no. 36is GONODACTYLUS — MANNING 21 



J. G. de Man's specimens, TL 77-98 mm, were from the Celebes. 

 Kemp (1913) considered G. incipiens to be identical with G. chiragra, 

 but he made no distinction between the lettered forms and their 

 size differences. In order to settle the identity of G. incipiens, the 

 female, TL 16.5, reported by Lanchester (1903) from Funafuti, 

 Ellice Ids., is here selected as the lectotype. 



The specimens reported by Lenz (1910, 1912) probably belong- 

 to G. chiragra rather than to the species reported here; all are 

 large specimens. 



Manning (1966) noted that four small specimens assigned to 

 G. chiragra resembled the varietal form described by Lanchester. 

 Comparison of those four specimens from Australia with the others 

 reported herein leaves no doubt that they are conspecific. Manning 

 also noted that the rostral plate of the Australian specimens re- 

 sembled that illustrated by Serene (1954) for G. chiragra var. viridis. 



Distribution. — Indo-West Pacific, with most records from the 

 Pacific Ocean, including Guam; Funafuti Id., Ellice Ids. (Lanchester, 

 1903); Hull Id., Phoenix Ids., Fakarava Id., Tuamotu Archipelago; 

 and Yirrkala, Northern Australia (Manning, 1966). Tattersall (1906) 

 reported a small specimen from Ceylon; his record is the only one 

 from the Indian Ocean. Habitat and depth range are unrecorded, 

 except for the Australian specimens, which were collected on coral 

 reefs. 



Gonodactylus espinosus Borradaile, 1898 



Figure 8 



Gonodactylus espinosus Borradaile, 1898, p. 35, figs. 5a-b, pi. 5; 1907, p. 210 [key]. 



Gonodactylus chiragra espinosus. — Lanchester, 1903, p. 455. 



Gonodactylus demani espinosus. — Kemp, 1913, p. 1G6. 



Gonodactylus chiragra. — Edmondson, 1923, p. 36, fig. 3h [not G. chiragra (Fab- 



ricius, 1781)]. 

 Not Gonodactylus demani espinosus. — Chopra, 1939, p. 176. — Ingle, 1963, p. 28, 



figs. 26, 56 [=G. choprai, new species]. 



Material. — 19, 22.7; washed from lagoon reef corals, Fanning 

 Island, Line Ids.;03°50' N, 159°20' W; Fanning Id. Expedition Sta. 6; 

 June 30, 1963; S. Wainwright, W. Newman; USNM 120279. 29, 

 23.3-45.5; lagoon, Canton Island, Phoenix Ids.; Sta. U-39-33; Apr. 25, 

 1939; L. P. Schultz; USNM 120278. 19, 29.5; Fakarava Id., 

 Tuamotu Archipelago; shore in lagoon; Albatross; Oct. 11, 1899; 

 USNM 120282. 29, 11.3-21.5; same; reef; Albatross; Oct. 13, 1899 

 USNM 120281. ld\ 13.2; Bora Bora, Society Ids.; Smithsonian- 

 Bredin Expedition, 1957; USNM 120280. 



Description. — Basal portion of rostral plate broadly rounded 

 anterolaterally. 



