306 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 Vol. 2 



Cirripedes caninus Herre, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 59, No. 2, p. 284, 1936 

 (type locality, Ternate Island, Moluccas); and vol. 70, No. 4, p. 342, 1939 

 (Ternate Island). 



Gloriella canina Schultz, Copeia No. 1, p. 18, 1941 (Ternate Island). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 8 stations, 12 specimens, 58 to 92 mm. in standard length, 

 Rongelap Atoll: 2 stations, 3 specimens, 65 to 71 mm. 

 Rongerik Atoll: 2 specimens, 27 to 28 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XII, 12 or 13; usually 13; anal 11,13 or 

 14, usually 14; pectoral 15 with lower 6 rays thickened; pelvics 1,4; 

 branched caudal rays 5+4; cu"ri in band across nape 30 to 36; nasal 

 cirri 4 to 7, more cirri on larger specimens, orbital cirri 6 to 9. Head 

 2.6 to 2.9; greatest depth 2.6 to 2.7; longest dorsal spine 4.0 to 4.5; 

 longest thickened pectoral ray 3.4 to 3.5; all in standard length. 

 Eye 3.2 to 4.7; snout 2.2 to 2.5; interorbital space 6.0 to 8.0; post- 

 orbital length of head 1.7 to 2.0; least depth of body 2.7 to 3.1 ; greatest 

 depth of body 0.9 to 1.1; preorbital width 4.6 to 4.8; all in length of 

 head from tip of snout to rear of fleshy tip of gill cover. 



Orbital tentacle flattish, with slender peduncle basall}'^, its distal 

 edge v/ith 5 to 10 minute cirri; nuchal band of cirri, simple, those near 

 iniddorsal line notably longer than lateral ones; nuchal band of cirri 

 curving posterioventrally so that the distance between vertical lines 

 through ventrolateral tip and anterodorsal edges is contained 3 to 

 3.5 times in postorbital length of head; ventral tip of nuchal band of 

 cirri reaches to about opposite upper edge of eye, or not quite to it; 

 snout profile nearly vertical; upper lip with 17 to 24 short papillae; 

 lower lip plicate; a pair of cirri on pores on each side of midline just 

 behind lower lip; lateral line arched over pectoral fin, then curving 

 to meet lengthwise axis of body and ending at base of caudal fin; 

 a vertical line through dorsal fin origin passes just behind lower tip 

 of nuchal band of cirri and just in front of pelvic insertions; pectoral 

 fin reaches a little past anal origin; anal spines (two) with swollen 

 blackish and convoluted pads in adult males; first anal spine of female 

 concealed in genital pad; no canines; teeth in both jaws very numerous, 

 more in upper than in lower, movable; sixth pectoral ray from lower- 

 most edge of fin longest; posteriorly caudal fin is a little rounded. 



Color in alcohol. — Background pale or strawcolor; profusely covered 

 with small black or dark brown spots, usually but not always arranged 

 in groups of 4 to 10 spots more or less formmg 5 or 6 double bars; all 

 fins black spotted; in several specimens the black spots are evenly 

 scattered and not arranged in groups or bars. The two smallest 

 specimens recorded herein have the black spots larger and fewer in 

 number, indicatmg an increase in number of black spots with increase 

 in size; anal fin sometimes dusky; the two anal spines of adult males 



