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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



C. SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



The specimens examined are listed by species 

 and arranged generally from north to south along 

 the Atlantic coast of the United States, including 

 Bermuda and the Bahamas; then north, west, and 

 south around the Gulf of Mexico; next throughout 

 Cuba and the rest of the West Indies; and finally 

 southward through the Caribbean and to Brazil. 

 The few records from outside the western North 

 Atlantic are listed terminally on the individual 

 species lists. 



The following abbreviations are used for col- 

 lections : 



ANSP, Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia; BLBG, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Biological Laboratory, Brunswick, Ga. ; CAS, 

 California Academy of Sciences; CHML, Cape 

 Haze Marine Laboratory; FSBC, Florida State 

 Board of Conservation Marine Laboratory, St. 

 Petersburg, Fla.; SU, Stanford University Natiu-al 

 History Museum; TU, Tulane University; UF, 

 University of Florida; UNC, University of North 

 Carolina Institute of Fisheries Research; USNM, 

 U.S. National Museum. 



The following abbreviations are used for collect- 

 ing methods, in those instances in which the 

 methods are definitely known : 



D.N., dip net; M.L.N. , meter larval net; P.T., 

 plankton tow; S.C., stomach contents of a larger 

 fish; Sn., seine; Tr., bottom trawl. 



The following additional abbreviations are used : 

 • Cr., cruise; Reg., regular station; Spc, special 

 station; Std., standard station; Sta., station; S.L., 

 standard length. 



Alutera monoceros 



Woods Hole, Ma.ss., 22 Aug. 1898, (1 specimen) 114 mm. 



S.L., USNM 85771 25 miles southwest of Cuttyhunk 



Island, Mass., 17 Sept. 1935, (1) 144 mm. S.L., caught in 

 lobster pot, USNM 107273. ___34°05' N., 76°21' W., to 

 34°01' N., 76°18' W., Alhalross Cr. 31-A, Sta. 2, tow 2, 

 19 Jan. 1950, (1) 520 mm. S.L., Tr. 25-75 fathoms, USNM 

 152089.___34°05' N., 76°21' W., to 34°01' N., 76°18' W., 

 Alhalross Cr. 31-A, Sta. 2, tow 2, 19 Jan. 1950, (1) 401 mm. 

 S.L., Tr. 25-75 fathoms, USNM 152090... .Kitty Hawk, 

 N.C., (1) 167 mm. S.L., USNM 163881. .-.30°34' N., 

 80°17' W., Silver Bay Sta. 1550, 17 Jan. 1960, (1) 545 mm. 

 S.L., Tr. 22-21 fathoms, BLBG....26°47' N., 79°53' W., 

 Combat Sta. 459, 28 July 1957, (1) 122 mm. S.L., D.N.y 

 BLBG....Tortugas, Fla., (3) 53.0-73.0 mm. S.L., collected 

 by W. H. Longley, USNM 11 7022.... Port of Fortaleza, 

 Mucuripe, Brazil, Mar. 1945, (1) 91.0 mm. S.L., SU 52309, 



No. 558 Port of Fortaleza, Mucuripe, Brazil, June 1945, 



(1) 78.0 mm. S.L., SU 52309, No. 841. ...Durban Harbor, 



Durban, Natal, South Africa, 8 Aug. 1933, (1) 96.5 mm. 

 S.L., collected by H. W. B. Marley, Herre 1934 Exped., 



SU31365 China Sea, coast of Pahang, Malay Peninsula, 



Nov. 1926, (2) 115 and 137 mm. S.L., collection of Fisheries 

 Dept. F. M. S., Herre 1934 E.xped., SU 30786.. ..Manado, 

 Indonesia, (1) 115 mm. S.L., USNM 126630.... Chame 

 Point, Pacific Panama, (1) 49.5 mm. S.L., collected by 

 Tweedlie, USNM 82059. 



Alutera scripta 



34°38' N., 74°46' W., Gill Cr. 2, Reg. 80, 12 May 1953, 



(1 specimen) 62.5 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG 34°14' N., 



76°03' W., Silver Bay, 15 Sept. 1959, (3) 78.5-103 mm. 

