LIST OF THE NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF DEEP-SEA FISHES, DESCRIBED HY 



THE AUTHORS, WITH ETYMOLOGIES. 



NEW GENEKA. 



Abyssicola Dwelling in tlm abysses of tbo sea (a/lvmioi, a licitloiiilrss ])it, and 



AcKirrus Witliout oars ; iu alhision to the absenre of ventral tins (<(, iirivative, and 



xporo?, an oar or i)a(Ulle). 

 JiTiiorRoUA With a flashing light ahead (diOoor, flashing, and Tc/jc.ipa, the jirow of a 



vessel). 

 AldkoVANDIA In honor of Aldrovandi, the Italian iihthyologist of the sixteenth 



century. 

 Amitra Without a belly-plate («, privative, and iiirfm, a plate worn below the 



cuirass by (ireek warriors); in alhision to the absence of the ventral 



disk. 



Barathrodkmus A dweller in the depths (fidpaOpoi^ and Si/fioi). 



Bakathronis An 0«os-like ttsh from the dejiths {fiapafjpov and oi'os). 



Bathylaco A warrior of the ocean depths {/JaOvi and Anwcji')- 



Benthocometes A dweller in the depths {fUi'Ooi, the depths, ami «0/(/?)r?;?). 



BEXTiiODESMt s A deep-sea ribbon {/ierOoi and SfSuoS). 



Benthosaueus A lizard-like fish from the depths of the sea {(iivOoi and davpoi). 



BenthOSE.ma A deep-sea constellation (/if'rOo? and dijpa } ; iu allusion to the number 



and brilliancy of its luminous spots. 

 BoNAPARTi.i Iu honor of Lucien Bonaparte, I'rince of Cauino, the illustrious Italian 



ichthyologist. 



Botitrocara With cavities in the head (fioOpo?, a pit, and udpa, Iiead ). 



CAt'LoruRYNE A /'/o'^He-like fish with the cephalic tentacle supported on a stem-like 



base {HauXoi, a stem, and q>pvv7;, a toad). 



Celema A fanciful name, from urjXrjua, a charm. 



C'etomimcs " Very like a whale" (KfjTo<; and uh'oi). 



Chalinitra With a tail like a strap (jaA/i'o; and ovpd), 



Coi-lettia In honor of Dr. Robert CoUett, the Norwegian ichthyologist. 



CoxiicAUA With a conical hea<l (xmvo?, a cone, and xdpa, head). 



Cyclothone With rounded opercular flaps {kvhXoS, round, and oOoi'r;, a veil). 



Da!5Y'C0Ttus A thick-tailed Coitus (SLX(iui and HorruS). 



Delothyrls Transparent as a window (di'/Xo?, clear; (Jvpii, a window). 



Dicrolene With forked pectoral (ins {Sinpoi, cleft; ibXein/, an arm). 



DiCROJiiTA Having the ventrals represented by a pair of thread-like rays (Hoipoi, 



double, aud//(rof, a thread). 



P^LEt'TRON'A Full of light (t'fXcHTpoy). 



GiGLioi.iA In honor of Comniendatore Eurico Hillyer ( Jiglioli, the Italian ichthyolo- 

 gist, director of the Royal Museum of Natural History iu Floreuce. 



Grammatostomias A Slomhu, ornamented with stripe.s (ypdnna, a line, and Stomias). 



H.\LiEUTELLA A Smaller naUeuta-a. 



Harriotta In honor of Thomas Harriott, the tirst English man of science who 



made explorations in America. 



Heliooi.envs With strong pectoral tins ())XiHo<;, strong, and biXevi/, an arm). 



HiLGKNDORFiA In honor of Dr. Franz Hilgendorf, the German ichthyologist. 



Hypoci.ydonia From far licueath the waves (iVi) and mXvSoov). 



Hypsicomete-s A dweller in deep water {viph i" fle^P water, and noD/ii/zt/i, a dweller). 



Investigator To perpetuate the name of II. M. S. Iiivestir/ator, engaged in deep-sea 



exploration in the Indian Ocean. 

 La.mpadena Having a lamp-like organ on its tail i^Xa/iadi and dSi/f, a gland). 



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