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V. FISHES. 



Order, PEJDICULATI. 

 IVIAL.THEIDJE:. 



]?lalthe ciibifrons, Eich. — Sea Bat. — West Indian Fauna. 



1G727. Cast. St. Augustine, Fla. Dr. J. M. Laing, U. S. A. 

 800. Photograph. U. S. Fish Commission. 



]flalthe vespertilio, (Linn.) Cuv. — Sea Bat. — ^West Indian Fauna. 



12575. Alcoholic specimen. Amazons. British Museum. 



L<OPHIID^. 



T>ophiii!i$ pifjicatoritis, Linn. — Goose Fish; Angler. — Nova Scotia 

 to Cape Hatteras. 



150S6. Alcoholic siiecimen. Tompkinsville, N. Y. Copley. 



14910. Cast. Wood's Holl, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. June 22, 1873. 



16G57. Cast. Wood's Holl, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. 



12, 13, 14, 15. Photographs. U. S. Fish Commission. 



A]¥TE]\]\ARIID^. 



Pterophryne histrio, (Linn.) Gill. — Mouse-fish. — ^Pelagic. 



20G83. Alcoholic specimens. Wood's Holl, Mass. V. N. Edwards. 



Order, PLECTOGNATHI. 



moiiiD^. 



IVIola rotunda, Cuv. — Sun-fish. — Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 



15832. Cast. Noank, Couu. U. S. Fish Commission. Sept, 16, 1874. 



15833. Cast. Noank, Conn. U. S. Fish Commission. Sept. 16, 1874. 

 1. Photograph. U. S. Fish Commission. 



784. Color sketch. (Richard.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



DIODOIVTID^. 



Chiloiiiycteru!^ g'eonietricu^, (Linn.) Kaup. — Bur-fish. — 

 Soutli of Cape Cod ; West Indian Fauna, &c. 



15572. Cast. New York market. E. G. Blackford. Oct. 7, 1875. 

 15883. Cast. Wood's Holl, Mass. U. S. Fish Commission. Aug. 1, 1873. 

 523-4-.5. Color sketch. (Richard.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



