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noted that collecting was done mostly with trawls. Since C. b. longimaxilla
is rarely captured in trawls, its absence is not surprising.
 A specimen (FMNH 80505) supposedly collected at Key Largo, Flor-
ida, on 10 April 1968, and identified as Chasmodes saburrae, proves upon
re-examination to be C. bosquianus (probably C. b. longimaxilla). As this
record, if valid, would be the only instance of occurrence of C. bosquianus
within the exclusive range of C. saburrae, I assume this to have resulted
from a transposition of locality data.
 REMARKS.-Although Chasmodes bosquianus longimaxilla may in fact
be specifically distinct from C. b. bosquianus, I do not feel that specific
recognition can be justified based on the information presented herein.
Based on its allopatric distribution, statistical differences in maxillary
length comparisons, modally different gill raker counts, and differences in
pharyngeal tooth counts, I believe that the Gulf of Mexico population of C.
bosquianus warrants subspecific recognition.
 ETYMOLOGY.-The Latin name, a combination of longus (long) and
maxilla (jawbone), refers to the long maxillary bones. The name is to be
treated as a noun in apposition.
 MATERIAL EXAMINED.-HOLOTYPE: USNM 219830, male, 86 mm,
30015'30"N, 88005'W, rock jetties on northeast side of Dauphin Island,
Mobile County, Alabama; 20 October 1977; collected by Douglas Clarke.
PARATYPES: FLORIDA: FMNH 57043 (1), Pensacola. ALABAMA: USNM
219831 (1), female taken with holotype; UF 31478 (1; ex USAIC 3980),
31479 (1; ex USAIC 4267), USNM 5721 (1), USAIC 3160 (2), 3164 (1), 4059
(1), 4268 (1), 4269 (2), 6003 (2), 6004 (1), 6274 (1), 6275 (1), 6276 (1), Mobile
Bay; USAIC 3163 (1), Mississippi Sound. MISSISSIPPI: GCRL V61:514 (1),
V67:2061 (1), V68:2903 (1) Mississippi Sound; GCRL V76:15103 (1), Davis
Bayou; FMNH 62465 (1), Ocean Springs; USNM 72333 (1), Three Mile
Bayou. LOUISIANA: GCRL V68:2711 (1), TU 91945 (1), Lake Pontchar-
train; TU 5244 (1),5564 (1), Oyster Bayou; USNM 162591 (1), off Schriever
and Houma. TEXAS: TU 21596 (1), Galveston Bay; TAMU 690.1 (1), near
Matagorda; USNM 69338 (3), Matagorda Bay; USNM 217325 (1), Port
Lavaca; UMMZ 114470 (5), 114474 (1), 145880 (1), 145892 (3), 145976 (3),
170295 (3), Lavaca Bay; UMMZ 145885 (7), 145934 (3), Tres Palacios Bay;
UMMZ 112925 (1), Kellen's Bay; TAMU 919.7 (1), Mustang Island; UTMSI
289 (1), Ransom Island; UMMZ 111743 (3), TU 21665 (2) near Rockport;
ANSP 129692 (1), near Ingleside; FMNH 62464 (9), TAMU 187.3 (1), 700.1
(1), Aransas Bay; FMNH 40311 (2), USNM 156556 (5), 156557 (1), 156611
(1), 188252 (1), near Corpus Christi; ANSP 71181-2 (2), NLU 34793 (1),
Laguna Madre; TAMU 468.3 (1), 784.1 (5), 898.2 (19), 929.6 (16), UF 4233
(1), UTMSI 1358 (1), Redfish Bay; NLU uncatalogued (5), Texas (exact
locality unknown).


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