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minor differences that they possessed. An additional new species from the Ryukyu Islands was subsequent¬ 
ly described by Chen, Jaafar and Shao (2012). It is yellowish in coloration and lacks any of the dark pig¬ 
mentation of our specimens. 
Obliquogobius cf. cirrifer Shibukawa and Aonuma, 2007 (Fig. 140) 
Material.— CAS 236632 (36.0 mm SL); HEPD-001, beam trawl in 238-252 m over sandy-mud bottom. 
CAS 236633 (31.0 mm SL); HEPD-036, beam trawl in 216-262 m over sandy-mud bottom. 
Remarks.— Our specimens were damaged during their trawl capture and have lost most of their scales. They 
were not photographed when fresh, however. The dark pigmentation of their body and fins persists. The 
two specimens ai e most similar in appearance to Obliquogobius cirrifer Shibukawa and Aonuma, 2007 but 
differ slightly in their coloration. In their description of O. cirrifer, Shibukawa and Aonuma 
(2007:P145-146) referred to four Philippine and four Fijian specimens that they were hesitant to include 
among the type material. The Philippine specimens differed in the location of the black spot above the pos¬ 
terior end of the anal-fin base; our specimens are intennediatc in the location of the spot. The Fijian spec¬ 
imens had 10 rather than 9 segmented anal rays, ours have 8 and 9 segmented anal-fin rays. Photographs 
of the larger specimen were sent by email to Shibukawa who has advised us with our identification. 
Gemplylidae (Snake Mackerels, Escolars) 
Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist and von Bonde, 1924) (Fig. 141) 
Material.— CAS 233988 (125 mm SL, DC-127); HEPD-004, otter trawl in 144-245 m. 
Remarks.— Widespread in Indian Ocean fi*om east Africa to India, Indonesia, and western Australia, and 
western Pacific from Japan south to Taiwan, and the Philippines. 
Promethichthysprometheus (Cuvier, 1832) (Fig. 142) 
Material.— CAS 234028 (200 mm SL, DC-1401); HEPD-015, beam trawl in 757-836 m. 
Remarks.— Circumglobal in tropical to temperate waters except eastern Pacific. 
Nomeidae (Driftfishes) 
Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite, 1894) (Fig. 143) 
Material.— CAS 233986 (127 mm SL, DC-1276); HEPD-004, otter trawl in 154-245 m. 
Remarks.— The HEPD specimen agrees well with the description by Last {in Carpenter and Niem, 2001: 
3776) except for the count of lateral-line scales (51+2 cf 56-63 given by Last). 
Callionymidae (Dragonets) 
Callionymus {Calliurichthys) japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) 
Material.— CAS 235543 (4, 29-40.5 mm SL); HEPD-026, beam trawl in 82-86 m. 
Remarks.— The HEPD specimens are juveniles, but readily identified by the diagnostic characters. The 
species is widespread in the tropical western Pacific, from southern Japan south to the East China Sea and 
South China Sea, to Malaysia, Indonesia, throughout the Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia 
(although those from the last two areas may represent a separate species). The species is treated by Nakabo 
(2000:1134) in the genus Calliurichthys, which Fricke (1983) recognizes as a subgenus. 
CiTHARIDAE (CiTHARIDS) 
Cithawides macrolepidotus Hubbs, 1915 (Fig. 144) 
Material.— CAS 235548 (138 mm SL, DC-1529); HEPD-031, beam trawl in 183-188 m 
Remarks.— Known from southern Japan, Korea, and Philippines in 121-240 m. 
