XXXIV LIST OF TIIK NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF DEEP-SEA FISHES. 



MaCOI'NI (Cliaiiliodus) Named by Dr. lican in Iioiior of I'idI'. .Iulm ('. M:icouii, of th(^ (ioolonical 



Survey of Canada. 



JIACKOI-Ens )Poiitiiiiis) Covered with large scales (ndnpoi and Xtnii). 



niACUOPS (Batliygadus) Large-eyed. 



MAiiKUENSis (IIclicoleiiiiB) Jladeiran. 



MANATiNl'S (Baratlirodeiims) With a head shaped like (hal. of a Nea low (Miinalun). 



Maugarita (Echiostoma) In eoniplinient to Miss Margaret . 



MAHGAltlTlFEllUS (Notoscopelus) . ..Ornamented with pearl-like studs. 



MARGlNATA (Aphoristia) With a marginal line at base of vertical fins. 



IIAROINATDS (Ncobythites) With dark margins to the vertical tins. 



MARMORATUM (Lcptophidium) Marbled. 



MELANiiRUM (La-mouema) With a black tail (/(EAa5 and ovpa). 



MILES (Porogadus) Warlike (»n7es, a soldier). 



MILITARIS (Prionotus) Soldier-like; in allusion fo the i)lumo-liko rays iu tlie dorsal fin. 



MINIATUM (Peristedion) Ciuuabar-rcd {minium, eiuuabar). 



MiiiAiiiLis (Lycodouus) Remarkable ; in allusion to peculiar strncturo of dorsal and anal fins. 



MOLLIS ( Aphyouus) Soft, flabby, gelatinous. 



(Bothrocara.) 



MosELEYi (Gigliolia) In honor of the late Heury Nottidge Moseley, F. R. S., Linacre professor 



in the University of Oxford, and one of the naturalists of the Chul- 

 lengcr Expedition. 



NEBUL08A (Aphoristia) With cloudy colorations. 



OCCA (Cfclorhynclms) Rough-scaled {occa, a harrow). 



OCCIDENTALIS (Chalinura) From the Western Atlantic. 



(Epigonus.) 

 (Malacocephalus.) 



OPALlNCM (Myctophum) Decorated with opal-like studs (npahis, an opal). 



r.ETULUS (Cithariehthys) Slightly cross-eyed. 



I'ALLiDA (Aldrovandia) Pale; colorless. 



Panuionis (Glossamia) To preserve iu ichthyological literature the memory of the deeji-soa work 



of the United States Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk, (raiidiun, 

 the generic name of the American ilshhawk.) 



PARADOXUS (Psychrolutes) Astonishing, and hard to identify relationship. 



PARMATUS (Set.arches) With scales like round shields {itapMr/). 



PARVipiNNis (Dicrotus) With feeble fins. 



PAXILLOIDES (Lycenchelys) A little peg or spike (paxilhis) ; in .allusion to the spindle-like body. 



PAXILLUS (Lycenchelys) Spindle-shaped. 



PECTORALis (Nematonus) Having conspicuous pectoral (ins. 



PEDALIOTA (Bonapartia) Having a rudder-like fin (TTt/daAiairoi). 



PUASGANORUS (Notacanthus) Scabbard-shaped {qidSyavov, a scabbard). 



piGRA (Aphoristia) Sluggish and slow (jpiger). 



PLATYCEPHALUM (Peristcdion) Fl.at-headed. 



PROCERA (Venefica) Elongate. 



PROFUNDORUM (Scylliorhiuus) Out of the depths. 



PUSILLA (Aphoristia) Small, insignificant. 



(Maynea.) 



QUERCiNUS (Notoscopelus) In color like a dry oak le.af. 



Kaleighaka (Harriotta) In honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and niau of science. 



RANULA (Careproctus) Like a tadpole in looks {ranula, a little frog). 



Rathbuni (Pontinus) In honor of Dr. Richard Rathbuu, natiir.alist, long chief of the division 



of scientific inquiry in the United States Fish Commission. 



remiger (Myctophum) Having loug, oar-like pectoral (ins {n'miia .-iiid gcru). 



EiMosu8(Etropus) Kough-looking, full of cracks and fissures {rima). 



ROUUSTUS (Benthocometes) Heavy-bodied, robust. 



scutiger (Icelus) With scales like shields. 



8ENTICOSA (Halieutiea) Prickly. 



SERRULA (Chalinura) With a saw-edged fin spine (scrrtila, a little saw). 



SESSILICAUDA (Monoleiie) Having no caudal peduncle {sesailia, sessile, and cauda). 



setiger (Da.sycottus) With a bristle-like fin ray. 



SIMULA (Chalinura) Pug-nosed (simulns). 



speculigera (Lampadeua) Covered with glistening mirrors {speculum and gcro). 



Storeri (Cetomimus) In honor of the Late Dr. David Humphreys Storer, of Boston, a ])ioneer 



in American ichthyology. 



striata (Argentina) Alluding to the furrow-like stripe along the lateral line. 



SULCATUS (Coryphx'noides) Furrowed {sulca). 



