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sideration of these facts and the lack of any other diagnostic char- 

 acters, I consider it as a synonym of A. amabilis. 

 The following specimens were examined: 



U.S.N.M. no. 102989 (holotype of A. antrorsospinus), off Culebra Island, 

 latitude 18"32'54" N., longitude 65°23'42" W., to latitude 18°32'15" N., longitude 

 65''18'45" W., February 26, 1933, 250 to 320 fathoms. 



U.S.N.M. no. 102987, Albatross station 2208, latitude 39°33'00" N., longitude 

 71°16'15" W., August 21, 1884. 



U.S.N.M. no. 35561, Albatross station 2209, latitude 39°34'45" N., longitude 

 71°21'30" W., August 21, 1884. 



U.S.N.M. no. 33393, Albatross station 2075, latitude 41''40'30" N., longitude 

 66°35'00" W., September 3, 1883. 



U.S.N.M. no. 43855, Albatross station 2717, latitude 38°24' N., longitude 

 71°13' W., September 18, 1886. 



ARGYROPELECUS ACULEATUS Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1849 



Argyropelecus aculeatus Cuvxeb and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des pois- 

 sons, vol. 22, p. 406, 1849. — GtJNTHER, Catalogue of the fishes in the British 

 Museum, vol. 5, p. 386, 1864. — Satjvage, in Grandidier, Histoire physique, 

 naturelle et politique de Madagascar, Poissons, vol. 16, p. 483, pi. 48, fig. 5, 

 1891.— LiJTKEN, Spolia Atlantica, ser. 6, vol. 7, p. 282, 1892.— Goodb 

 and Bean, Oceanic ichthyology, p. 127, 1895. — Coluett, Forli. Vid.- 

 Selsk. Christiania, 1903, no. 9, p. 108, 1904.— Collett, Zool. Anz., vol. 

 28, p. 726, 1905. — Brauee, Tiefsee Expedition . . . Valdivia, vol. 15, p. 

 110, fig. 47, 1906.— Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 12, p. 218, 

 1908.— MuERAY and Hjoet, The depths of the ocean, pp. 612, 618, 643, 

 1912. — Jespeksen, Report on the Danish Oceanographic Expeditions, 1908- 

 1910, vol. 2, A. 2, p. 27, 1915.— Noeman, Discovery Reports, vol. 2, p. 303, 

 fig. 11, 1930.— Bokodin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 72, p. 68, 1931.— 

 Zugmayeb^ Result. Campagnes Sci. Prince de Monaco, fasc. 86, p. 79, 19.33. — 

 Jespersen, in Joubin, Faune ichthyologique de I'Atlantique nord, no. 15, 

 1934.— Parr, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 3, art. 7, pp. 47, 50, 53, 

 fig. 18 (la-lc), 1937. 



Sternoptyx acanthurus Cuvier and Valenciennes^ Histoire naturelle des pois- 

 sons, vol. 22, p. 408, 1849. 



Argyropelecus olfersii (non Cuvier) Collett, Festskrift H. M. Kong Oscar II 

 ved Regjerings-Jubilaeet 1897, vol. 2, p. 14, 1897, 



^Argyropelecus caninus Gabman, Mem. Mus, Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 235, 1899. 



Argyropelecus olfersii (non Cuvier) Vladykov and McKenzie, Proc, Nova 

 Scotia Inst, Sci., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 60, fig. 40, 1935 (based on U. S. N. M. no 

 33495). 



Argyropelecus acanthurus (non Cocco) Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 70, pp. 246; 1207, 1936. (Cocco described Oasteropelecus acanthurus, 

 1829, and in Isis, vol. 24, p. 1342, 1831, Cocco states that the species has 

 "A. 30," which is for another species of fish. Therefore, the use of the 

 name acanthurus of Cocco by Fowler for species of Argyropelecus has no 

 basis, in my opinion.) 



The following 9 specimens were examined : 



U.S.N.M. no. 102777, 2 specimens, 8 and 13 mm, First Johnson-Smithsonian 

 Deep-Sea Expedition, 1933, tin tag no. 24C, Station 5, latitude 18°37'00" N., 

 longitude 66°24'30" W., about 600 fathoms, January 31, 1933. 



