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Standard length in mm 



Figure 20. — Relationship between number of lower jaw teeth and standard length for two species of Melanocetus. 



1902, 1906); Murray and Hjort 1912:87, 614 (in 

 part, additional specimen, misidentification); 

 Borodin 1931:84 (additional specimen, misiden- 

 tification); Regan and Trewavas 1932:49, 52, fig. 

 74 (misidentification, in key); Fowler 1936: 

 1143, 1144 (description after Brauer 1902, 

 1906, in key); Bertelsen 1951:40, table 4 (com- 

 parison with all known material). 



Melanocetus rotundatus Gilchrist 1903:206-208, 

 pi. 15 (original description, two specimens, both 

 lost [see Comments, p. 76], the largest about 28 

 mm, off Cape Point and Natal coast. South Af- 

 rica, 1,098 m); Gilchrist and Thompson 

 1917:417 (after Gilchrist 1903); Barnard 

 1927:1007, pi. 37, fig. 5 (after Gilchrist 1903); 

 Bertelsen 1951:48 (in synonymy of M. john- 

 soni). 



Melanocoetus rotundatus, Smith 1949:429, fig. 

 1232 (after Gilchrist 1903); Penrith 1967:187, 

 188 (type material lost; a synonym of M. 

 johnsoni). 



Melanocetus ferox Regan 1926:33, pi. 9, fig. 1 (orig- 

 inal description, single specimen, holotype 

 ZMUC P9257, 78 mm, Dana stn. 1208(14), Gulf 

 of Panama, 6°48' N, 80°33' W, 3,100 m wire, 

 1715 h, 16 January 1922); Regan and Trewavas 

 1932:49, 52, fig. 75 (in part, only holotype, addi- 



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tional material here referred to M. polyactis, in 

 key); Beebe and Crane 1947:152 (in part, only 

 holotype); Bertelsen 1951:44, 53, table 4 (in 

 part, only holotype; comparison with all known 

 material, in key); Grey 1956:237 (synonymy, 

 distribution). 



Melanocetus cirrifer Regan and Trewavas 

 1932:52-53, fig. 76A, 77, pi. 2, fig. 1 (original 

 description, two females, lectotype ZMUC 

 P9258, 25.5 mm, Dana stn. 3678(2), Banda Sea, 

 4°05' S, 128°16' E, 4,000 m wire, bottom depth 

 4,700 m, 1840 h, 24 March 1929, in key); Ber- 

 telsen 1951:44, 53, table 4 (description, com- 

 parison with all known material, in key); Grey 

 1956:237 (synonymy, distribution). 



Melanocetus niger, Gregory 1933:400, fig. 272 

 (misidentification, osteology). 



Melanocetus megalodontis Beebe and Crane 

 1947:152, fig. 1 (original description, single 

 specimen, holotype CAS-SU 46488 [originally 

 NYZS 25791], 25.5 mm, Templeton Crocker Ex- 

 pedition stn. 165 T-3, eastern tropical Pacific, 

 20°36' N, 115°07' W, 0-915 m, 17 May 1936); 

 Bertelsen 1951:43, 48, table 4 (description, com- 

 parison with all known material, in key); Grey 

 1956:235 (synonymy, distribution); Mead 

 1958:133 (holotype passed to CAS). 



