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



MaCOUNI (Chauliodus) Named by Dr. Bean in lienor of rr..f. John C. Maooun, of tli.; (ieologieal 



Survey of Cauada. 



MACROLEPIS )Pontmus) Covered with large scales {MaHp6i and XtTtH). 



MAiKOPs (Batl.ygadus) Large-eyed. 



MAUKUKNSis (Helicokuiis) Madeiran. 



MANATiNis (liarathrodonms) With a head shaped like that of a sea cow (Mauatus). 



Makcaiuia (Efhiostoma) In eomplimeut to Miss Margaret . 



MAluiAumi-KHUS (Notoscopelus) .. .Ornamented with iiearl-liko studs. 



mahgixata (Aphoristia) With a marginal line at base of vortical fins. 



iiAKGiXATUS (Neobythites) With dark margins to the vertical lius. 



JIAUMOIIATUM (Leptophidium) Marbled. 



MEi-ANimuM (LaMnonema) With a black tail (//fAa? and ovpa). 



Mil.ES (Porogadus) Warlike (miles, a soldier). 



MlLlTARis (Prionotus) Soldier-like; in allusion to the plume-like rays in the dorsal liu. 



MlNiATUM (Peristedion) Cinnabar-red (miniiim, cinnabar). 



MiKAiiiLls (Lvcodouus) Remarkable; in allusion to peculiar structure of dorsal and anal iius. 



MOLUS (Aphyonus) Soft, flabby, gelatinous. 



(Bothrocara.) 



MOSELEYI (Gi"liolia) In honor of the late Henry Nottidge Moseley, F. R. S., Lin.acre professor 



in the University of Oxford, and one of the naturalists of the Chal- 

 lenger Expedition. 



NEBULOSA (Aphoristia) With cloudy colorations. 



OCCA (CcelorhynchuB) Rough-scaled (occa, a harrow). 



occiDENTALis (Chalinura) From the Western Atlantic. 



(Epigonus.) 

 (Malacocephalus.) 



OPALlNUM (Myctophum) Decorated with opal-like studs (opaliis, an opal). 



r^ETULtis (Citharichthys) Slightly cross-eyed. 



PALLIDA ( Aldrovandia) Pale ; colorless. 



Pandionis (Glossamia) To preserve in ichthyologic.al literature the memory of the deep-sea work 



of the United States Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawlc. {raiidivn, 

 the generic name of the American fishhawk.) 

 PARADOXUS (Psychrolutes) Astonishing, and hard to identify relationship. 



PARMATUS (Setarches) With scales like round shields {TtdpfiT)). 



PARVipiNNis (Dicrotus) With feelde fins. 



PAXiLLOiDES (Lycenchelys) A little peg or spike (paxillns); in allusion to the spindle-like body. 



PAXILLUS (Lycenchelys) Spindle-shaped. 



PECTORALIS (Nematonus) Having conspicuous pectoral iins. 



PEDALlOTA (Bonapartia) Having a rudder-like fin (TtrjSaXiaoTO'i). 



PHASGANORUS (Notacanthus) Scabbard-shaped {qid6yavov, a scabbard). 



PIGRA (Aphoristia) Sluggish and slow {ingw). 



PLATYCEPHALUM (Peristedion) Flat-headed. 



PROCERA ( Veuefica) Elongate. 



PKOFUNDORUM (Scylliorhiuus) Out of the depths. 



PU8ILLA (Aphoristia) Small, insignificant. 



(Maynea.) 



QUERCINUS (Notoscopelus) In color like a dry oak loaf. 



Raleighana (Harriotta) In honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and man of science. 



UANULA (Careproctus) Like a tadpole in looks (raiiula, a little frog). 



Rathbdni (Pontinus) In honor of Dr. Richard Rathbuu, naturalist, long chief of the division 



of scientific inquiry in the United States Fish Commission. 



REMlGER (Myctophum) Having long, oar-liko pectoral fins {rcmus and gero). 



RIMOSUS (Etropus) Rough-looking, full of cracks and fissures (rima). 



Rom'STUs(Benthocometes) Heavy-bodied, robust. 



SCUTlOEU(Icelu8) With scales like shields. 



8BNTICOSA ( Halieutica) Prickly. 



SERiiULA (Chalinura) With a saw-edged fin spine (scrrula, a little saw). 



SESSilicauda (Monolone) Having no caudal peduncle (scssilis, sessile, and cauda). 



SETiGER (Dasycottus) With a bristlo-like fin ray. 



SI.MULA (Chalinura) Pug-nosed {simuhis). 



SPECULIGERA (Lampadeua) Covered with glistening mirrors (upcruliim and gcro). 



Storeri (Cetomimus) In honor of the late Dr. David Humphreys Storer, of Boston, a pioneer 



in American ichthyology. 



STRIATA (Argentina) Alluding to the furrow-like stripe along the lateral line. 



SULCATUS (Corypha^noides) Furrowed {sulca). 



