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Acknowledgments 
My special thanks go to the officers and crew of the M/V DA-BFAR for their superb handling 
of the ship and collecting gear that resulted in the capture of the new species. I also thank the lead¬ 
ers of the deep-sea phase of the Hearst Philippine Expedition of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences , Terrence Gosliner and Rich Mooi, for allowing my participation on the cruise. I am appre¬ 
ciative of the help given by various members of the expedition in the collection of the specimens 
and preparation of this paper. CAS staff: Jon Fong photographed Fig. 4 and made radiographs of 
Pteropsaron levitoni, Mysi Hoang cleared and stained the specimen of R levitoni (Fig. 6), David 
Catania photographed representatives of R springeri and P. dabfari aboai*d ship and assisted in a 
variety of technical and curatorial matters; John E. McCosker reviewed the manuscript and provid¬ 
ed valuable advice. Don Dumale (Philippine National Museum) helped during collection of the 
specimens. Alan E. Leviton (CAS) deserves special thanks for his encouragement, patience, edito¬ 
rial advice, photographing Figures 2 and 3, and for digitally enhancing all of the unages used here. 
And, to Dr. M. Aldrich, special thanks for reading proof and catching a number of my unpardon¬ 
able grammatical errors. 
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