACM 

 36129-1, 11 mm, stn 181; LACM 36130-1, 11 mm, 

 stn 186; LACM 36085-4, 2(11-13 mm), stn 133; 

 LACM 36089-6, 11.5 mm, stn 137; LACM 36063-3, 

 11.5 mm, stn 140; LACM 36077-5, 2(11.5-12.5 

 mm), stn 155; LACM 36127-1, 12 mm, stn 167; 

 LACM 36122-3, 12 mm, stn 179; LACM 36126-1, 

 12.5 mm, stn 18; LACM 36037-2, 12.5 mm, stn 82; 

 LACM 36117-3, 12.5 mm, stn 173; LACM 36084-3, 

 6(12.5-85 mm), stn 130; LACM 36055-2, 13 mm, 

 stn 79; LACM 36091-5, 13 mm, stn 142; LACM 



396 



36108-3, 13 mm, stn 192; LACM 36067-4, 14 mm, 

 stn 23; LACM 36075-5, 14 mm, stn 121; LACM 

 36064-3, 4(14-19.5 mm), stn 152; LACM 36080-2, 

 16 mm, stn 126; LACM 36128-1, 19.5 mm, stn 91; 

 LACM 36073-8, 59 mm, stn 94; LACM 36124-2, 94 

 mm, stn 112. 



Cryptopsaras couesi has a cosmopolitan dis- 

 tribution in all three major oceans of the world 

 (Bertelsen 1951). Fifty specimens were collected 

 by the Alpha Helix from the Banda, Celebes, Hal- 

 mahera, Sulu, and Timor Seas. 



GIGANTACTINIDAE 



Gigantactis Brauer 1902 



Gigantactis latihoeffeni Brauer 1902 



Materia/.— LACM 36031-1, 17 mm, stn 58; LACM 

 36039-6, 2(24-31 mm), stn 113; LACM 36032-1, 25 

 mm, stn 110; LACM 36046-10, 26 mm, stn 97; 

 LACM 36131-1, 32 mm, stn 51; LACM 36034-5, 34 

 mm, stn 85. 



The Alpha Helix collected seven females (six 

 metamorphosed and one in metamorphosis) of G. 

 vanhoeffeni, all from the Banda Sea. These have 

 been incorporated in a forthcoming revision of the 

 Gigantactindae (Bertelsen et al. in press). 



Gigantactis sp. Male Group II, Bertelsen et al. in press 



Mater/a/.— LACM 36034-1, 2( 12-12.5 mm), stn 85; 

 LACM 36033-1, 2(13-14 mm), stn 88; LACM 

 36032-1, 13.5 mm, stn 110. 



Gigantactis sp. Male Group IV, 

 Bertelsen et al. in press 



Materia/.- LACM 36030-1, 16.5 mm, stn 109. 



Gigantactinidae gen. et sp. ? 



Materia/.— LACM 36024-6, male, 11.5 mm, stn 81. 

 This male cannot reasonably be placed within 

 either of the two known gigantactinid genera 

 (Bertelsen et al. in press). 



LINOPHRYNIDAE 



Key to Females of Genera and Species of 

 Southeast Asian Linophrynidae 



lA. Skin transparent; hyoid barbel absent; 



