524 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



S. saxicola, Gilbert (loc. cit, 78). Numerous specimens, in deep water, 44 to 155 

 fathoms, off the coast of southern California. 



8. diploproa, Gilbert (loc. cit, 79). Numerous specimens from Albatross station 2035, 

 off the coast of southern California, in 124 fathoms. 



S. aurora, Gilbert (loc, cit., SO). Several specimens from off the coast of southern 

 California, stations 2048 and 2060 of the Albatross, in 266 and 267 fathoms. 



S. introniger, Gilbert (loc. cit., 81). Two specimens from Albatross statiou 2048. off the 

 coast of southern California, in 266 fathoms. 



S. sinensis, Gilbert (loc. cit., 81). Two specimens from Albatross station 3015, off 

 southern California, in 145 fathoms. 



Page 265: Lioscorpius longiceps, Giinther (see 111. Zool. Investigator, Fishes, PL ix, fig. 

 3), was first described from the Ki Islands, Challenger station 192, at a depth of 129 fathoms, 

 and was subsequently identified by Alcock(Aun. and Mag. Nat. Hist., August, 1801, 23) from 

 a specimen taken at Investigator station 115, in the Andaman Sea. at a depth of 188 to 220 

 fathoms. After Lioscorpius insert: 



Family SYNANCEIDvG. 



MINOUS, Cuv. and Val. 



Minous, CrviER and VAIENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 420; Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., II, 148. 

 Corythobatus, Cantor, Cat. Malayan Fishes, 45. 



A genus found in the. Eastern seas and represented by four species, one from the 

 Indian Ocean, Borneo, and China, one from Japan, and one from Celebes, besides the 

 hemibathybial forms from the Bay of Bengal mentioned below. 



Minous inermis, Alcock (Journ. Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, 18S0. lyiii. Part n, p. 290, PI. 

 xxn, fig. 4.— Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., x, pp. 207-214, Sept., 1892; lxiii, Tart n, 

 No. 2, 1S04, p. 2), has been found in the Bay of Bengal in depths of from 70 to 150 fathoms. 

 Its curious symbiosis with a species of hydroid polyp. Stylactis minoi, has been described 

 by Alcock, and is referred to in another part of this work. 



1'age 266: Coitus bathybii, Giinther, Challeng';r Report, xxn,62, PL \, Fig. C. A sin- 

 gle specimen, 2J inches long, was obtained by the Challenger at station 235, south of Yeddo, 

 Japan, in 565 fathoms. 



'•It may appear matter tor surprise," says Giinther, "to find a species of Coitus at so 

 great a depth as 560 fathoms, and at first sight it did not seem to me improbable that 

 the specimen accidentally entered the mouth of the dredge whilst it was near the surface. 

 However, on further consideration these doubts disappeared, as it is not very likely that a 

 fish living habitually at the bottom, as a Cottus must do, should be found floating far from 

 land; moreover the muciferous system is developed to an extraordinary degree, much more 

 so than in the littoral species of the genus." 



A species very nearly related to c. bathybii was obtained by the Albatross in the. depths 

 off the Alaskan coast. It has not yet been described. 



Page 266: Icelus. Two species of this genus were added to the deep sea fauna by 

 Bean, from the explorations of the Albatross in the waters of Alaska, both from off Trinity 

 Islands, as follows : 



1. scutiger, Bean (Proc. 1'. S. N. M., xm, 1S0O, 41 ). Three specimens from station 2853. 



2. euryops. Bean (loc. cit.. 41 ). Three specimens from the. same locality. 



Page 268: Artediellus uncinatus. Collett gives a general discussion of the distribution 

 of this species on the coast of Norway, showing its range to be from 20 to 200 fathoms 

 (Medd. om Norges Fiske, 1879-18S3, 55 . 



Under Iceliitus: 



Icelinus filamentosus, Gilbert (Proc. U. S. X. M., xin, 1890, 85). Several specimens 

 were obtained from Albatross stations 2893 and 2959, off southern California, in 145 and 

 55 fathoms. 



