Cavallas and Pampanos 



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and with a very long anal fin. These inhabit tropical seas at 

 moderate depths. Pempheris bears a superficial resemblance to 



FIG. 224. Gasteronemus rhombeus Agassiz. (After Woodward.) Menidae. 



Beryx, but, according to Starks, this resemblance is not borne 

 out by the anatomy. Pempheris mulleri and P. poeyi are found 



FIG. 225. Catalufa de lo Alto, Pempheris mulleri Poey. Havana. 



in the West Indies. Pempheris otaitensis and P. mangula range 



through Polynesia, 

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