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UA 7 1-63-8 (1 : 1 45 ) Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico; UA 7 1-65-9 

 (1:126) IslaJaltemba, Jalisco, Mexico; SIO 59-373 (l:ca. 200) La 

 Jolla, Calif.; SIO 63-82 (l:ca. 90) Cape Marco, Colum- 

 bia. HAWAIIAN IS.: HIMB (3:135-289), HIMB 67-58 (1:67) 

 Kaneohe Bay, Oahu; HIMB (1:181) Punaluu, Oahu; BPBM 

 10635 ( 1:63), BPBM 6977 (1:167) Diamond Head, Oahu; BPBM 

 5124 (1:129) French Frigate Shoals; NMFS H TC32-6,9,11,14 

 (6:12.5-30) 21°22'N, 158°14'W; NMFS H TC32-23 (1:14) 

 2r00'N, 158°30'W; NMFS H TC32-73 (1:7.0) 19°31'N, 

 156°06'W. SOUTHEAST PACIFIC: (all BPBM) 16459 (2:144- 

 168), 13251 (1:135), 16455 (1:122) Pitcairn I.; 6797 (1:150.5), 

 6798 ) 1:185), 6799 (1:158), 6800 ( 1: 156.5) Easter I. WESTERN 

 PACIFIC: GVF stn HK91 (2:85-109) 19"38'N, 111°30'E; GVF 

 2269 ( 1:128) Gulf ofThailand; CAS 29126 (1:32) Ternate, Moluc- 

 cas; CAS 6987 (1:41) Misaki, Japan; CAS 6752 (3:100-114) 

 Wakanoura Kii, Japan; CAS 53402 (1:225) Hachijo I., Japan; 

 CAS 15849 (10:90-125) Taiwan Strait. AUSTRALIA: AMS 

 1.17228-001 (10:67-91) New South Wales. INDIAN OCEAN: 

 RUSI 2782 (1:47.5) Knysna, South Africa; RUSI 3709 (1:60.5) 

 East Cape, South Africa; RUSI 3710 ( 1:65) Inhaca, Mozambique: 

 BPBM 19022 (2:173-188) Negombo, Ceylon; BPBM 20255 

 ( 1:195) Wolmar, Mauritius. WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN: 

 CAS 4761 (1:150) Jamaica; CAS 54039 (1:94) Havana, Cuba; 

 CAS 18182 (2:50.5-57.5) 29°14'N, 88°19'W; CAS 17184 (1:91) 

 Pine I., Fla.;GCRLVTS:11184( 1:113) San Bias, Panama; LACM 

 1463 ( 1:84.5) Key Biscayne, Fla.; LACM 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 

 5781, 5872 (23:64-159) southern Jamaica; NMFS LJ Gill 3-64 

 (1:59) 33°29'N, 76^40 'W; NMFS LJ Silver Bay 3458 (1:60) 

 29°03'N, 78°04'W; NMFS M Oregon 77-72-39-144 (1:12.5) 

 23°34'N, 82°22'W, 39-73 (1:13) 21°31'N, 86°14'W, 39-50 (1:24) 

 16°50'N, 80°13'W, 39-48 (1:24.5) 17°26'N, 79°26'W, 39-58 ( 1:30) 

 21°01'N, 80°14'W, 39-63 (2:10-40) 19°41'N, 84°13'W, 39-01 

 (1:23) 13°00'N, 60°00'W, 39-39 (1:45) 18°00'N, 73°00'W, 39-11 

 (1:56.5) 17°25'N, 63°00'W; NMFS M Bowers 75-126-8 (1:28) 

 26°00'N, 79°30'W; NMFS M Oregon 77-76-66-19786 (2:23-32) 

 18°18'N, 75°22'W, 66-19789 (2:20-30) 18°49'N, 74°44'W, 66- 

 19790 (6:27-34) 19°22 'N, 75°44'W, 66-19791 ( 18:19-33) 17°50'N, 

 74°47'W. 



Note. — Since this paper was accepted for publica- 

 tion, NMFS H and most HIMB specimens were 

 transferrred to BPBM. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I am grateful to the following individuals for 

 information on and loans of specimens: D. G. 

 Smith, Marine Biomedical Institute, University 

 of Texas; M. M. Smith and R. Winterbottom, 

 RUSI; T. Potthoff, NMFS M; S. J. Karnella, 

 USNM; M. L. Bauchot, NMHN; J. Moreland, Na- 

 tional Museum of New Zealand; E. H. Ahlstrom 

 and B. Y. Sumida, NMFS LJ; P. M. Sonoda and 

 W. N. Eschmeyer, CAS; D. A. Thomson, UA; P. 

 Kahsbauer, NMV; J. M. Dixon, National 

 Museum of Victoria; A. C. Wheeler, BMNH; C. E. 

 Dawson, GCRL; D. F. Hoese and J. R. Paxton, 

 AMS; R. J. Lavenberg, LACM; R. H. Rosenblatt, 

 J. Copp, and J. Pulsifer, SIO; W. F. Smith-Vaniz, 

 ANSP; and A. Suzumoto, BPBM. Special thanks 



go to J. C. Tyler (NMFS M) and C. Baer (HIMB) 

 for critically reading the manuscript and W. I. 

 Follett and L. Dempster (CAS) for valuable ad- 

 vice on nomenclature. J. E. Randall (BPBM) pro- 

 vided the initial stimulus for this study, and his 

 help and encouragement are gratefully acknowl- 

 edged. L. Y. Maluf (UA) gave valuable assis- 

 tance in the final stages of manuscript prepara- 

 tion. W. Waston (HIMB) drew Figure 2L D. 

 Hashimoto (HIMB) conducted the rearing exper- 

 iments that produced two of the metamorphosed 

 juveniles of D. holocanthus. 



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