MARINE SILVER HATCHETFISHES — SCHULTZ 619 



Sternoptyx obscura Carman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 2:'>2, pi. 53, fi^. 

 1, 1899 (type locality, Eastern Pacific, lat. 36' S. to 7 31' .V. Long. 78 42'30" 

 to 89°3':50" W., from 134 to 1,832 fathoms, lectotype USNM 177888; 

 lectoparatypes USNM L20294, L77889, and L77933). Lendenfeld, Mem 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 30, No. 2, p. 17.~>. pi. 6, figs. 26 27. L905 (light or- 

 <;;ins). Beebe, The Arcturus adventure, Nevi York, p. 396, frontispiece, 

 fig. B, L926 (off Galapagos). — Belanski in Vanderbilt, To Galapagos on the 

 .1/7/. p. L31, 1927 (off Panama in Pacific). — Borodin. Bull. Vanderbilt 

 Oceanogr. Mar. Mus., vol. 1, art. 1. p. 11. 1928 (lat. 10 1 1' X.. long. 90° W., 

 Eastern Pacific ()ccan>. -Follett, Proc. California Acad. Sci., vol. 27, No. 

 16, p. 409, 1952 (off Pt. Reyes, California). Harvey, Bioluminescence, 

 New York, pp. 540, 541, fig. isi (l) 1952. 



Study material: I have studied 1,229 specimens from the Eastern 

 Pacific, 47 from the mid-Pacific, 14 from the Western Pacific, and 311 

 from the Western Atlantic. The Largest specimen in the Atlantic 

 measured was 46.5 mm from tip of snout to caudal fin base, taken 

 at Atlantis station 2852, lat. 27°01' V. long. , .)4°22' \V. at a depth of 

 1,152 meters. In the Pacific, one specimen (SI055-249) taken at 

 Lat. 4°6' N., long. 7S°4,r W., at a depth fromO to 730 fathoms, meas- 

 ured 42 mm. 



Since so many specimens were studied, they are summarized below; 

 i he numbers of specimens are given in parentheses: 



A.NSP 71332(1). 



HOC 2704(38), 2775(8), 2776(1), 2777(22), 2778(4), 2779(7), 2780(1), 2781(1), 

 2782(16), 2783(6), 2784(4), 2785(6), 2793(27), 2794(39); Atlantis stations (un- 

 cataloged) 1355(1), 1935(2), and 2852(2). 



CNHM 45341(2), 15942(11), 46278(2), 59968-59970(3), 64349(1). 



MCZ ->5880, 2588A(2), 28122(1), 28124(1), 28533(4), 31632(2), 32294-32296(12), 

 35175(1), 35192(2), 37528(1), 37662(1), 38040(1), 38066(1), 39478(3), 39482(1); 

 Blake station 306(1); Atlantis station l".H7(6), 2996(1), 3308(1), 3473(1). 



SIO 56-83(4), 57-43(3), 57-88(2), 55-221(60), 57-46(3), 57-207(5), 54-9:. I . 

 55-246(58), 55-258(28), 54-123(3), 56-127(15), 56-133(22), 55-249(52), 54-83(2); 

 H53 371(1), 1152 309(1), 1151 161(1), 1153-307(1), H52-355(ll), 1151-399(5), 

 H52 119(2), ll.")l 397(2), 1151-377(8), H53-356(l), H52-320(7), H50-277(4), 

 552-384(7), H52-S2Q), H53 305A(2), 1151 375(7), 1151-161(4), H52 409(8), 

 1152-404(4), 1152-338(3). 



SNHM 18476(8), 46437(9), 46526(2), I052K Ui529(9), 16532(3), 46535- 

 16541(183), 46543(6), 46549-46551(30), 46560(1), 46565-46568(35), 46570- 

 16572(75), 16574 16578(51), 46580-46583(72), 46585-46586(17), 46588-46589(7), 

 16591 16592(12), 46594(3), 46596-46010(84), 46612(2), 46614(29), 46616(18), 

 46618(11), 46620(3), 46622(13), 46624(9), 46626(2), 46628(4), 46633-46639(49), 

 16643(129). 



(JMML 2484(1), 2750(3), 2752(1), 2753(1). 



USFWS (Brunswick, Georgia) Silver Bay station 443(3) ; ( 'ombal Btation 290(1), 

 295-296(4), 301-303(21), 304-305(9), 312-313(12), 323-324(10). 



USNM 26235(1), 32659(1), 33471(2), 33563(2), 44590(1), 53052(2), 57884(1), 

 84497(1), 89912(6), 100531(1), 103071(1), 103075(1), 104206(2), 104207(1), 

 11722K1), 120294(1), 131297(1), 131307(1), 135647(1), L35665(J . 135672(1), 

 135690(1), 148789(4), 148848(1), 150040(3), 150306(1), 150416(1), 150441(1), 

 151395(1), 158168(9), 161392(2), 161394-161396(3), 163492(1), 177888(1), 

 177889(1), 177933(1); Albatross station 2553(1), 3402(1), 4650(2); Combat sta- 

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