. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. THE STATUS OF HYDROPH1S LAPEMOIDES 101. llll|llll|ll 10 11 V? IS 19 20 Fig. 5 Habitus of the subadult type specimen of H. lapemoides (BMNH ) from Sri Lanka. Photo by G. Brovad. and Pseudochromidae. Pseudochromidae was found as prey in a sea snake stomach for the first time, and Labridae and Mullidae are new prey records for H. lapemoides (Voris & Voris, 1983). The stomach contents from H. lapemoides collected in Bahrain were too digested to be identified, however, Vols0e (1939) mentioned Gobiidae in stomachs of 5 specimens of H. l
. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology. THE STATUS OF HYDROPH1S LAPEMOIDES 101. llll|llll|ll 10 11 V? IS 19 20 Fig. 5 Habitus of the subadult type specimen of H. lapemoides (BMNH ) from Sri Lanka. Photo by G. Brovad. and Pseudochromidae. Pseudochromidae was found as prey in a sea snake stomach for the first time, and Labridae and Mullidae are new prey records for H. lapemoides (Voris & Voris, 1983). The stomach contents from H. lapemoides collected in Bahrain were too digested to be identified, however, Vols0e (1939) mentioned Gobiidae in stomachs of 5 specimens of H. lapemoides from the Persian Gulf. Further- more Voris & Voris (1983) mentioned Anguilliformes and Ophicthidae as stomach contents from H. lapemoides. Epizooic organisms. Five of the 51 specimens examined from the Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait had between one and five barnacles (Platylepas ophiophilus) on the skin. Two of the seven specimens from India and Sri Lanka had three and 20 P. ophiophilus on the skin, respectively. 25 of the 71 specimens from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman had between one and 181 P. ophiophilus on the skin. Most of the barnacles were on the posterior part of the body. P. ophio- philus is found only on sea snakes (Zann et al., 1975), and has been found on many species (Rasmussen, 1992; Zann, 1975). Distribution. H. lapemoides is found from the Persian Gulf in west, to the Malacca Strait (Singapore) in east. Specimens have been collected from the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the coast of Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka, the west coast of peninsular Thailand, Penang (Malaysia), and Sin- gapore. (Ahmed, 1975; Bussarawit et al., 1989; Gasperetti, 1988; McCarthy & Warrell, 1991; Minton, 1966; Rasmussen, 1987; Smith, 1926, 1943; Toriba & Sawai, 1981; Vols0e, 1939;). Recent collection data. H. lapemoides was collected in different periods of 1985, 1987, and 1989 from fishing boats in Phuket harbour, Phuket Island, on the west coast of penin
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