no. 36H6 PARAPEKCIS-SCHULTZ 5 



30a. Dorsal fin rays V,21, occasionally 22; total anal rays 18, occasionally 19; 

 total pectoral rays 16 or 17; scales from lateral line to anus 14-17, and 

 above lateral line 4-6; no black spot on caudal fin base (Japan to China 

 Sea, Comores, east coast of Africa to Durban, Zanzibar) . 



pulchella (Temminck and Schlegel) 



30b. Dorsal fin rays V,22; total anal rays 19, rarely 20; total pectoral rays 14 or 

 15, rarely 16; scales from lateral line to anus 10-13 and above lateral line 

 3, rarely 4; black spot at base of upper lobe of caudal fin (Korea, Japan to 

 Formosa, Hong Kong) ommatura Jordan and Snyder 



29b. Membrane of spinous dorsal connects with first soft dorsal ray opposite tip 

 of last dorsal spine; large black blotch on middle rays of caudal fin. 



31a. 2 or 3 lengthwise rows of brown spots on cheek; 5-7 dark ocellate spots in a 

 row along ventral side of body (Okinawa; Philippines; Rennell Islands; 

 Ryukyu Islands; New Caledonia; east coast Africa; Zanzibar; Red Sea). 



polyophthalma (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



31b. 4-8 oblique dark lines across cheek; 3-5 dark ocellate spots in a row along 

 ventral side of body (North China and Ryukyu Islands south to Northern 

 Australia, east to Fiji Islands, westward to Red Sea, and south to Durban) . 



hexophthalma (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Parapercis simulata, new species 



Plate 1 



Holotype.— USNM 200760, Somali Coast, lat, 11°4'N, long. 51° 

 15'E, Dec. 17, 1964, IIOE, Anton Bruun Cruise 9, Sta. 451, depth 

 76-80 meters, standard length 150 mm. 



Paratypes. — USNM 200761, same data as holotype, 11 spec., 121- 

 146 mm. USNM 200759, Somali Coast, 11°11'N 51°14'E, Dec. 17, 

 1964, IIOE, Anton Bruun Cruise 9, Sta. 453, depth 47-49 meters, 

 2 spec, 118 and 126 mm. USNM 250258-F19, Red Sea, Safaga, 

 Egypt, Feb. 9-10, 1964, otter trawl, collector C. J. D. Brown, 1 spec, 

 143 mm. 



Description. — Measurements made on the holotype and 7 para- 

 types are recorded in table 1. Counts for the holotype and paratypes 

 are recorded in tables 2 to 4. 



Teeth present on vomer, absent on palatines; 6 hooked canine teeth 

 (3on each side) at tip of lower jaw; spinous dorsal fin connected by 

 membrane at base of first soft ray; pectoral rays 9 to 11 (counted 

 from dorsal edge) longest; fourth soft pelvic ray longest; upper caudal 

 fin rays longest and sometimes projecting as a free ray as much as 

 diameter of pupil; scales in a zigzag row around caudal peduncle 24-26. 



Color in alcohol. — General background of head and body straw 

 colored, with edges of scales dusky on sides giving a netlike appear- 

 ance; on lower side dark pigmentation on scale edges intensified to 

 form 5 evenly spaced dusky bars; sometimes there is intensification 

 of pigment on edges of about two vertical scale rows in each area 

 between the 5 larger dusky blotches; belly plain light straw colored; 



