LIST OF THE NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF DEEP-SEA FISHES. XXXHI 



CAPiTo (roromitra) Large-headed. 



CAitAPiNls (Corypha^noides) Resembling in form the genus Carapus. 



c.UiiBB.EUS (Cadorhynchus) From the Caribbean Sea. 



CASTANEUS (Notoscopelus) Chestuut-hued. 



CATENA (Bassozetus) Having a chaiu-like row of pores ah)ng the lateral lino (caleii<i,a chain)- 



CA\'ERNO.sus (Hymenocephalus) With depressions in the sknll. 



CEKViNUM (Leptophidium) Spotted like a fawn. 



ciiALYBEius (Chlorophthalmus) Of a steul-like luster (XaXv/jeioi). 



CUA.MELEONTICEPS (Lopholatilus) ..Having a head with a muchal appendage suggesting that of the African 



rhameleon, (C'hamcieo), 



CiiESTERi (Phycis) In honor of Capt. Hubbard C. Chester, of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission, sailing master of the Arctic exploring steamer Polaris, and 

 later engaged in deep-.sea work. 



ciRRATi's (Phycis) Bearded (cirra). 



CoPEi (Paraliparis) lu honor of Prof. Edward Drinker Cope, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, a leader in American vertebrate zoology. 



CRUENTiFER (Pisoodonophis) Sanguinary, cruel; in allusion to its habit of boring into the Uesh of 



living fishes. 



DENTATUS (Grammatostomias) With conspicuous teeth. 



DILECTA (Notosema) Admired, beloved (diliyo); in allusion to the beauty of the species. 



DiNoCEROs (Citharichthys) With a strong spine or " horn'" upon the forehead (Seivoi and Mepooioy 



HS/JOOi). 



DiOMEDiAXA (Aphoristia) To perpetuate in ichthyological literature tlie name of the deep-sea 



DioMEDiANUS (Hoplunnis). exploring steamer J (fcoiross. See Pardionis. 



Earllii (Phycis) In honor of R. Edward Earll, of the United States Fish Commission 



and National Museum, by whom the species was discovered. 



EFFULGENS (.lEthoprorn) Gleaming, phosphorescent. 



EGRKTTA (Prionotus) In allusion to the elongate dorsal ray, resembling the plume of an 



Eyretta. 



EURY0P8 (Bathylagus) Large-eyed (£u/3L'5 and gj^). 



(Icelus.) 



FAVOSUS (Bathygadus) Cavernous ((romfavus, a honeycomb); in allusion to the cavities in the 



skull, 



FiMisRiATA (Cyclopsetta) With fringed tins (Jimbrke, fringe). 



FLAVA (Congermura>na) Tawny-hued. 



FULVUS (Physiculus) Tawny. 



GEMMiFER (Lauipanyctus) Covered with gem-like studs. 



(Astronestlies.) 



GiLLii (Bassogigas) In honor of Dr. Theodore Gill, the Nestor of American Ichthyology, 



(Cetomimus.) 1895. 



(Labichthys.) 



(Lipogenys.) 



(Neobythites.) 



(Stephanoberyx.) 



oonioiDES (Hypsicometes) Resembling a r^o'uHS. 



GRACILE ( Aldrovandia) Slender and graceful in form. 



(Myctophum.) 

 ( Peris tedion.) 

 (Photouectes.) 



GR.viLATOR (Benthosaurus) Having extremities like stilts. 



HiMAXToPHORU.s (Callionymus) Having a thong-like extension of the middle ray of the tail fin (ina? 



and qie/JEir). 



HOLOLEPis (Cyttus) Completely covered with scales (oA&j; and XEitii), in di.stiuction from 



certain species in the same genus which are partly naked. 



INTROJJIGRA (Dicrolene) Black within; in allusion to the dark ]ieritoneum. 



JoRDANi (Caulophryne) In houor of David Starr Jordan, jiresident of Leland Stanford Junior 



University, one of the most learned and productive of ichthyologists. 



LACERTA (Lampanyctus) With a lizard-like head. 



LAPPA (Halieutella) A spiny species {lappa, a burr). 



I.IPARIXA f Amitra) Resembling the genus Liparis. 



LOXGispixis (Pontinus) With very long spines in the first dorsal fin. 



LUCIDA (.Ethoprora) Shining, bright, full of light. 



MacDonaldi (Conoeara) In honor of Col. Marshall McDonald, United States Commissioner of 



(Nannobrachium.) Fisheries since 1888. 



(Penopus.) 

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