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Ocean Expedition (IIOE), and a few specimens in the collections of 
the British Museum (Natural History) (BMNH), are also recorded. 
Some species of stomatopods are edible and are relished in various 
parts of the world. Baig (1954) noted that in Karachi certain people 
used them for food; however, we learned from fishermen that these 
animals are considered as “fish lice’ and as such are regarded as unfit 
for human consumption. Large quantities are caught in fishermen’s 
nets and are sold cheaply along with fish-waste to be used as fertilizer 
or poultry food. 
AcKNOWLEDGMENTS.—This study could not have been completed 
without the help of many individuals and institutions. The Foreign 
Currency Program of the Smithsonian Institution made it possible 
for one of us (R.B.M.) to visit West Pakistan, and preparation of 
some of the illustrations by Lilly Manning was supported by the 
Smithsonian Research Awards Program. Mr. Robert A. Dietchman 
and E. J. D’Souza, on the staff of the American Embassy in Karachi, 
expedited all administrative matters pertaining to the visit to Karachi. 
Dr. M. A. H. Qadri, Chairman, the Department of Zoology, Univer- 
sity of Karachi, kindly made the departmental facilities available 
to us. Mr. S. S. U. Siddiqui, Officer-in-charge, Zoological Survey 
Department, Karachi, allowed one of us (N.T.) to study some of the 
stomatopods from that collection. Mr. Agha Ghulam Hussain, 
Director, Marine Fisheries Department, Karachi, allowed us to work 
with all of the stomatopods in his collection. Dr. A. L. Rice and 
Mr. R. W. Ingle, Crustacea Section, British Museum (Natural 
History), provided working space for one of us (R.B.M.) and loaned 
us several specimens for additional study. Miss Quddosi Bashir was 
most helpful in preparing the specimens for study and in composing 
the plates. 
LITERATURE SURVEY.—Although 40 species of stomatopods are 
known to occur in the northwestern Indian Ocean, between Bombay 
and the Red Sea (see table, p. 4), only 11 of these have been recorded 
from the coastal waters of West Pakistan. Kemp (1913) reported 
eight species from Karachi: Squilla microphthalma, (*) S. scorpio, 
S. scorpio var. immaculata, S. nepa, (*) S. interrupta, S. raphidea, 
(*) Gonodactylus chiragra, and G@. demanii. Baig (1954) recorded the 
three species marked with as asterisk and Lysiosquilla maculata as 
well, and Tirmizi (1967) reported specimens of Protoquilla lenzi and 
P. pulchella, so that 11 species were known from West Pakistan. 
Our collections include 17 species, and it seems highly likely that 
additional collecting in specific habitats with specialized techniques 
could yield numerous additional species. For example, one collection 
made off Astola Island with rotenone during the International Indian 
Ocean Expedition yielded six different species, including one specimen 
