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FIGURE 13.— Pe/iaeopsis eduardoi, 6 16.5 mm cl, off Matuku, Fiji Islands. A. Petasma, lateral view of left half B, Ventral view. C, 



Right appendix masculina. dorsal view. Scales = 1 mm. 



Figure 14. — Penaeopsis eduardoi, holotype. Thelycum, ventral 

 view. Scale = 1 mm. 



plate of sternite XIV faintly to distinctly convex 

 on each side of posteromedian projection of ster- 

 nite XIII, and conspicuously sloping posterolat- 

 erally; lateral borders sharply turning mesially 

 behind midlength then posteriorly before joining 

 posterior thoracic ridge; plate densely setose an- 

 teriorly, strongly slanting dorsomesially toward 

 deep anteromedian portion, and armed with short, 

 caudally pedunculate posteromedian protuber- 

 ance. Median plate of sternite XIII semicircular 

 to subcordiform (with blunt apex), flat, covered 

 with setae; posteromedian projection caudally 

 bifurcate. Sternite XII bearing posteromedian, 

 semiconical, broad (rather than compressed) 

 tooth; oblique pair of strong, sharp ridges ex- 

 tending posterolaterally from base of tooth. 



Maximum lengths. — Males 26 mm cl, about 114 

 mm tl; females 34 mm cl, about 130 mm tl. 



Geographic and bathymetric ranges. — Penaeopsis 

 eduardoi has been found off the Fiji Islands and 

 from Japan through the Philippines and In- 

 donesia to the Timor Sea (Figure 6), in depths 

 between 289 and 570 m. 



Previously, Perez Farfante (1977b) noted that 

 the range of this species extends to the "south- 

 western part of the Bay of Bengal." In their 

 treatment of "Metapenaeus rectacutus" [= P.jer- 



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