FAMILY PLATYCEPHALIDAE — SCHULTZ 55 



Therefore, having determined that none of the numerous species 

 we could find in the hterature was the same as the specimens at hand, 

 we conclude that our specimens represent three new species, as 

 described below. Among these new species, one, T. papillolabium, 

 has the edges of both lips papillate and differs in that character from 

 all other species in the family Platycephalidae. 



THYSANOPHRYS PAPILLOLABIUM, new species 



Plate 130,A; Figure 145 



Holotype.—VS'NM 141004, Bikini Atoll, Ocean reef. Cherry Island, 

 Aug. 15, 1946, S-46-361, Herald, standard length, 119 mm. 



Paratypes. — USNM 141005, Bikini Atoll, Oruk Island, ocean reef, 

 Aug. 16, 1946, S-46-382, Herald, 1 specimen, 88 mm.; USNM 141002, 

 Bikini Atoll, Eman Island, lagoon reef, July 17, 1947, S-46-405, 

 Schultz, Brock, and Myers, 1 specimen, 128 mm.; USNM 141003, 

 Bikini Atoll, lagoon reef halfway between Bikini and Amen reefs, 



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Figure 145. — A sketch showing cranial spines of Thysanophrys papillolabium, new species, 

 paratype, USNM 141003, from Bikini Atoll. C, cleithral; OP, opercular; PAR, parietal; 

 POP, preopercular; PPAR, posterior parietal; PTF, postfrontal; PTOC, postocular; SOR, 

 suborbital. See figure 147 for names of other spines. 



July 21, 1947, S-46-442, Brock, Hiatt, and Schultz, 3 specimens, 105 

 to 145 mm.; USNM 141006, Rongelap Atoll, Arbor Island, ocean reef, 

 June 16, S-46-213, Schultz, 2 specimens, 78 and 83 mm.; USNM 



141000, Rongerik Atoll, Bock Island, ocean reef, June 27, 1946, 

 S-46-237, Schultz and Herald, 12 specimens, 66 to 145 mm.; USNM 



141001, Rongerik Atoll, Latoback Island, lagoon reef, Aug. 14, 1947, 

 S-1041, Brock, Schultz, and Donaldson, 1 specimen, 78 mm. 



The following paratypes were collected by the University of Wash- 

 ington group at Bikini Atoll: Erik Island, July 13, 1948, 2 specimens, 

 80 and 95 mm.; Ion Island, Aug. 7, 1946, 1 specimen, 140 mm.; 

 Eman Island, Aug. 18, 1947, 4 specimens, 68 to 123 mm.; Bikini-Amen 



