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offing of Cape Cod, Lat. 39°47' N, Long. 70°3i' W, to Banquereau Bank off eastern 

 Nova Scotia and to the slope of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland.*' 



Occurrence in the Western Atlantic. H. affinis is (or was) so plentiful along the off- 

 shore slopes of the Banks that front Nova Scotia and the eastern part of the Gulf of 

 Maine that many specimens were brought in for a few years subsequent to about 1875 

 when fishermen, long-lining for halibut, extended their operations down to depths of 

 350 fathoms or so. But it dropped out of sight so soon with the decline in the local 

 halibut fishery that by 1895 it was characterized as "formerly often brought in."'" In 

 fact, only one specimen seems to have been reported during the past 25 years. "^ But 

 we suspect that it would be found on the offshore slopes in undimished numbers if it 

 were sought at the proper depth or if inquiry as to its presence were made among 

 such of the Nova Scotian fishermen as work down the slopes of the Banks. '^ 



Synonyms and References: 



Chimaera affinis Brito Capello, J. Sci. math. phys. nat. Lisboa, I (4), 1867: 314, pi. 3, figs, i, la (descr., ills, 

 deep water off Portugal); J. Sci. math. phys. nat. Lisboa, 2, 1870: 138 (listed, Setubal, Portugal); Giin- 

 ther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 8, 1870: 350 (descr., Portugal); Guide to Study Fish., 1880: 350 (listed, 

 coast of Portugal); Brito Capello, Cat. Peix. Portugal, 1880: 43 (listed, off Setubal, Portugal); Jordan, 

 Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1885), 1887: 800 (listed, Atlant. Coast N. Amer., deep water); Carus, Prod. 

 Fauna Medit., 2, 1889— 1893: 529 (listed, off Portugal); Almeida and Roquette, Peices do Algarve, 

 in Inquerito Indust. Lisboa (1889), 2, 1892: 377 (listed, Portugal; not seen); Goode and Bean, Smith- 

 son. Contr. Knowl., jo, 1895: 31, 509; JZ, 1895: pi. 10, figs. 32-35; also in Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. 

 Zool., 22, 1896: 31, 509, pi. 10, figs. 32-35 (descr., ill., range); Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. 

 nat. Mus., 47 (j), 1896: 95 (descr., range); Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1895), 1896: 225 (listed, C. Cod 

 northward, and Portugal); Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 47 (4), 1900: pi. 19, fig. 49 (ill. after Goode and 

 Bean, 1895); Linton, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., ig, 1901: 434 (nematode parasites); Bridge, Camb. Nat. 

 Hist., 7, 1904: 469 (listed, off Portugal and N. Amer., 200—1,200 fath.); Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. 

 comp. Zool., 40, 1911: 91 (descr., refs., range); Seabra, Poiss. Port., 1911: 191 (listed, Portugal); Hal- 

 kett. Check List Fish. Canad., 191 3: 43 (listed, LaHave Bank, deep water off Nova Scotia, Gulf Stream, 

 Portugal); Bigelow and Welsh, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 40 (i), 1925: 73 (descr., ill. after Goode and 

 Bean, 1895, range); Rey, Fauna Iberica, Peces, j, 1928: 666, fig. 197 (descr., ill. after Goode and Bean 

 1895, off Portugal); Breder, Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1929: 40 (ill. after Goode and Bean 

 1895, range); Firth, Bull. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 61, I93i'. 9-10 (photo of largest recorded specimen, 

 color, depth, off C. Sable, Nova Scotia); Bigelow and Schroeder, Canad. Atlant. Fauna, I2f, 1934: 38 

 (descr., ill., range, depth); Norman, 'Discovery' Rep., 12, 1935: 47 (cf. C. africaiius); Nobre, Fauna 

 Marinha Port. Vert., j, 1935: 407 (descr., refs., off Portugal); Bigelow and Schroeder, Bull. U. S. Bur. 

 Fish., 48, 1936: 326 (same specimen as in Firth 1931); Fowler, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 100 (jj), 1941 : 

 495 (descr., refs., range). 



Chimaera flumbea GiU, Bull, philos. Soc. Wash., 2, 1 872-1 880: 182 (descr., SE of LaHave Bank, Nova Scotia, 

 350 fath.); Bean, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., j, 1880: 114 (listed. Grand Banks and Nova Scotian Banks); 

 Goode and Bean, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1879), 1882: 788 (listed, Georges Bank); Jordan and Gil- 

 bert, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 16, 1883: 54 (descr., Atlant. Coast, C. Cod northward, deep water). 



89. Bean's (Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 3, 1880: 114) report of it as Chimaera plumbea from the "Grand Banks" doubtless 

 referred to the southeastern part of the Newfoundland Bank, which was commonly so-called by the Gloucester 

 fishermen of that day. One was reported from Lat. 28°5i' N, Long. 8S°i8'W, 730 fathoms, by Goode and Bean 

 (Smithson. Contr. Knowl., jo, 1895: 32) but unfortunately the specimen is no longer to be found; it is possible 

 that this specimen was an H. alberti (p. 545). 



90. Goode and Bean, Smithson. Contr. Knowl., jo, 1895: 31; also, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., 22, 1896: 31. 



91. Firth, Bull. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 61, 1931: 9. 



92. H. affinis has also been reported from Noank, Connecticut (Goode and Bean, Smithson. Contr. Knowl., 30, 1895: 

 32). But the specimen in question is likely to have been brought in from offshore by some halibut fisherman who 

 sailed out of that port. 



