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 10099704 F36AD732-B5B4-4355-B6C8-0D17A3BFFF6F Sunagocia omanensis , sp. nov. Proposed common name: Omani flathead ( Figs. 1–2 ) Holotype . BPBM 36045 ( 129 mm SL), Oman , Kuria Muria Is. , Sawda I. off SW side, edge of rocky bottom and adjacent sand and rubble, SCUBA , rotenone, 21 m , J. E. Randall , J. L. Earle , G. Rhodes , & D. M. Hardy , Nov. 7, 1993 . Paratype . USNM 329516 ( 116 mm . SL), same collection data as holotype . Diagnosis. A species of Sunagocia with the following combination of characters: preocular spines 3; one pair of nasal spines; ethmoid spines forming a unique rosette on midline, 5–6 tips coming from a common base; base of lower opercular spine with 5–6 serrations; supraorbital ridge with about 15 small serrations; suborbital ridge with about 20 serrations; gill rakers 6; DSC 12 (11); and anal fin rays 11. Description. D1, I, VIII, D2, 11; A 11; pectoral fin rays 21 (20); pelvic fin rays I, 4+1; pored LL scales 53, first 3 bearing small spines; preocular spines 3; supraorbital ridge with about 15 small serrations; suborbital ridge with about 20 serrations; base of lower opercular spine with 5–6 serrations; lateral line scale pores with 2 openings to exterior ( Fig. 2 ); gill rakers 6; DSC 12 (11); caudal fin branched rays 11(broken in holotype ); interorbital width going into snout length 4.4(4.6) times. Iris lappet not visible in both type specimens, perhaps retracted. Measurements for type specimens appear in Table 1 . TABLE 1. Measurements of Sunagocia omanensis presented as a percentage of SL.

Character	Holotype (BPBM 36045)	Paratype (USNM 329516)
SL (mm)	129	116
Least interorbital width	2.7	2.4
Greatest orbit diameter	9.3	9.1
Snout length	9.2	9.5
Head length	32.8	32.9
Pelvic fin length	26.0	26.1
Caudal fin length	20.6	21.0
Lower opercular spine length	8.9	9.3
First dorsal spine length	5.8	4.7
Second dorsal spine length	14.7	13.5

FIGURE 1. Lateral view of holotype of Sunagocia omanensis, BPBM 16045 (120 mmSL) from Oman. Drawing by Elaine Heemstra. FIGURE 2. Anterior lateral-line scale 12 (length 2.3 mm) from right side of holotype of S. omanensis, BPBM 36045. Color in alcohol. Body tan, 4–5 dark saddles crossing back with posterior ones reaching down to lower side; 1 st dorsal fin with broad submarginal dark band; 2 nd dorsal fin with dark spots on rays; anal fin with submarginal dark band; pectoral fin with 3–4 dark bands; pelvic fin with dark blotches; caudal fin with a broad basicaudal dark blotch, a pale central area and 2 dark bands posteriorly. Etymology. Known only from the two type specimens from the Kuria Muria Islands of Oman .