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Range: From Long Island, New York, to Cape Lookout, North 

 Carolina. This species primarily inhabits inshore, shallow, sandy 

 areas. Dahlgren (1927, p. 362) speculated that larger individuals 

 spawned at depths of 30 to 200 feet. 



Genus Kathetostoma Gunther 



Kathetostoma Gunther, 1860, p. 231. Type species: Uranoscopus laevis Bloch 

 and Schneider, 1801, by monotypy. 



Kathetostoma albigntta Bean 



Plate 3a-b 



Cathetostoma albigutla Bean, 1892, p. 121 (type specimens in U.S. National 

 Museum. Type locality Albatross station 2403, 28°42'30" N., 85°29'00" 

 W., 88 fathoms, USNM 39304, holotype 119 mm. S.L. and one paratype 

 115 mm. S.L. Paratypes from Albatross station 2404, 28°44' N., 85°16' W., 

 60 fathoms, USNM 39305 (2), 85 and 113 mm. S.L.; Albatross station 2410, 

 26°47'30" N., 83°25'15" W., 28 fathoms, USNM 39306 (1), 95 mm. S.L.; 

 and Albatross station 2411, 26°33'30" N., 83°15'30" W., 27 fathoms, USNM 

 39307 (1), 27.5 mm. S.L.). 



Kathetostoma albigulta, Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 2311 (key), p. 2312 

 (described; incorrectly stated that only one specimen known; dorsal and 

 anal ray counts incorrect); 1900, p. 3301, pi. CCCXXXIV, figs. 809, 809a 

 (type specimen illustrated). — Longley and Hildebrand, 1940, p. 267 (refer- 

 ence). — Barbour, 1941, p. 1 (reference to holotype). — Longley and Hilde- 

 brand, 1941, p. 245 (described; off Tortugas, Fla., 67 to 88 fathoms).— 

 Hildebrand, 1954, p. 317 (off Gulf coast of Texas and northern Mexico). — 

 Springer and Bullis, 1956, p. 97 (Oregon stations in the Gulf of Mexico). 



Kathetostoma albigutlum, Evermann and Kendall, 1900, p. 92 (reference to type 

 specimen localities). 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



34°52' N., 75°27' W., Silver Bay station 1283, 98 fathoms, Sept, 17, 1959 (1), 

 115 mm. S.L., BLBG. 34°48' N., 75°33' W. to 34°45.5' N., 75°28' W., Albatross 

 III station 35, tow 1, 42-48 fathoms, June 3, 1945 (1), 80 mm. S.L., USNM 

 151918. 34°32' N., 75°58' W. to 34°34' N., 75°58' W., Albatross III Cr. 21, 

 station 5, tow 1, 23-25 fathoms, June 8, 1949 (2), 120-121 mm. S.L., USNM 

 151923. 34°23' N., 76°03' W., Combat station 408, 30 fathoms, June 22, 1957 (1), 

 105 mm. S.L., USNM 159644. 34°17' N, 76°01' W., Combat station 406, 45 

 fathoms, June 21, 1957 (1), 36 mm. S.L., BLBG. 34°17' N., 76°01' W., Combat 

 station 406 (1), 117 mm. S.L., USNM 159646. 34°11' N, 76°18' W., Pelican 

 station 187-2, 22 fathoms, Feb. 27, 1940 (1), 90.5 mm. S.L., USNM 185649. 

 33°55.5' N., 76°23' W., to 33°59' N., 76°20' W., Albatross III Cr. 31-A, station 1, 

 tow 4, 78 fathoms, Jan. 18, 1950 (2), 116-126 mm. S.L., USNM 151935. 



Southeast of North Edisto River sea buoy, S.C., 20 fathoms, Feb. 24, 1958 (1), 

 105 mm. S.L., CM 58.2.19. 32°34' N., 78°46' W., Combat station 424, 24 fathoms, 

 June 24, 1957 (1), 104 mm. S.L., TU 17087. 32°26' N., 79°03' W., Combat sta- 

 tion 167, 23 fathoms, Nov. 1, 1956 (1), 106 mm. S.L., UF 7229. 32°05' N., 79°40' 

 W., Combat station 514, 22-25 fathoms, Oct. 7, 1957 (1), 110 mm. S.L., USNM 

 159645. 31°55' N., 79°35' W., Combat station 518, 38-43 fathoms, Oct. 8, 1957 (1), 

 162 mm. S.L., TU 17552. 3l°49' N., 79°31' W., Combat station 519, 45 fathoms, 

 Oct. 8, 1957 (1), 88 mm. S.L., TU 17561. 31°38' N., 79°40' W., Combat station 