 S.L., D.N., BLBG....32°34' N., 77°48' W., Gill Cr. 8, 

 Reg. 52, 26 Sept. 1954, (1) 53.0 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG..-. 

 Bermuda, (1) about 410 mm. S.L. (skin and skull only), 

 collected by G. B. Goode, USNM 21889. ..-31°57' N., 

 78°09' W., Gill Cr. 3, Reg. 50, 6 Aug. 1953, (1) 39.5 mm. 

 S.L., D.N., BLBG.-..30°00' N., 80°10' W., Silver Bay Qia.. 

 476, 18 June 1958, (1) 33.0 mm. S.L., M.L.N., BLBG.... 

 29°40' N., 80°00' W., Gill Cr. 8, Reg. 18, 13 Sept. 1954, 

 (1) 35.0 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG..-.29°38' N., 80°12' W., 

 Combat Sta. 474, 14 Aug. 1957, (5) 64.0-73.0 mm. S.L., 

 D.N., BLBG....29°38' N., 80°09' W., Silver Bay Sta. 471, 

 17 June 1958, (1) 46.0 mm. S.L., M.L.N., BLBG...- 

 29°29' N., 80°09' W., Combat Sta. 485, 18 Aug. 1957, (1) 

 66.0 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG....29°29' N., 80°10' W., 

 Combat Sta. 490, 19 Aug. 1957, (1) 99.0 mm. S.L., D.N., 

 BLBG...-29°10' N., 80°19' W., to 29°19' N., 80°15' W., 

 Combat Sta. 336 to Sta. 337, 1 June 1957, (1) 41.0 mm. 

 S.L., D.N., BLBG....28°18' N., 79°28' W., Gill Cr. 8, 

 Reg. 8, 12 Sept. 1954, (1) 39.0 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG.... 

 27°14' N., 79°50' W., Combat Sta. 462, 29 July 1957, (1) 

 53.5 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG... .Jupiter Inlet, Fla., July 

 1958, (1) 27.0 mm. S.L., BLBG....26"'47' N., 79°53' W., 

 Combat Sta. 459, 28 July 1957, (2) 119 and 128 mm. S.L., 

 D.N., BLBG....25°11' N., 79°56' W., Combat Sta. 443, 

 22 July 1957, (1) 127 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG....25°10' 

 N., 80°02' W., Combat Sta. 438, 22 July 1957, (3) 31.0-121 

 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG....Tortugas, Fla., (1) 160 mm. 

 S.L., collected by W. H. Longley, USNM 117024.... 

 Tortugas, Fla., (2) 70.5 and 121 mm. S.L., collected by 

 W. H. Longley, USNM 117023. ...Gulf of Mexico, 30 

 miles southwest of Boca Grande, Fla., 21 Oct. 1956, (1) 



200 mm. S.L., CHML Destin, Fla., about June 1958, 



(1) 163 mm. S.L., BLBG Choctawatchee Bay, Fla., 



June 1958, (1) 152 mm. S.L., BLBG..-.28°47' N., 87°56' 

 W., Oregon Sta. 1589, 23-24 July 1956, (2) 141 and 164 mm. 

 S.L., USNM 158763... .29°10' N., 88°08' W., Oregon Sta. 

 1525, 17 May 1956, (1) 67.0 mm. S.L., TU 11639.... 

 28°45' N., 88°03' W., Oregon Sta. 1590, 24 July 1956, (2) 

 164 mm. S.L., UF.-..26°40' N., 92°00' W., Oregon Sta. 

 1035, 8 May 1954, (1) 145 mm. S.L., TU 10937.. ..24°50' 

 N., 92°35' W., Oregon Sta. 2198, 23-24 June 1958, (1) 107 

 mm. S.L., D.N., BLBG....20°50' N., 86°10' W., Oregon 

 Sta. 1297, 28 Apr. 1955, (1) 35.0 mm. S.L., D.N., USNM 



159168 Cuba, 1914, (1) 244 mm. S.L., collected by 



Henderson and Bartsch, USNM 82569.... Cuba, (1) 57.6 



mm. S.L., collected by Poey, USNM 37466 Jamaica, 



(1) 230 mm. S.L., collection of Institute of Jamaica, USNM 

 32041 Haiti, (1) 79.0 mm. S.L., collected by Beebe, 



