XXXIV LIST OF THE NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF DEEP-SEA FISHES. 



Macouni (Chauliodus) Named by Dr. Bean in honor of Prof. John C. Macoun, of the Geological 



Survey of Canada. 



macrolepis )Pontinus) Covered with large scales (ftdxpoi and Xenii). 



MACROPS ( Bathygadus) Large-eyed. 



Maderensis (Helicolenus) Madeiran. 



manatinus (Barathrodemus) With a head shaped like that of a sea row ( Manatua). 



Margarita (Echiostorua) In compliment to Miss Margaret . 



makgaiutiferus (Notoscopelus) ...Ornamented with jiearl-like studs. 



marginata (Aphoristia) With a marginal line at base of vertical fins. 



iiarginatus (Neobythites) With dark margins to the vertical fins. 



marmoratum (Leptophidium) Marbled. 



melanurum (LaTnonema) With a black tail (ficXa? and ovpa). 



miles (Porogadus) Warlike (miles, a soldier). 



militaris (Prionotus) Soldier-like; in allusion to the plume-like rays in the dorsal fin. 



miniatum (Peristedion) Cinnabar-red (minium, cinnabar). 



MIRABILIS (Lycodonus) Remarkable; in allusion to peculiar structure of dorsal and anal fins. 



mollis ( Aphyonus) Soft, flabby, gelatinous. 



(Bothrocara.) 



Moseleyi (Gigliolia) In honor of the late Henry Nottidge Moseley, F. R. S., Linacre professor 



in the University of Oxford, and one of the naturalists of the Chal- 

 lenger Expedition. 



nebulosa (Aphoristia) With cloudy colorations. 



OCCA (Crelorhynchus) Rough-scaled (oeca, a harrow). 



occidentals (Chalinnra) From tho Western Atlantic. 



(Epigonus.) 

 (Malacocephalus.) 



orAUNUM (Myctophum) Decorated with opal-like studs (opaliis, an opal). 



P.ETULU8 (Citharichthys) Slightly cross-eyed. 



pallida (Aldrovandia) Pale; colorless. 



Pandionis (Glossamia) To preserve in ichthyological literature the memory of the deep-sea work 



of the United States Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk. (Pandion, 

 the generic name of the American fishhawk.) 



PARADOXUS (Psyehrolutes) Astonishing, and hard to identify relationship. 



PARMATUS (Setarcbes) With scales like round shields (nap/M;). 



rARVipiNNis (Dicrotus) With feeble fins. 



paxilloides (Lycenchelys) A little peg or spike (jiaxillus); in allusion to tho spindle-like body. 



paxillus (Lycenchelys) Spindle-shaped. 



pectoralis (Nematonus) Having conspicuous pectoral fins. 



pedaliota (Bonapartia) Having a rudder-like fin (7t>fSaXia)rdi). 



phasganorus (Notaeanthus) Scabbard-shaped (epdeiyexvov, a scabbard). 



pigra (Aphoristia) Sluggish and slow (piyer). 



platycephalum (Peristedion) Flat-headed. 



procera (Venefica) Elongate. 



profundorum (Scylliorhinus) Out of the depths. 



pusilla (Aphoristia) Small, insignificant. 



(Maynea.) 



quercinus (Notoscopelus) In color like a dry oak leaf. 



Raleigh ana (Harriotta) In honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and man of science. 



ranula (Careproctus) Like a tadpole in looks (ranula, a little frog). 



Rathbuni (Pontinus) In honor of Dr. Richard Rathbun, naturalist, long chief of the division 



of scientific inquiry in the United States Fish Commission. 



remiger (Myctophum) Having long, oar-like pectoral fins (remits and gero). 



niMosus(Etropus) Rough-looking, full of cracks and fissures (rima). 



robustus ( Benthocometes) Heavy-bodied, robust. 



scutigeh (Icelus) With scales like shields. 



senticosa (Halieutaaa) Prickly. 



SERRi'LA(Chalinura) With a saw-edged fin spine (serrula, a little saw). 



sessilicauda (Monolene) Having no caudal peduncle (sessilis, sessile, and cauda). 



SETIGER (Dasycottus) With a bristle-like fin ray. 



Simula (Chalinura) Pug-nosed (simulns). 



speculigera (Lanipadena) Covered with glistening mirrors (speculum and gero). 



Storeri (Cetomimus) In honor of the late Dr. David Humphreys Storer, of Boston, a pioneer 



in American ichthyology. 



striata (Argentina) Alluding to the furrow-like stripe along the lateral line. 



sulcatus (Coryphanoides) Furrowed (sulca). 



