First Equatorial Records of Neosebastes entaxis and N. longirostris (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae) from Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Catches of two neosebastid fishes (Scorpaeniformes), Neosebastes entaxis Jordan and Starks, 1904 (2 specimens: 143.6–184.9 mm standard length) and N. longirostris Motomura, 2004 (1 specimen: 176.2 mm standard length) from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, represent the first records of the species and genus from the equatorial waters. Neosebastes entaxis has previously been recorded from Japan and Taiwan, and N. longirostris has been known only from northwestern Western Australia (Indian Ocean). The Indonesian specimens are here described. Biogeography, Vol. 14. Hal. 31-36.