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Antennarius phymatodes Bleeker 



Antennarius oligospilos Bleeker (synonym). 



In my review (1957), I recognized as distinct species A. phymatodes 

 and A. oligospilos on the basis of characters supposedly shown in 

 Blocker's illustrations. Recent correspondence with Dr. Boeseman, 

 along with information published by Dr. de Beaufort (The Fishes of 

 the Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 11, pp. 204-206, 1962), con- 

 clusively show that A. phymatodes and A. oligospilos represent the 

 same species. 



These conclusions are based on the very close similarity of the holo- 

 types of the nominal species as follows: 



A. phymatodes Bleeker, RMNH 6285, holotype (illustrated in 

 Bleeker's Atlas, plate 199, fig. 5, 1865), standard length 69 mm., 

 total length 93 mm.; dorsal rays 111,12, last 2 branched; anal 7, 

 all branched; pectorals 10-10, none branched; pelvics 1,5, last ray 

 branched; caudal 9, all branched. 



A. oligospilos Bleeker, RMNH 6286, holotype, standard length 

 63 mm., illustrated (slightly modified after the 68 mm. nontype 

 smaller of two specimens in RMNH 25010) as plate 195, fig. 1, in 

 Bleeker's Atlas; dorsal rays 111,12, last 2 rays branched; anal 7, all 

 branched; pectoral 10-10, none branched; pelvics, 1,5, last ray 

 branched; caudal 9, aU branched. 



Description of New Species 

 Phrynelox lochites, new species 



Plate 1 



This new species of Phrynelox with short "bait" (about the same 

 length as the second dorsal spine) from the Philippine Islands has as a 

 cognate species its closest relative, P. scaber of the western tropical 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



Holotype, SU 38194, Dapitan Bay, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 

 August 1940, collector A. W. Herre, standard length 48.5 mm. Three 

 paratypes, all with same locality data as holotype: SU [number un- 

 available], two specimens, 33.5 and 40.0 mm.; and USNM 197325, 

 39 mm. 



The following counts were made: dorsal soft rays 12, anal 7, 

 branched caudal 4+5, in all specimens; pectoral rays 11-11 in holotype 

 and in two paratypes, 10-10 in one paratype. 



Aleasurements made on the types are recorded in table 2. 



Bony part of first dorsal spine a little longer than the second dorsal 

 spine, bearing at its tip the fleshy bait, consisting of two robust 

 tentacles, each with numerous small papillae; skin just behind base of 

 second dorsal spine naked ; third dorsal spine movable posteriorly, tip 



