MARINE SILVER HATCHETFISHES — SCHULTZ 615 



1909, 2 specimens, 27 and 34 mm. USNM 10301G, Albatross sta- 

 tion 5387, lat. 12°54'40" N., long. 123°20'30" E., depth 209 fathoms, 

 March 11, 1909, 1 specimen, 27 mm. USNM 103017, Albatross sta- 

 tion 5447, lat. 13°28' N., long. 123°46'18" E., depth 310 fathoms, 

 June 4, 1909, 1 specimen in bad condition. USNM 103018, Albatross 

 station 5497, lat. 9°7'15" N., long. 124°59'30" E., depth 9G0 fathoms, 

 August 3, 1909, 4 specimens, 14 to 19 mm. USNM 103020, Albatross 

 station 5525, lat. 9°12'30" N., long, 123°44'7" E., depth 805 fathoms, 

 August 11, 1909, 1 specimen, 35 mm. USNM 103021, Albatross sta- 

 tion 5530, lat. 9°26'45" N., long. 123°38'30" E., no depth given, 

 August 11, 1909, 1 specimen in poor condition. USNM 102787, 

 Albatross station 4913, lat. 31°39'10" N., long. 129°22'30' E., depth 

 391 fathoms, August 12, 1900, 1 specimen, 39 mm., oh 1 * Japan. 



Distinctive characters: See A. lynchus lynchus and the discus- 

 sion concerning the lynchus complex on p. 613. 



Description: Counts made are given in table 1, p. 591, and table 2, 

 p. 592; the measurements made are given in table 3, p. 593. 



Range: This subspecies occurs in the Western Pacific and Indian 

 Ocean. I have seen 10 specimens from the Philippines and 1 from 

 off southern Japan. 



Argyropelecus lynchus hawaiensis, new subspecies 



Figure 12 



Argyropelecus sladeni, Haig, Pacific Sci., vol. 9, p. 322, 1955 (off Mauna Loa lava 

 flow, Hawaii). 



Holotype: USNM 177931, Mauna Loa lava flow, Kona, Hawaii, 

 June G, 1950, Y. Yamaguchi, standard length 58 mm. 



Paratypes: USNM 164003, same data as holotype, 2 specimens, 

 standard lengths 55.5 and GO mm. USNM 164001, Mauna Loa lava 

 flow, Kona, Hawaii, June 2, 1950, Hayes and Burke, 1 specimen, 

 standard length 62.3 mm. SIO H53-372, North Pacific Ocean, lat. 

 SeW N., long. 104°30' E., November 4, 1953, 1 specimen, standard 

 length 52 mm. 



The University of Hawaii has 3 paratypes (no catalog numbers) 

 taken with the holotype and bearing the same data, standard lengths 

 46 to 61.5 mm. 



Description: Four specimens were measured in detail and these 

 data, expressed in thousandths of the standard length, are recorded, 

 respectively, for the holot3'pe then the paratypes. Standard lengths in 

 mm. are 58, 55.5, 60, and 62.3. Greatest depth of pigmented area of 

 body 598, 612, 584, and 594; least depth caudal peduncle 103, 112, 

 115, and 108; greatest height of dorsal blade above pigmented part of 

 body 46, 43, 33, and 35; postorbital length of body 831, 824, 800, and 



