518 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



station 120, Bay of Bengal, 120 to 76 fathoms, Alcock states that the species was originally 

 described from immature individuals, and was included with Gavialiceps microps in a new 

 genus. The investigation of full-grown individuals shows that this species has no place in 

 the genus Gavialieeps, which is a true Nemichthyine form without tins, but that it ought to 

 be rauked with JSTettastoma (Alcock, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1891, 136). 



Page 158: Investigator, Goode, new genus. A genus of Nemichthyidce apparently 

 allied to the Spinivomerinm and to the genus Serrivomer, the jaws being moderate and 

 the length of the snout little more than half that of the head. '-The gill openings, which 

 are wide, are separated from one another only by a thin fold of the skiu,'' as iu Spinivom- 

 erince. "Small recurved asperities in crowded bands form the dentitions of the jaws and 

 vomer." A long series of stout, sharp, close-set spines like those of Xotacanthus occupying 

 the middle third of the dorsal flu. Pores of lateral line arranged in qninennces. Type, 

 Investigator acanthonotus (Alcock). (Journ. Asiatic Society of Bengal, lxiii, Part n, No. 

 2, p. 22), which was found by the Investigator' in the Bay of Bengal, station 165,. in -475 

 fathoms. 



Page 159: Eurypharynx pelecanoides. Three specimens were taken by t lie French 

 Expedition off the coast of Morocco, in depths of 1,050, 1,400, and 2,300 meters. 



Page Kit): Ihjsomma hnreplialus, Alcock. A good figure is given in '•Illustrations of 

 the Zoology of H. M. S. Investigator,'" Part i. PL vi. fig. 1, Calcutta, 1892. 



Page 167: Second paragraph. Risso said "neuf rayons," which makes the whole 

 occurrence still more incomprehensible. 



Page 176: Beryx splendens. Add to synonymy: 

 GCnthf.r, Challenger Report, \ i. Shore Fishes, 3. 



Beryx decadactylus. A stray specimen was taken at Nice in July, 1885, and is now 

 iu Giglioli's collection in Florence. This would indicate that this species is becoming a 

 member of the deep sea fauna of the Mediterranean. 



Page 178: Plectromus (?) microps {Melamphaes microps, Giinthcr. Challenger Report, 

 xxii, 26) was obtained by the Challenger at station 146, between the Gape of Good Hope 

 and Kerguelen Island, at a depth of 1,375 fathoms. 



Page 17!': Plectromm cristiceps [= Melamphaes cristiceps, Gilbert). A specimen, «5 

 inches long, was obtained from Albatross station 3075, off the coast of Oregon and Wash 

 ington, at a depth of 859 fathoms (Proc. O. S. N. M.. \ui. 1890, 60). 



Plectromus lugubris (= Melamphaes lugubris, Gilbert) was obtained by the Albatross at 

 station 2923, off southern California, at a depth of 832 fathoms. It is evidently a Plectro- 

 mus rather than Melamphaes, having the dorsal overlapping the anal, and having three 

 spines in the dorsal (Gilbert. Pro.-. I". S. N. M., xm. 1S90, 60). 



Page 189: Trachichthys Traillii, Button (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.. 1875, XVI, 315; 

 Trans. New Zeal. Inst.. VIII, 212.— Arthur, Trans. New Zeal. Inst., 1885, XVII, 162, PI. xiv, 

 fig. 2. — Giinther, Challenger Report, xxn, 23). A specimen, 7A inches long, was found 

 dead and floating on the surface of the water near Stewart Island; a second of the same 

 length was caught in Otago Harbor, September 6, 1884; and a third smaller one since that 

 date. 



Trachichthys femandezianus, Giinther (Challenger Report, xxn, 2.'{). Two specimens, 

 preserved in a dry state, were contained in the series of Chilean fish presented by the 

 Chilean Government to the British Museum. They were stated to have been captured at 

 Juan Fernandez, and are 5 inches long. 



Trachichthys, 'cksoniensis (Casteluau), Maeleay i Trachichthys australis, Castelnau, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W., 1879, in, 364. Trachichthys jacksoniensis, Maeleay, op. cit. v, 511. — 

 Giinther, Challenger Report, XXII, 22). A single specimen, 51 inches long, was found in 

 Port Jacksou on the 19th of September, 1S77. 



Trachichthys australis, Shaw (Nat. Misc., 378.— Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., i, 10; 

 Challenger Report, xxn, 22). '-Besides the dry typical specimen." says Giinther, "J have 

 seeu only oue other, 2 inches long, which also is stated to have come from Australia." 



