FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 83, NO. 1 



USNM, off Flagler Beach, 40 m, 7 November 1963, 

 Silver Bay stn 5201. 25 89, USNM, off Edge- 

 water, 22 m, 1 December 1961, Silver Bay stn 

 3588. 16, USNM, off Cape Canaveral, 25 

 January 1962, Silver Bay stn 3704. 19, USNM, 

 off Cape Canaveral, 70 m, 16 January 1966, Ore- 

 gon stn 5860. 36, USNM, off Melbourne Beach, 

 40 m, 23 March 1956, Pelican stn 14. 56 59, 

 USNM, off Hutchinsons Island, 63 m, 11 

 November 1963, Silver Bay stn 5267. 26 69, 

 USNM, NE of St Lucie Inlet, 38-42 m, 21 May 

 1968, Gerda stn 1002. 26 29, USNM, off Key 

 Largo, 110-113 m, 26 January 1966, Gerda stn 

 769. 16, USNM, S of Islamorada, 49-40 m, 15 

 September 1965, Gerda stn 756. 26 59 , USNM, S 

 of Pine Island, 170-194 m, 25 February 1969, 

 Gerda stn 1023. 16 29, USNM, S of Marathon, 

 57-69 m, 26 February 1969, Gerda stn 1030. 16 

 19, USNM, NW of Marquesas Keys, 27 m, 28 May 

 1952, Oregon stn 562. 16 39, USNM, SE of Dry 

 Tortugas Islands, 59 m, 13 April 1965, Gerda stn 

 574. 16 89 , USNM, S of Dry Tortugas Islands, 68 

 m, 13 April 1954, Oregon stn 1004. 26 69 , USNM, 

 S of Dry Tortugas Islands, 64 m, 12 April 1965, 

 Gerda stn 566. 16 , USNM, SW of Dry Tortugas 

 Islands, 91 m, 8 March 1970, Gerda stn 1241. Id 

 49, USNM, NW of Dry Tortugas Islands, 55 m, 18 

 June 1956, Oregon stn 1553. Id, W of Dry Tor- 

 tugas Islands, 37 m, 7 March 1970, Gerda stn 

 1235. 16, USNM, off Appalachee Bay, 27 m, 9 

 March 1954, Oregon stn 905. 19, USNM, off St 

 George Island, 37-35 m, 26 July 1957, Silver Bay 

 stn 88. 29 , USNM, off St George Island, 68 m, 10 

 March 1954, Oregon stn 916. 19, USNM, S of 

 Apalachicola Bay, 64 m, 7 March 1954, Oregon stn 

 896. 16, USNM, off Grayton Beach, 43 m, 16 

 November 1952, Oregon stn 707. Alabama: 



16, USNM, off Orange Beach, 37 m, 24 January 

 1957, Oregon stn 1651. 56 49, USNM, off 

 Dauphin Island, 70 m, 9 August 1950, Oregon stn 

 82. Louisiana: 16 , USNM, off Beeton Sound, 

 40 m, 21 August 1962, Oregon stn 3713. 19, 

 USNM, S of Mississippi Delta, 84 m, 12 September 

 1950, Oregon stn 101. 29, USNM, off Southwest 

 Pass, Mississippi Delta, 60 m, 14 September 1980, 

 Oregon stn 110. 16 19, USNM, off Ship Shoal 

 Lighthouse, 37-40 m, 12 September 1962, Oregon 

 stn 3186. 19 , USNM, off Pelican Island, 22 m, 8 

 March 1957, Oregon stn 1755. Texas: 66 62, 

 USNM, SE of Galveston, 20 m, 6 May 1938, Peli- 

 can. 59, USNM, S of Galveston, 18 m, 5 May 

 1938, Pelican. 69 , SW of Galveston, 16 m, 5 May 

 1938, Pelican. 19 , USNM, NE of Brownsville, 26 

 m, 5 February 1939, Pelican. 



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Mexico— Tabasco: 16 19, USNM, off Paraiso, 

 35 m, 16 May 1954, Oregon stn 1057. 19 , USNM, 

 off Laguna Machona, 64 m, 16 May 1954, Oregon 

 stn 1060. 19 , USNM, NW of Punta Frontera, 60 

 m, 8 June 1970, Oregon II stn 10981. 36 39, 

 USNM, NW of Punta Frontera, 66 m, 9 June 1970, 

 Oregon II stn 10982. Campeche: 26 , USNM, N 

 of Arrecifes Triangulos, 64 m, 17 August 1951, 

 Oregon stn 411. 16 , USNM, W of Cayos Areas, 66 

 m, 16 June 1970, Oregon II stn 11005. 16 , USNM, 

 E of Cayos Areas, 37 m, 11 December 1952, Oregon 

 stn 720. 19, USNM, NE of Cayos Areas, R. 

 Ramirez and M. Flores, 48 m, 30 April 1959. 36 

 19, USNM, NE of Cayos Areas, 42 m, 10 December 

 1952, Oregon stn 719. Id 29, USNM, 16 km, NE 

 of Ciudad del Carmen, R. Ramirez and M. Flores, 

 29-37 m, 29 April 1959. 19, USNM, off Cam- 

 peche, 13 m, 2 May 1959, R. Ramirez and M. Flores. 



Sicyonia disedwardsi (Burkenroad 1934) 

 Figures 3, 7, 26-30 



Eusicyonia disedwardsi Burkenroad 1934a:86, fig. 

 23, 29, 34 [holotype: d, YPM 4394; type-local- 

 ity: Bahia Concepcion, Baja California Sur, 3 

 May 1926, Pawnee]. Burkenroad 1938:82. 

 Anderson and Lindner 1945:317. Castro 

 1966:17. 



Sicyonia disedwardsi. Brusca 1973:219. Rosales 

 Juarez 1976:41. Rodriguez de la Cruz 

 1977:11. Anonymous 1980:6. Brusca 1980: 

 256. Perez Farfante 1982:371. 



Vernacular names: rock shrimp, target shrimp, 

 Japanese shrimp (United States); cacahuete, 

 camaron de piedra, camaron de roca, camaron 

 japones (Mexico); camaron conchiduro (Mexico, 

 Panama). 



Diagnosis. — Antennal spine well developed and 

 buttressed. Second abdominal somite with dor- 

 somedian carina lacking incision. First pereopod 

 with basis and ischium unarmed. Postrostral 

 carina bearing two teeth posterior to level of 

 hepatic spine. Rostrum armed with two dorsal 

 teeth. Petasma with distal projection of dorso- 

 lateral lobule short, stout, curved dorsomesially 

 then laterally. Thelycum with plate of sternite 

 XIV raised in relatively low, sometimes indistinct 

 bulges; posterior component traversed by faint su- 

 ture. Branchiostegite with large ocellus consisting 

 of well-defined yellow center surrounded by 

 purplish brown ring. 



