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on soft dorsal fin; scattered brown spots on fins 

 and body. (Catalina Island; Mexico; Panama; 



Peru.) A. avalonis Jordan and Starks 



256. First 5 soft dorsal rays may be undivided, at least 

 the last 8 are divided; no ocellate spot on soft 

 dorsal; coloration consists of dark brown back- 

 ground overlaid with reticulations and dark 



streaks. (Japan.) A. sarasa Tanaka 



246. Pelvic rays all simple or undivided; caudal peduncle 

 absent; pectoral rays 9; dorsal soft rays 13; body 

 profusely marked with small brown spots or blotches 

 on a pale background, some of these dark blotches 

 have pale centers on caudal fin or color is plain black 

 with tips of rays white; median fins distally broadly 

 margined with white. 



Lophiocharon caudimaculatus (Riippell) 

 236. None or only last 2 or 3 rays of soft dorsal divided: none 

 or only last pelvic ray divided; anal rays all divided 

 except possibly first; pectoral rays all simple. (Sub- 

 genus Antennarius Lacepfede.) 

 26a. Bony part of first dorsal spine longer than second dorsal 

 spine. 

 27a. Body without "warts" on skin. 



28a. Body striped with black or brown marks, more or 

 less zebralike; bony part of first dorsal spine 

 about same length as second dorsal spine, 

 fleshy tip consisting of an elongate filamentous 

 tentacle; an ocellus may occur basally in soft 

 dorsal fin; dorsal rays 13; anal 7; pectoral 10. 

 (Philippines, East Indies, Japan.) 



A. hispidus (Bloch and Schneider) 

 286. Body not striped like a zebra. 



29a. Dorsal soft rays 13; anal 8; pectoral 11: large 

 adults have a profusely black spotted and 

 reticulated color pattern, whereas small 

 specimens have a few ocellate spots on fins 

 and body; no smooth pit behind second dorsal 

 spine. (Tropical Pacific.) 



A. moluccensis Bleeker 



296. Dorsal soft rays 11 or 12; anal 6 or 7; pectoral 10. 



30o. Color white or nearly so, finely peppered with 



dark dots on body and fins. (Western 



Pacific.) A. leucosoraa Bleeker 



306. Color not as above; two color phases occur or a 

 combination of these may occur; one is 

 black with tips of rays of paired fins white; 

 the other color phase is usually mottled 

 light broAATiish and marked with ocellate 

 spots; occasionally ocellate spots are visible 

 in the black color phase; bait usually con- 

 sists of a ribbonlike tentacle with filaments, 

 or a tuft of filaments; abdomen with scat- 

 tered but numerous small blackish ocellate 



