294 
THE CORAL TRIANGLE: HEARST BIODIVERSITY EXPEDITION 
Pteropsaron levitoni Iwamoto, 2014 (Fig. 131) 
Material.— CAS 236401 (holotype, 23.7 mm SL), CAS 236399 (6 paratypes, 19.8-28.8 mm SL) and CAS 
236402 (24.5 mm SL, cleai'ed and stained); HEPD-026, beam ti'awl in 82-86 m. 
Remarks.— This species is described in this volume. 
Pteropsaron springeri Smith and Johnson, 2007? (Fig. 132) 
Material.— CAS 236668 (35.0 mm SL, DC-1509), HEPD-026, beam trawl in 82-86 m. 
Remarks. — This specimen is too fragile to allow a conclusive examination of its fin-ray and scale condi¬ 
tions. (Radiographs were attempted but were ineffective for making median fm counts.) It is veiy similar 
in appearance and coloration to the female specimen from Flores, Indonesia, illustrated in the original 
description (Smith and Johnson, 2007: fig. 5) and even more similar to the female from Bali, Indonesia, 
illustrated in Allen and Erdman (2012: 759). Our specimen differs in having two fewer slender orange bars 
along its body. Tliis species is loiown from Indonesia, Philippines, and Palau in 18-86 m. 
Percophidae (Duckbills) 
Bembrops caudimacula Steindachner, 1876 (Fig. 133) 
Material.— CAS 235272 (186 mm SL, DC-1273); HEPD-003, beam trawl in 272-291 m. CAS 235734 
(99.0 mm SL, DC-1429); HEPD-017, beam frawl in 282-428 m. CAS 235507 (2, 185-190 mm SL, DC- 
1548, -1556); HEPD-033, beam trawl in 225-347 m. 
Remarks. — CAS 235272 from HEPD-003 agi'ees rather well with the description of the species provided by 
Tliompson and Suttkus (2002:287-288), although the P count is slightly higher (27-28 vs. 23-27, 
X = 25.97) and its spinous D is black over most of the first three or four membranes, and with clear mem¬ 
branes posteriorly. The two specimens from HEPD-033 lack black membranes, the ID is entirely dusky, 
and only the venti'al margin of the C is black; the lateral-line scale counts are also on the high side (54 and 
55 vs. 42-54). Tliompson and Suttkus (2002) found variation in populations between the eastern and west- 
em Indian Ocean in pigmentation and some proportional measurements. The female (CAS 235734 ) from 
HEPD-017 agrees in most characters, although its lateral-line scale count is slightly on the high side at 59. 
Bembrops curvatura Okada and Suzuki, 1952 (Fig. 134) 
Material.— CAS 235735 (94.5 mm SL, DC-1464); HEPD-021, beam trawl in 132-172 m. 
Remarks.— The abrupt dip in the lateral line and the small black caudal spot are distinctive among the Bem¬ 
brops spp. of the region. Distributed in the western Pacific from southern Japan to Indonesia and northern 
Australia. 
Bembrops nelsoni Thompson and Suttkus, 2002 (Fig. 135) 
Material.— CAS 235272 (2, 90-164 mm SL); HEPD-003, beam trawl in 272-291 m. 
Remarks.— Distributed from the Philippines south to Indonesia (south coast Java) and northern Australia 
(Arafura Sea) in 265-333 m. 
Chrionema chlorotaenia McKay, 1971 (Fig. 136a-b) 
Material.— CAS 235512 (146 mm SL), HEPD-033, beam trawl in 225-347 m. 
Remarks. — Broadly distributed in the western Pacific from southern Japan to Indonesia and Australia. 
Uranoscopidae (Stargazers) 
Kathetostoma sp. 
Material.— CAS 236422 (38.6 mm SL); HEPD-022, otter trawl in 115-144 m. 
Remarks. — This little specimen was collected together with one ''Uranoscopus sp. 2” and two similar-sized 
individuals of another unidentifiable Uranoscopus. The nan*ow interorbital fossa, the absence of a spinous 
dorsal fin and supraclcithral spines differentiate the specimen from members of Uranoscopus. (We do not 
know if the lack of supraclcithral spines in this specimen reflects a juvenile stage.) Three other genera 
found in the area have members lacking a spinous D, but they differ as follows: in Xenocephalus the lat- 
