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species as S. nuchalis on the basis of a possible error in Giinther's 

 description of the position of the black spot in the spiny dorsal fin. 

 Two of our specimens were sent to the British Museum for com- 

 parison with Gunther's types. We were informed by Miss Trewavas 

 that our two specimens "are very similar to nuchalis except in color 

 pattern. The dark blotch on dorsal spines 3 to 5 is still conspicuous. 

 There is also a somewhat fainter blotch centered on the ninth spine, 

 like that centered on the eighth and ninth in our specimens. I 

 don't know how important color markings are in scorpaenids, but 

 those on the head cannot be very rigid, because in the type of S. 

 nuchalis the left cheek is densely pigmented, the right cheek pale; 

 the left opercular and postorbital region are pale, the right dark." 

 Since our specimens appear to lack the dorsal spot between dorsal 

 spines III to V, we are tentatively using the name S. corallicola. 



SEBASTAPISTES BYNOENSIS (Richardson) 



Figure 138,a; 141 



Scorpaena bynoensis Richardson, in Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus 

 and Terror . . . , vol. 2, Ichthyology, p. 22, pi. 14, figs. 3-5, 1845 (type 

 locality, northwest coast, Australia). 



Scorpaena bakeri Seale, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 1, No. 3, p. 120, 1901 (type 

 locality, Guam), 



Figure 141. — Sebastapistes bynoensis (Richardson), USNM 52053, from the Philippines, 



after Jordan and Seale. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Rongelap Atoll: 1 station, 1 specimen, 23 mm. in standard length. 

 Guam: 2 lots, 2 specimens, 29 to 39 mm. 



Description. — -Dorsal rays XIII, 8 or 9, usually 9; anal 111,5; pectoral 

 xiv to xvi on young specimens; pelvics 1,5; branched caudal 6 + 5; 



