618 



SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOR 1884. 



families represented south of the cape are, however, added and distin- 

 guished by italics (but without detailed information) to indicate the 

 peculiarities of the western side of the Atlantic. The Bassalian forms 

 are omitted unless they have actually been caught near the shore. In- 

 asmuch as very deep water occurs much nearer the British coast than 

 the New England, considerably more deep-sea fishes have been found 

 on the British coasts than along the American. 



In the following tables those families whose names are bracketed in 

 one set in the margin are included in a single family by Dr. Day, under 

 the name indicated by the letter (D); the families here adopted are 

 as a rule more restricted than Dr. Day's. In one case, however, as will 

 appear by one of the notes, the constituents of one family are scattered 

 among three by Dr. Day, who has followed Dr. GUnther. 



