PARALICHTHIN.E 



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Type. — Museum of Comparative Zoology. No. 28538. 

 Distribution. — Off the Pacific coast of Central America ; in deep water. 

 Known only from the type, 70 mm. in total length, taken by the " Albatross ' 

 Station 3422 (16° 47' 30" N., 99° 59' 30" W.), at a depth of 141 fathoms. 



138, 472 ; Jordan and 

 Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., 



2. MONOLENE SESSILICAUDA, Goode. 

 Monolene sessilicauda, Goode, 1881, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii, (1880), pp. 



Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. N'at. Mus., xvi, p. 841 ; Jordan and Goss, r88c 



xiv, (1886), p. 280. 

 Thyris pellucidus, Goode, 1881, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.. iii, {1880), p. 344. 

 Delolhyris pellucidus, Goode, 1884, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vi, (1883), p. 109. 

 Monolene sessilicauda (part), Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 452, fig. 357 ; Jord 



Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2691. 

 Monolene alrimana, Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., pi. ciii, fig. 3,^9. 



Depth of body nearly 3 in the length, length of head 5. Upper profile of head 

 with a small notch in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is 



