MARINE SILVER HATCHETFISHES — SCHTJLTZ 597 



8b. Both postabdorninal spines of about equal length and size; anterior 

 postabdominal spine hooked anteroventrally, rear one usually 

 shorter than anterior spine, without spinlets, and directed postero- 

 ventrally, angle between them about GO degrees; greatest depth 

 of pigmented part of body 1.2 to 1.4, and length of dorsal blade 

 7.5 to 9.5 times, both in postorbital length of body. (Atlantic, 



Western Pacific, and Indian Oceans.) olfersi (Cuvier) 



7b. Upper preopercular spine long, reaching past posterior bony edge of 

 preopercle; lower preopercular spine directed straight downward, 

 sometimes curved a little forward and outward; the postabdominal 

 spines diverge at an angle of about 50 to 65 degrees. 

 9a. Length of exposed part of longest spine of dorsal blade 1.0 to 2.2 

 times in base of soft dorsal fin. 

 10a. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 17 to 19, see table 

 2, p. 592; teeth on maxillary pointing anteriorly 7 to 11, sec table 

 2, p.592. (Eastern Pacific and Atlantic.) 



lynchus lynchus Garman 

 10b. Total gill rakers 18 to 22; teeth on maxillary pointing anteriorly 

 6 to 10. (Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.) 



lynchus sladeni Regan 

 9b. Length of exposed part of longest spine of dorsal blade 2.6 to 3.0 in 

 base of soft dorsal fin; gill rakers total 20 or 21; teeth in maxillary 

 pointing anteriorly 9 to 13. (Hawaiian Islands.) 



lynchus hawaiensis, new subspecies 



Argypropelecus affinis Garman 



Figure 3 



Argyropelecus affinis Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 237, 1899 

 (type locality, Albatross station 2117, lat. 15°24'40" X., long. 63°31'30" 

 W., depth 683 fathoms; holotype USNM 44593).— Brauer, Sitz. Gesellsch. 

 Beford. Ges. Naturw. Marburg, p. 120, fig. 1, 1901 (anatomy). — Brauer, 

 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem 

 Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899 . . . , vol. 15, pt. 1, p. 103, figs. 43-44, pi. 7, 

 fig. 1, 1906 (Atlantic and ? Indian Oceans, depths 1,000 to 3,396 meters); 

 pp. 197-204, figs. 9-11, pi. 37, 1908 (anatomy eye).—? Regan, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. London, ser. 2, Zool., vol. 12, pt. 3, p. 218, 1908 (Farquhar Atoll, 750 

 to 1,000 fathoms). — Murray and Hjort, The depths of the ocean . . . , p. 

 612, pi. 2, 1912 (Atlantic). — Jespersen, Report on the Danish oceanographical 

 expeditions to the Mediterranean, 1908-1910, vol. 2, No. 3, pt. A2, p. 6, 

 1915 (Eastern Atlantic). — Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 

 1, p. 152, pi. 8, fig. 1, 1925 (lat. 31° S., long. 8° E., depth 1,000 fathoms).— 

 Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Report U.S. Comm. Fish. 1928, pt. 2, p. 

 74, 1930 (name only). — Norman, Discovery reports, vol. 2, p. 301, fig. 9, 

 1930 (Eastern North Atlantic, 400-450 meters). — Beebe, Bull. Inst. Oceanogr. 

 Monaco, No. 629, p. 4, 1933 (off Bermuda, 400 fathoms).— Roule and Angel, 

 Resultats des campagnes scientifiquos accomplies par le Albert I, Monaco, 

 fasc. 86, p. 46, 1933 (Azores and Madeira Islands). — Jespersen in Joubin, 

 Faune ichthyologique de l'Atlantique nord, No. 15, fig., 1934 (North At- 

 lantic). — Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 70, pt. 1, p. 246, fig. 

 115, pt. 2, p. 1208, 193(i (after Brauer).— Beebe, Zoologica, New York, 

 vol. 22, pt. 3, p. 201, 1937 (Bermuda) .—Parr, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. 

 Coll., vol. 3, art. 7, p. 49, 1937.— Schultz, Smithsonian Misc. Coll.. vol. 91, No. 



