Sunagocia omanensis, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes, Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with comments on the distribution of Sunagocia carbuncula Author Knapp, Leslie W. Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 534, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, D. C. 20013 - 701 \ 2, U. S. A. E-mail: knappl @ si. edu Author Randall, John E. B. P. Bishop Museum, P. O. Box 19000 - A, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96819, U. S. A. E-mail: jackr @ hawaii. rr. com text Zootaxa 2013 2013-10-02 3718 1 97 100 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.1.9 1175-5326 F36AD732-B5B4-4355-B6C8-0D17A3BFFF6F Key to the species of Sunagocia 1 A row of papillae on upper eye, middle one elongate; extensive mottling of small to large dark blotches on lower sides ( Malaysia , Indonesia )............................................................................. S. carbuncula - No papillae on upper eye; lower sides with small dark spots or specks or with dark saddles from back reaching down side. 2 2 Preocular spine 1; anal fin rays usually 12; gill rakers 6–7; suborbital ridge with about 6–9 stout spines; dark saddles, if present, reaching to mid-side (Indo-Pacific)................................................................... 3 - Preocular spines 3–5; anal fin rays 11–12; gill rakers 5–6; suborbital ridge with about 20 small serrations................ 4 3 A row of small papillae on lips; 2 nd dorsal fin rays usually 11.......................................... S. otaitensis - No papillae on lips; 2 nd dorsal fin rays usually 12................................................... S. arenicola 4 Gill rakers 5; preocular spines 4–5; anal fin rays 12; back lacks dark saddles ( Australia )................... S. sainsburyi - Gill rakers 6; preocular spines 3; Anal fin rays 11; 4–5 dark saddles on back, several reaching far down side ( Oman )................................................................................................. S. omanensis