APPENDIX. OU) 



Trachichthyn iiiteniicdiu.s, Hector ('riaiis. Xew Zeal, lust., VII, 1!4.">, I'l. \i, l\^. 18A. — 

 (Jiiiither, Cliiilleiiger Jieport, xxii, 1.'4). Two six-cimeiis were collected hy the Glialleiiger 

 Expedition — one SJ, inclies lony, on tiie east coast of Xew Zealand, at station lIKi. in L'75 

 fatlionis. 



Tlie specimen described by Dr. Hector was only I'.T inches loiij;', and was ol)taincd oft 

 ("ape Farewell in -400 fathoms. 



Hoplosfethus mediterrancus. The ranj^e of this spin/ies, not hitlierto Icnown north of 

 jMadeira, has been extended to the coast of Great lUitain by the Kev. Mr. Green, who 

 obtained a specimeu in the summer of 188! I off the southwest coast of Ireland ((Jiinther, 

 Auu. and Mag. Xat. Hist., December, 188i), 417). 



Tlie range of this form in the ^Mediterranean seems to be limited on the east by .Malta 

 ((iulia, Tentani., Iclitli. Melitcns., l.S(Jl, 2l!). It was recorded by (Jiiichenot and lionrgcot 

 from Algeria, and is also known from the Gnll' of Xa]iles (Costa) and the Gulf of Palermo 

 (Dtederlein), who r(;cords it aLso from .Messina, where it is called "Bulicaru." 



Its range in the western Atlantic is from 11^43' to 3!)^ .")()' X. lat.; in the eastern 

 Atlantic from 36° to ."Jflo. 



A specimen was taken in the Bay of Bengal at Inresiigator station KiH, at a depth of 

 145 to 250 fathoms. — Alcock, .Tourn. Asiatic Soc. of liengal, Lxiii, Part ii, No. 2, 1894, p. 2. 



We are disposed to recoguize the Hoplostctlius j((poHicus of Hilgendorf as a distinct 

 species, uutil the differences recorded by Hilgendorf and Giinther can be studied from a 

 larger series of specimens. 



Page 1U5: Jordan and Evermann i)roi)ose the new generic name Escolar for Tln/rsi- 

 tops violocens, Beau. They also are of the opinion that Thymiten niger, Poey (enumerated 

 Pise, Oubens, 1875, p. 74), is of the same species. Since this was described from a fragment, 

 we have not taken it into consideration in our studies. 



Page 1!01: Jordan and Evermann refer our IHcrolns iinrriiiinitix to I'ioiik /liiditlii/Sj 

 though with some doubt as to the propriety of so doing. 



Pfoiiu'thichfln/s hengalensis (Alcock, Tliyrsilis bcngalcnuis, .lonru. Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, 

 LXlii, Part II, Xo. 2, 1894, p. 3), a species allied to /'. pnimcthcoidcs. lileekcr, was olitained by 

 the Investigator at station 1(52, in the Bay of Bengal, 145 to 250 fathoms. 



Page 203: Lepidopus liisituuieiis, Shaw (L.cui((l((tas), occurs, says Cai)ello, in gieat 

 abundance off the coast of Portugal, where it is takcMi in the open sea in .March and April 

 (Peixes de Portugal, 1880, 10). 



The specific identity of the fish found at St. Lucas by Xaiitns is so doubtful that we 

 prefer to refer to it as L. Xaiitusi^ new specific name. 



Page 208: Tiichiurus lepiurHS, the T'cin' c-spada lomo, is very abundant off the coast of 

 Portugal, where it is taken with the deei)-sea lines used for sharks (Capcllo, Peixes de 

 Portugal, 1880, Ki). 



Page 221: lUrcimus (irgcnlcii.t is referred to by Vaillant, pp. 18 aiul 45, under the imme 

 Gyriitomenc nummularis, he having at first sup|)osed his spi^cies to belong to a new genus 

 and species. 



After Brama add: 



STEINEGERIA, Jordan and Everniann. 

 Sleinegeria, ,U>RDAS ;iuil Kvi'.kma.nn. I'ruc. IJ. S. X:it. .\Iiis.. lS8t), IliT. (Typo, .S. CHfccNirH.v,') 



A genus allied to, and possibly belonging to, the family Bramido', liaving the body 

 ovate, considerably compres.sed, closely covered with membranous scales, which are closely 

 imbricated, and with a distinct median keel. Cleft of mouth very oblicjue, the lower Jaw 

 strongly projecting. No distinct lateral line. Dorsal and anal fins somewhat elongate, the 

 former with eleven, the latter with two spines. Caudal luiuite, with short and slender 

 peduncle. Ventrals thoracic, not depressible, with one si^ine and five rays. 



Jaws with siugle bands of small cardiform teeth, those in front largest, especially 

 in the lower Jaw. Teeth in viliiform bands on the palatines, but absent from the vomer. 

 Premaxillaries jtrotractile; preopercle without angle, with ascending limb finely serrulate, 

 and with a few coar.ser teeth about the angle. \'ent well behiiul ventrals. 



