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ing, 1967a), and from locations around China and Japan. In moderate 

 depths, to 200 m. 



Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758) 



Gonodactylus scyllarus. — Miers, 1880, p. 115. — Richters, 1880, p. 167. 

 Odontodactylus scyllarus. — Kemp, 1913, p. 135. — Manning, 1967a, p. 10, fig. 3 

 [other references]. 



Illustration. — Manning, 1967a, fig. 3. 



Previous records. — Miers, 1880; Richters, 1880; Manning, 1967a. 



Material. — 1 9, 131.0; Nosy Be, Madagascar; P. Fourmanoir; 

 MNHNP. 1 broken tf , CL 36.0; same; A. Crosnier; USNM. 



Remarks. — These specimens were reported by Manning (1967a). 



Distribution. — Indo-West Pacific, from the western Indian Ocean 

 to Japan. Shallow water. 



Pseudosquilla Dana, 1852 



Pseudosquilla ciliata (Fabricius, 1787) 



Pseudosquilla ciliata. — Lenz, 1910, p. 571. — Kemp, 1913, p. 96 [older references]. — 

 Holthuis, 1941, p. 261 [older references].— Barnard, 1950, p. 852, fig. 3a — 

 Serene, 1951, p. 11, figs 1-6, 8-i; 1954, pp. 6, 10.— Stephenson and McNeill, 

 1955, p. 245.— Manning, 1962, p. 2.— Ingle, 1963, p. 21, figs. 18, 39, 52, 68. 



Illustration. — Serene, 1951, figs. 1-6, 8-1. 



Previous records. — Sainte Marie (Lenz, 1910); Fort Dauphin 

 (Gravier, 1935). 



Material. — 1 9, 36.8; Nosy B6, Madagascar; intertidal zone; A. 

 Crosnier; September 1958; USNM. 1 cf, 37.7; Nosy lava (?); A. 

 Crosnier; MNHNP. 1 cf , 37.8; 1 9, 24.2; Banc de Pracel, western 

 coast of Madagascar; 55 m; muddy sand; June 1959; USNM. 1 9, 

 80.3; Anjouan Id., Comoro Ids.; A. Crosnier; USNM. 1 9, 63.8 

 Anjouan Id., Comoro Ids.; from stomach of Caranx; A. Crosnier 

 MNHNP. 1 postlarva, 17.9; Mayotte Id., Comoro Ids.; 47 m; sand 

 A. Crosnier; August 1959; MNHNP. 1 9, 20.0; same; 51 m; coarse 

 sand; A. Crosnier; 1 October 1959; MNHNP. 



Remarks. — All specimens correspond to the "forme claire" dis- 

 cussed by Serene (1951). 



Distribution. — Widely distributed in the Atlantic and Indo-West 

 Pacific Oceans. 



Gonodaclylus Berthold, 1827 



The Indo-West Pacific species of Gonodactylus fall into three dis- 

 tinct groups or sections, one centered around 67. chiragra (Fabricius), 

 one around G.jalcatus (Forskal), and one around 67. demanii Henderson. 



The "chiragra section" includes large species with broad ocular 

 scales and with three large carinae on the median dorsal surface of the 



