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POLYIPNUS LATERNATUS Garman, 1899 



Pohjipnus latcrnatus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 238, 1899.— 

 ?Frasee-Bbtjnner, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 8, p. 218, 1931. — Pabb, 

 Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 3, no. 7, p. 55, fig. 22, 1937. 



POLYIPNUS SPINOSUS Gunther, 1887 



Polyipnus spivosus Gunther, Challenger Reports, vol. 22, p. 170, pi. 51, 1887 

 (depth 250 fathoms, station 200 between Philippine Islands and Borneo). — • 

 Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 398, 1889. — Wood-Mason and 

 Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 8, p. 126, 1891. — Goode and Bean, 

 Oceanic ichthyology, fig. 148 (reversed fig. of Giinther's fig. of type), 1895. — 

 Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 65, p. 331, 1896. — Alcock, A descrip- 

 tive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea fishes in the Indian Museum, p. 138, 

 1899.— Bbauek, Tief see-Expedition . . . Valdivia, 1898^1899, vol. 15, p. 120, 

 fig. 64 and figs. 65, 66 (V), 1906 (Gulf of Guinea ) .—Weber and Beaufort, 

 The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 130, fig. 47, 1914. — 

 Nichols and Bredeb, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 37, p. 21, 1924 

 {Grampus station 10482, Gulf of Mexico, lat. 28°52' N., long. 88°36' W., 

 depth 500 to meters). — Babnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, p. 155, 

 1925.— Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, vol. 70, p. 240, fig. 112, 1936.— 

 Pare, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 3, no. 7, p. 55, 1937. 



Polyipnus stereope Jordan and Starks, Bull. U. S. Fish Conim., vol. 22 (for 

 1902), p. 581, 1904 (type: U. S. N. M. no. 51451; Albatross station 3698, 

 Sagami Bay, Japan). — Jordan, Tanaka, and Snyder, Journ. College Sci. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, vol. 33, no. 1, p. 52, fig. 30, 1913. 



Polyipnus tridentifer McCxjixoch, Biol. Results Fish Expt. F. I. S. Endeavour, 

 190&-1914, vol. 2, pt. 3, pp. 78, 87-89, pi. 16, 1914. 



I have examined Jordan and Stark's type of P, stereope and found 

 it to agree closely with a sketch of the posttemporal spine of Giin- 

 ther's type ; the sketch was kindly furnished by J. R. Norman, of the 

 British Museum. 



The following specimens are in the collections of the United States 

 National Museum: U.S.N.M. no. 44429, one specimen, length 43 

 mm, H. M. S. Investigator, Andaman Sea ; and 52 specimens collected 

 by the steamer Albatross, as follows; 



U.S.N.M. no. 1029SO, 2 specimens, lengths 29 and 36 mm, station 4897, Goto 

 Islands, latitude 32°33' N., longitude 128°19' E., depth 207 fathoms, August 10, 

 1906. 



U.S.N.M. no. 102981, 2 specimens. 39 and 43 mm, station 4913, latitude 

 31°39'10" N., longitude 129°22'30" E., 391 fathoms, August 12, 1906. 



U.S.N.M. no. 1029S2, 2 specimens, 52 and 55 mm, station 4967, latitude 

 33°25'10" N., longitude 135°37'20" E., 244 fathoms, August 29, 1906. 



U.S.N.M. no. 103036, 2 specimens, 48 and 50 mm, station 5221, latitude 

 13°38'15" N., longitude 121°48'15" E., 193 fathoms, April 24, 1908. 



U.S.N.M. no. 103039, 1 specimen, bad condition, station 5280, latitude 

 13°55'20" N., longitude 120°25'55" E., 193 fathoms, July 17, 1908. 



U.S.N.M. no. 103032, 1 specimen, 49 mm, station 5113, latitude 13°51'30" N., 

 longitude 120°50'30" E., 159 fathoms, January 17, 190S. 

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