NEW INDO-PACIFIC FROGFISHES — SCHULTZ 181 



with the bony part of the bait from a little longer to about the same 

 length as the second dorsal spine, including P. scaber (Cuvier) of the 

 western Atlantic and the black color phase of this species, known 

 formerly as "P. nuttingi Garman." 



All of the species of the first group that are known so far are from 

 the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, whereas, in the second group, 

 only P. lochites is found in the western Pacific, the remainder being 

 found in the Atlantic. P. lochites differs from its closest relative in 

 the Atlantic, P. scaber, in having the bait about as long as the eye 

 diameter instead of its being two or more times longer. The only 

 color difference noted is that on the caudal and anal fins, the spots 

 being smaller and in more regular rows than those in P. scaber. 



The species is named lochites ("lochites," masculine, Greek, meaning 

 "lying in wait for their prey") to refer to the habit of frogfishes. 



Antennarius japonicus, new species 



Plate 2 



Holotype, SU 26796, Sagami Bay, Japan, collector A. Owston, only 

 known specimen, 49 mm. standard length. 



The following counts were made: dorsal soft rays 12, all simple or 

 unbranched; anal 7, first 3 simple, last 4 branched; caudal 4 + 5, all 

 branched; pectoral 10-10, all simple; pelvic rays 1,5, last branched. 



Bony part of first dorsal spine shorter than second dorsal spine, 

 bearing a tuft of tentacles at the tip; skin just behind second dorsal 

 spine naked; third dorsal spine movable and longer than second 

 spine; gill opening close to base of pectoral fin; caudal peduncle 

 distinct but short, deeper than long; skin thickly covered with bifid 

 to multifid pricldes; scattered dermal cirri present. 



Color in alcohol: background coloration light gray with six round, 

 brown-edged white areas; one on rear of head with two smaller round 

 ones below, in front of pectoral base; another below space between 

 third dorsal spine and origin of soft dorsal fin, and two on side of 

 body; a large dark spot on body below bases of 8th to 10th rays of 

 dorsal fin; color greatly faded but dorsal, anal, and caudal fins show 

 traces of light brown spots; area above base of pectoral fin brownish, 

 with light center. 



Remarks: This species traces through my key of the Antennariidae 

 (1957, pp. 53-62) to section 35a, but it differs at this point by having 

 the first dorsal spine shorter than the second dorsal spine. Also, this 

 species differs from Antennarius pardalis (section 36a) by having 12 

 dorsal rays, and from A. pardalis and A. bermudensis (section 36b) by 

 having a distinctive color pattern of large round white spots. 



The new species differs from A. sarasa Tanaka (section 33b) in 

 having all dorsal rays simple and 10 pectoral rays, whereas, in the 



