FAMILY SCORPAENIDAE — SCHULTZ 39 



dark bars, one forward below nostrils to lower lip, and two across 

 suborbital stay; upper and lower lips barred with dark spots. 



Color when alive. — Specks on paired, anal, and caudal fins pink; 

 lower parts of these fins pink; spots on dorsal fin dark orange. 



Ecology. — Scorpaena parmpinnis is one of the rare species in the 

 areas searched by us. It hides in crevices among the coral. 



Genus HYPOMACRUS Evermann and Seale 



Hypomacrus Evermann and Seale, Bull U.S. Bur. Fish., vol. 26 (1906), p. 101, 

 1907 (type species, H. alhaiensis Evermann and Seale, holotype, USNM 55902). 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF HYPOMACRUS 



la. Vertical scale rows above lateral line from upper edge of gill opening to 

 midbase of caudal fin 38 to 43; usually vii, occasionally vi, simple en- 

 larged and elongate pectoral rays in lower part of fin; dorsal rays 

 XIII, 9, rarely 8 H. albaiensis '^ Evermann and Seale 



16. Vertical scale rows above lateral line from upper edge of gill opening to 

 midbase of caudal fin 29 to 32; vi, simple, enlarged, and elongate lower 

 pectoral fin rays; dorsal rays XII to XIV,7 to 9, usually 8. 



H. brocki, new species 



J. L. B. Smith (Rhodes Univ., Ichthy. BuU. No. 12, p. 178, 1958) 

 described as new H. africanus and H. minor. These may represent 

 the same species that are discussed here. 



HYPOMACRUS BROCKI, new species 



Figure 138,t;143 



Holotype.— \JSNM 99782, Talisse Island, Dutch East Indies, No- 

 vember 9, 1909, Albatross, 34.5 mm. in standard length. 



Paratypes.—VSNM 140091, Bikini Atoll, Arji Island, 100 yards off 

 shore, lagoon coral area, depths to 40 feet, poison, August 7, S-46- 

 308, Brock and Herald, 1 specimen, 21.0 mm.; USNM 140228, Ronge- 

 lap Atoll, Kieshiechi Island, north end, lagoon coral head, depth 20 

 feet, July 24, S-46-285, Brock and Herald, 1 specimen, 27 mm.; 

 USNM 140090, Rongerik Atoll, Latoback Island, lagoon reef, June 28, 

 S-46-238, Schultz and Herald, 1 specimen, 27.0 mm.; USNM 133076, 

 Philippine Islands, Manila Bay, Limbones Cove, Feb. 8, 1909, Alba- 

 tross, 1 specimen, 33.1 mm.; USNM 136430, North of Celebes, Talisse 

 Island, Nov. 9, 1909, Albatross, 1 specimen, 32 mm.; USNM 136438, 

 Celebes region, Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Nov. 20, 1909, 

 Albatross, 1 specimen, 26 mm.; USNM 133077, Philippine Islands, 

 Gane Road, Gillolo Island, Dec. 1, 1909, Albatross, 1 specimen, 29 

 mm.; USNM 99783, Philippine Islands, Romblon reef, March 26, 

 1909, Albatross, 1 specimen, 38.5 mm.; 



» Not yet. found in the Marshall Islands. Known from numerous lots in the Xiitional Collections taken 

 In the Philippine Islands, Borneo, and Celebes. 



