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Occurrence. — Johnson-Smithsonian expedition serial number 573, 

 station 99, latitude 18°40' K, longitude 64°51' W., 200 fathoms, March 

 3, 1933, 1 female, 11 mm. 



Distribution. — Known only from the above recorded type specimen 

 from the Caribbean Sea. 



Genus KATERYTHROPS Holt and Tattersall 



Katerythrops Holt and Tattersall, 1905, p. 117. 



KATERYTHROPS OCEANAE Tattersall 

 Katerythrops oceanae Tattersall, 1926, p. 10. 



Occurence. — East coast of the United States: Bache stations 

 10211, latitude 28°8' N., longitude 76°48' W., 500 to meters, Feb- 

 ruary 22, 1914; 10166, latitude 32°33' ST., longitude 72°14' W., 1,100 

 to meters, January 30, 1914, 2 specimens. 



Distribution. — The present record is the only one of this species 

 in American waters. The species is a bathypelagic form widely dis- 

 tributed in the deep waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. 



Genus HYPERERYTHROPS Holt and Tattersall 



Hypererythrops Holt and Tattersall, 1905, p. 119. 



HYPERERYTHROPS; CARIBBAEA Tattersall 



Figure 39 



Hypererythrops caribbaea Tattersall, 1937, p. 13, fig. 8. 



Occurrence. — East coast of the United States : Fish Hawk sta- 

 tions 1035, latitude 39° 57' N., longitude 69 °28' W., 120 fathoms, 

 September 14, 1881, 3 males, 5 females, 13 mm.; 1038, latitude 39°58' 

 N., longitude 70°6' W., 146 fathoms, September 21, 1881, 3 males, 

 3 females; Albatross stations, 2091, 1 immature male, 6 mm.; 2229, 

 1 immature female, 11 5.5 mm. Caribbean Sea : Johnson-Smithsonian 

 expedition, serial number 573, station 99, latitude 18°40' N., longi- 

 tude 64°51' W., 200 fathoms, March 3, 1933, 1 male, 8 mm. (type) ; 

 Frederiksted, Santa Cruz, 200 to 300 fathoms, February 6, 1906, 1 

 female, 11 collected by Dr. Th. Mortensen. 



Distribution. — All the known occurrences of this species are here 

 listed. It extends from the coast of Maine to the Caribbean Sea, in 

 117 to 220 fathoms, and it is not known as yet from any other part 

 of the world. 



Remarks. — The material is somewhat defective, but there is no 

 difficulty in referring it to the species described from the Caribbean 



u Doubtfully referred to this species. 



