NO. 3574 COPEPOD CRUSTACEANS — LEWIS 5 



Charles U. Gilbert, JRM the USFWS vessel J.R. Manning, and LL 

 means a USFWS longiine cruise on board a chartered vessel. 



The names of the Hawaiian fishes that served as hosts are taken 

 from the "Handbook of Hawaiian Fishes" by Gosline and Brock 

 (1960). The names of previously reported hosts are as they appear 

 in the references giving these hosts. 



A list of the Hawaiian fishes examined is given following the de- 

 scriptions. Included in this list are the species of copepods found 

 on each of the hosts. 



Order Cyclopoida 



Family Bomolochidae 



Pseudotaeniacanthiis Yamaguti and Yamasu, 1959 



Diagnosis. — Body cyclopoid, cephalon fused with first 2 thoracic 

 segments, shghtly broader than rest of prosome; second to fifth pe- 

 digerous segments gradually narrowed posteriorly, projecting laterally 

 over respective protopodites; fifth pedigerous segment not appre- 

 ciably expanded laterally. Abdomen 4-segmented. Antennule 5- 

 or 6-segmented; antenna uniramous, with 4 clawlike terminal spines. 

 Postantennal processes present, fused, Y-shaped, with rows of spi- 

 nules giving brushlike appearance, with or mthout large, posterior 

 hooks at apex of Y. Maxillule setiferous; maxillae as in other bom- 

 olochids or reduced; maxilliped clawlike in male, reduced in female. 

 Thoracic legs 1-4 biramous, rami 3-segmented; endopodite of first 

 leg longer than exopodite, with few marginal setae; fifth and sixth 

 legs uniramous. 



Pseiidotaeniacanthus puhi, new species 



Figures 2, 3 



Material. — One adult female (holotype, USNM 112862), 1 adult 

 male (allotype, USNM 112863), 12 adult females, and 8 adult males 

 (paratypes, USNM 112864) from the gill cavity of a "Brown Moray" 

 from the Honolulu Aquarium. One adult female and 1 adult male 

 (paratypes, USNM 112865) from the gill cavity of a "Green Moray" 

 from the Honolulu Aquarium. 



Measurements.— (In mm) 14 females and 10 males: 



female male 



