MARINE SILVER HATCHETFISHES — SCHULTZ 605 



Argyropelecus intermedins Clarke 



Figure 7 



Argyropelecus intermedins Clarke, Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst. 1877, vol. 10, 

 p. 244, pi. 6, figs., 1878 (type locality, Hokitika, New Zealand). 



Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 1903, vol. 23, pt. 2, p. 601, 

 pi. 72, fig. 1, 1905 (type locality, Kaiwi Channel between Oahu and Molokai; 

 holotype USNM 51632).— Jordan and Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 1905, 

 vol. 25, p. 190, 1906 (Hawaiian Islands). — Jordan and Jordan, Mem. < !ar- 

 negie Mus., vol. 10, No. 1, p. 9, 1922 (Kaiwi Channel). — Fouler, Mem. Ber- 

 nice Pauahl Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 35, 1928 (Hawaiian Islands); Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, monog. 2, p. 265, 1938 (Hawaiian Islands). — Haig, Pacific 

 Sci., vol. 9, p. 321, 1955 (Mauna boa lava flow, Hawaii). 



Argyropelecus hemigymnus, Alcock, Journ, Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 65, pt. 2, p. 

 331, 1896 (Bay of Bengal, 1803 fathoms); A descriptive catalogue of the 

 Indian deep-sea fishes collected by the Royal Indian Museum . . . , Cal- 

 cutta, p. 135, 1899 (Bay of Bengal, 1803 fathoms). — Brauer, Wissenschaft- 

 liche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Val- 

 divia, 1898-1899 . . . , vol. 15, pt. 1, p. 106, 1906 (Pacific and Indian 

 Oceans). — Gilchrist, Mar. Biol. Rep. Union South Africa, No. 1, p. 66, 1913 

 (South Africa). — Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, p. 153, 

 1925 (off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 156 to 630 fathoms). — Norman, 

 British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1 929 - 

 1931, vol. 1, No. 2, Fishes, p. 82, 1937 (Pacific, off southwestern Australia). — ? 

 Smith, The sea fishes of Southern Africa, p. 107, fig. 160, 1949 (off the "Cape" 

 in 600 fathoms). — Fowler, Mem. Bernice Pauahl Bishop Mus., vol. 12, p. 

 42, 1949 (Hawaiian Islands). — Munro, Handbook of Australian fishes, No. 7, 

 p. 32, fig. 223, 1957 (off southwestern Australia). 



Study material: Univ. Hawaii, Mauna Loa lava flow, Kona, 

 Hawaii, June 6, 1950, 2 specimens, 19 to 25 mm. USNM 51632, 

 holotype of Argyropelecus heathi Gilbert, Albatross station 4107, 

 standard length 24.5 mm. UCLA 1151-358, lat. 40°35' N., long. 

 147°55' W., August 10, 1951, depth 350 to 600 meters, 4 specimens, 

 12 to 30.5 mm. USNM 164004, off Kona, Hawaii, June 6, 1950, Y. 

 Yamaguchi collector, 1 specimen, standard length, 19 mm. USNM 

 103022, Albatross station 5184, Philippine Islands, lat. 10°18'20" N., 

 long. 122°23'30" E., depth 565 fathoms, 1 specimen, 15 mm. (another 

 specimen in bad condition). USNM 103023, Albatross station 5120, 

 Philippine Islands, lat. 10°1S'30" N., long. 122°23'30" E., depth 393 

 fathoms, January 19, 1908, 1 specimen, 13.5 mm. 



Distinctive characters: A. intermedins differs from A. hemigym- 

 nus in having the tips of spines of dorsal blade smooth, and in the 

 ventral edge of the bony pectoral shield having a few minute points 

 on the scalloped edges instead of the reverse as occurs in hemigymnus. 



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

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



Color: The color pattern is shown in figure 7, p. 625. 



