The species list is not complete, for ques- 

 tionable identifications have not been included. 

 All station records of field identifications have 

 been carefully reviewed, and only those con- 

 sidered highly reliable are included. Also, 

 certain species have been fished extensively in 

 restricted localities, and a complete listing of 

 a number of these, such as the royal-red 

 shrimp ( Hymenopenaeus robustus ) and the 

 calico scallop ( Aequipecten gibbus ), would 

 require useless repetition. A number of exces- 

 sive repetitive records have been omitted. An 

 effort has been made to present all horizontal, 

 vertical, and seasonal distribution records of 

 identified animals. 



In this report, as was the case with SSR-F 

 No. 196, many field identifications are com- 

 bined with identifications received from coop- 

 erators and colleagues. In the earlier report 

 many taxonomic discrepancies were apparent 

 because the authors attempted to draw a 

 compromise from differing opinions. In the 

 present report, we hope that valuable counsel 

 from many specialists has enabled us to 

 eliminate many of these errors. This counsel, 

 however, has not removed certain problems 

 that require taxonomic compromise. We, 

 therefore, accept complete responsibility for 

 what may seem to be occasional, unwar- 

 ranted departures from names that have 

 been generously contributed by our many 

 colleagues. 



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