LIST OF THE NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF DEEP-SEA FISHES. XXXIII 



CAriTO ( Poromitra) Large-headed. 



CAKAi'iNis (CorypliH'iioides) Resembling in form the gouus Carapus. 



CAUiBii.Kus (Ca'lorhynchus) From the Caribboau Sea. 



CASTANEUS (Notoscopeliis) Chestnut-hucd. 



CATENA (Bassozetus) Having a chain-like row of pores along the lateral line (catena, a chain). 



CAVERNOSUS (Hymcnocephalus) Witli depressions in the skull. 



CEUVINUM (Leptophidiiim) Spotted like .a fawn. 



ciiALYBEius (Chlorophthalmus) Of a stecl-liko luster {XaXvfte'ioi). 



ciiAiMELEONTlcErs (Lopholatilus) ..Having a head with a muchal appendage suggesting that of tlio African 



chameleon, (ChanieJeu). 



CuESTEKi (Phycis) In honor of Capt. Hubbard C. Chester, of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission, sailing master of the Arctic exploring steamer I'ulaiia, and 

 later engaged in deep-sea work. 



ciniiATUS (Phycis) Bearded (cirra). 



C'OPKi (Paraliparis) In honor of Prof. Edward Drinker Cope, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, a leader in American vertebrate zoology. 



CUUENTIFEU (Pisoodonophis) Sanguinary, cruel; in allusion to its habit of boring into the llesh of 



living fishes. 



DENTATCS (Graramatostomias) With conspicuous teeth. 



DiLECTA (Notosema) Admired, beloved (diligo) ; in allusion to the beauty of the species. 



DINOCEROS (Citharichthys) With a strong spine or "horn" ui)on the forehead (Ssivo? and Hiftojioi 



XEpOOi). 



DiOMEDlANA (Aphoristia) To perpetuate in ichthyological literature the name of the deep-sea 



DiOMEDiANUS (Hoplunnis). exploring steamer -liftaiross. See Pardionis. 



Eaullii (Phycis) In honor of R. Edward Earll, of the United States Fish Commission 



and National Museum, Ijy whom the species was discovered. 



EFFULGENS (^thoprora) Gle.aming, phosphorescent. 



EGRETTA (Prionotus) In allusion to the elongate dorsal ray, resembling the plume of an 



Egretta. 



EURVOPS (Bathylagus) Large-eyed (swpus and wip). 



(Icelus.) 



K.\vosus (Bathygadus) Cavernous (from/a»its, a honeycomb); in allusion to the cavities in the 



skull. 



FIMBRIATA (Cyclopsetta) With fringed fins (fimbria:, fringe). 



FLAVA (Congermunena) Tawny-hued. 



FULVUS (Physiculus) Tawny. 



GEMMIFER (Lampauyctus) Covered with gem-like studs. 



(Astronesthes.) 



GiLLii (Bassogigas) In honor of Dr. Theodore Gill, the Nestor of American Ichthyology, 



(Cetomimus.) 1895. 



(Labichthys.) 



(Lipogenys.) 



(Neobythites.) 



(Stephanoberyx.) 



GOBioiDES (Hypsicometes) Resembling a Gohiiis. 



GRACILE (Aldrovandia) Slender and graceful in form. 



(Jlyctophum.) 

 (Peris tedion.)^ 

 (Photonectcs.) 



GR.U.LATOR (Bcnthosaurus) Having extremities like stilts. 



HiMAM'oPHORUS (CalUouymus) Having a thong-like extension of the middle ray of the tail fin (i'fio:? 



and tps'psiv). 



HOLOLEPis (Cyttus) Completely covered with scales (o.lia? and Af/T/?). in distinction from 



certain species in the same genus which are partly naked. 



INTRONIGRA (Dicrolene) Black within; in allusion to the dark peritoneum. 



Jordan: (Caulophryne) In honor of David Starr .Jordan, president of Leland Stanford .Junior 



University, one of the most learned and jiroductive of ichthyologists. 



LACERTA (Lauipanyctus) With a lizard-like head. 



LAPPA (Ualieutella) A spiny species (lappa, a burr). 



LiPAUiNA (Amitra) Resembling the genus Liparis. 



LONGispiNis (Pontinus) With very long spines in the first dorsal lin. 



i.ucn>A (.Ethoprora) Shining, bright, full of light. 



MacDonaldi (Conocara) In honor of Col. Marshall McDonalil. United States Commissioner of 



(Nannobrachium.) Fisheries since 1888. 



(Penoi)us. ) 



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