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12a. Longest branched or upper pectoral fin rays nearly as long as 



lower simple and swollen rays; nasal spines exposed; 



length of head equal to or only a little longer than length 



of base of spiny dorsal fin; depth of body about 1.2 in 



head or equal to length of head; lower simple and swollen 



pectoral fin rays viii to xii. 



13o. Vertical scale rows above lateral line from upper edge of gill 



opening to midbase of caudal fin 30 or 31; dorsal rays 



XIII, 8; pectoral ii or iii,5 or 6, viii or xi; interorbital 



spine present at posterior end of interorbital ridge. 



Scorpaenodes kelloggi (Jenkins) 

 136. Vertical scale rows above lateral line 40 to 50; pectoral rays 

 i to iii,3 to 7,ix to xii. 

 14a. Dorsal rays XIII (rarely XIV), 7 to 8 usually 8; no inter- 

 orbital spines present; a characteristic dark blotch on 

 operculum; body blotched or speckled with brown 

 and pale areas. 



Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy and Gaimard) 

 146. Dorsal rays XIII,9; interorbital spine present at posterior 

 edge of interorbital ridge; body, head, and fins with 

 numerous small brown spots. 



Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Garrett) 

 126. Longest branched or upper pectoral rays notably shorter than 

 lower simple and swollen rays, or about two-thirds length 

 of latter; nasal spines unexposed; length of head about 

 equal to distance from dorsal origin to middle of length of 

 soft dorsal; depth of body about one and one-half in 

 length of head; lower jaw notably entering profile; dorsal 

 rays XII to XIV,7 to 9; pectoral rays i or ii,7 or 8,vi or 



vii Eypomacrus brocki, new species 



7b. Mouth vertical or nearly so; all pectoral rays branched, fleshy, lower 

 ones giving appearance of being simple because of their excessively 

 fleshy nature; branched caudal fin rays 4-1-5 in adults; deep pit 

 between the eyes, another behind orbits and one below front of 

 orbits; dorsal spines very short, heavy, XIII,6; anal 111,4 or 5; 

 pectoral rays about 18. (Synanceiinae: stonefishes.) 



Synanceia verrucosa Bloch and Schneider 



Subfamily Taenianotinae 



Genus TAENIANOTUS Lacepede 



Taenianotus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, p. 303, 1802 

 (type species, Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepede, restricted by Bleeker, 

 Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 9, p. 299, 1876). 



TAENIANOTUS TRIACANTHUS Lacepfede 



Plate 126,A,B 

 Taenianotus triacanthus LacepJide, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, p. 303, 

 1802 (no locality).— ScHULTz, Copeia, No. 4, p. 206, 1938. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 

 Bikini Atoll: Amen Island, July 7, 1948, Univ. Washington, 1 specimen, 25 mm. 

 Bikini Atoll: 1949, Univ. Washington, 1 specimen, 45 mm. 

 Eniwetok Atoll: Runit Island, Aug. 15, 1949, Univ. Washington, 2 speci- 

 mens, 45 and 57 mm. 



