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36046-5, 11 mm SL, stn 97; LACM 36027-3, 1 1 mm 

 SL, stn 147; LACM 36076-4, 11.5 mm SL, stn 26. 

 Metamorphosed males: LACM 36108-2, 8.5 mm 

 SL, stn 192; LACM 36087-2, 4(9-10 mm SL), stn 

 135; LACM 36081-2, 3(9.5 mm SL), stn 127a; 

 LACM 36104-2, 2(9.5-11.5 mm SL), stn 175; 

 LACM 36039-5, 2(10-11 mm SL), stn 113; LACM 

 36024-4, 3(10-12 mm SL), stn 81; LACM 36057-5, 

 2(10-12 mm SL), stn 93; LACM 36023-4, 4(10-12 

 mm SL), stn 143; LACM 36028-3, 3(10-13.5 mm 

 SL), stn 141; LACM 36048-4, 10.5 mm SL, stn 36; 

 LACM 36073-5, 2(10-5 mm SL), stn 94; LACM 

 36117-2, 10.5 mm SL, stn 173; LACM 36109-4, 

 10.5 mm SL, stn 193; LACM 36119-1, 2(10.5-13.5 

 mm SL), stn 96; LACM 36026-2, 11 mm SL, stn 

 122; LACM 36090-2, 3(11-12 mm SL), stn 138; 

 LACM 36027-3, 11 mm SL, stn 147; LACM 

 36118-2, 11 mm SL, stn 180; LACM 36076-6, 12 

 mm SL, stn 26; LACM 36095-2, 12 mm SL, stn 149; 

 LACM 36077-4, 12 mm SL, stn 155; LACM 

 36122-1, 12 mm SL, stn 179; LACM 36084-2, 

 2(12-12.5 mm SL), stn 130; LACM 36091-3, 2(12- 

 12.5 mm SL), stn 142; LACM 36089-3, 6(12-13 mm 

 SL), stn 137; LACM 36085-2, 3(12-14 mm SL), stn 

 133; LACM 36120-1, 12.5 mm SL, stn 123; LACM 

 36041-4, 4(12.5-13 mm SL), stn 39; LACM 36088- 

 2, 13 mm SL, stn 136; LACM 36024-3, 13 mm SL, 

 stn 81. 



Danaphryne Bertelsen 1951 



Danaphryne nigrifilis (Regan and Trewavas 1932) 



Danaphryne nigrifilis is known from eight 

 specimens, one of which (the holotype, 24 mm SL, 

 ZMUC P92102) was collected by the Dana in the 

 South China Sea (Bertelsen and Pietsch 1977). No 

 additional material was provided by the Alpha 

 Helix. 



all respects, these specimens fall within the ob- 

 served variation of M. microlophus . 



Chirophryne Regan and Trewavas 



Chirophryne xenolophiis Regan and Trewavas 1932 



Chirophryne xenolophus is known from only two 

 specimens, the holotype ( 1 1 mm SL, ZMUC P9296) 

 collected by the Dana in the South China Sea, and 

 a second specimen (22 mm SL, SIO 70-306) from 

 off Japan at about lat. 32°10' N, long. 136°05' E 

 (Pietsch 1978). 



Dolopichthys Garman 1899 

 Dolopichthys pullatus Regan and Trewavas 1932 



Materia/.— LACM 36116-2, 113 mm SL, stn 84. 



Thirty-three metamorphosed females of D. pul- 

 latus (10-115 mm) have been previously reported 

 from localities in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and the eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans (Pietsch 

 1972). The holotype of D. pullatus is the only pre- 

 vious record from the western Pacific. One ad- 

 ditional specimen collected by the Alpha Helix 

 from the Banda Sea constitutes the second record 

 from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. 



Dolopichthys longicornis Parr 1927 



Materia/.— LACM 36046-3, 8.5 mm, stn 97. 



Dolopichthys longicornis was previously known 

 from 18 metamorphosed females (14-159 mm) col- 

 lected from the Atlantic, Indian, and eastern 

 Pacific Oceans (Pietsch 1972). The holotype of Z). 

 mucronatus ( = D. longicornis), collected in the 

 South China Sea, is the only previous western 

 Pacific record. An additional specimen was col- 

 lected by the Alpha Helix in the Banda Sea. 



Microlophichthys Regan and Trewavas 1932 Dolopichthys sp. 



Microlophichthys microlophus (Regan 1925) 



Mater/a/.— LACM 36024-7, male, 17 mm SL, stn 

 81; LACM 36048-3, female, 22 mm SL, stn 36; 

 LACM 36047-3, female 29 mm SL, stn 89. 



Twenty-three metamorphosed females of this 

 species (12-99 mm SL) have been previously re- 

 ported from localities in the Atlantic, Indian, and 

 Pacific Oceans (Bertelsen and Pietsch 1977). Two 

 additional females and a male were collected by 

 the Alpha Helix in the Banda and Ceram Seas. In 



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Material. — LACM 36071-2, metamorphosed male, 

 12 mm, stn 59. 



Chaenophryne Regan 1925 



Chaenophryne longiceps Regan 1925 



Mater/a/.— LACM 36039-4, metamorphosed male, 

 10.5 mm, stn 113. 



This species has a cosmopolitan distribution in 

 all three major oceans of the world (Pietsch 1975). 



