482 DEEP-SEA FISHES Ul' THE ATLAXTIC JJASIN. 



Ibi'i' ((!liiilleiigei" Report, xxii, 7^-70) li;i.s in tlic most painstaking ia:iimer brought together 

 a list of the spiHUiiiens taken ill tiie N'orth Atlantic, as far as they are known to science, 

 lie mentions 14 known upon the Scandinavian coasts from 1740 to 1852; 1!) on the British 

 coasts from 17o',» to 18S1; 1 in the Mediterranean (he states, however, that al)ont lialfa- 

 dozeu specimens have been observed in the Mediterranean); 1 in the Bermudas; 3 at the 

 Cape of (rood Hope; 1 in the Indian Ocean, and 5 olf the coast of New Zealand. 



He calls attention to the fact that of those observed on the British and Scandinavian 

 coasts -1 were observed in the month of January, 5 in Fel>ruary, 8 in March, 13 in April, 1 

 in May, 1 in June, 1 in July, 13 in August, 1 in September, and 1 in October. He also calls 

 attention to the fact that by far the greater x)roportion of their cai>ture, in the Northern 

 Hemisphere, at least, is in the stormy season. 



This agrees with what we know of the capturi^ of TnuUti[)tenis, wliicli likewise seems 

 to be brought to the surface only by gi'eat commotions of the ocean. 



Tlie popular name ai lieynlccus is "oarlish,'' in allusion to the blade-like expansion of 

 the extremities of the two ventral fins. liegdlevKfi is also called in the books the ''king of 

 the herrings." Strangely enough, no representative of this genus has been found along the 

 coast of North America, except once at the llernnidas. 



Giinther is of the oi)iuiou that the distribution of this fisii in the dej)ths of the sea is 

 the same as that of Tniohypterus. The similarity in their geographical distribution is quite 

 remarkable. 



Family STYLOPHORID^E. 



(Ordinal ichiduus iloubtl'ul.) 

 Stijlephorida-, Swainsdn, Nat. Hisi. Fishos, 183!), n, 17. 



STYLEPHORUS, Shaw. 

 Stijhphurm, SllAW, Tnius. Linn. Soc. London, i, IT'Jl.'.lO, plate. 



liibband-shaped fish, having the body elongate, and compressed; the dorsals extending 

 from the head nearly to the end of the tail; the tail teriiuuating in an exeeetlingly long, 

 cord-like aiipendage, about twice as long as the head. Anal absent. Veutrals absent. 

 Caudal erected upwards, having its rays connected by a rather firm membrane. Snout 

 produced; mouth small, toothless; maxillary bones small, short, hidden behind intermax- 

 illaries. Mandible long, extending far behind the eye. Eyes large, turned forward; 

 suborbital very large, covering nearly the whole of the cheek and extending backward 

 behind the eye. Opercles small. Gill ox)eniugs wide; gills 4. Vent premediau. Bran- 

 chiostegals 4. 



STYLEPHORUS CHORDATUS, Shaw. (Fignies ;S!«, 3!)1.) 



Stylephorus vhordatut, Shaw, lor. cit.; Zoologist, iv, 87; Nutiiralists' M)S(-cllauy, viii, ]il. (.ci.xxiv. — ISlain- 

 viLLR, Journ I'hys., Lxxxvn, CO pi. i, iig. I. — CuviEK;iud Valenciennes, Hist. iNat. Poiss., x, 381. — 

 UusTUER, Cat. Fi.sli. Lint. Mns., iii, 30ft. 



Height of body one- filth of total length (without caudal); length of heail one-sixth 

 Eyes large, close together. Pectorals pointed, erected upwards, about half as long as 

 head. Dorsal exteudiug nearly to the end of the tail. 



Radial formula: D. 110; C. (i; P. 13. 



This remarkable form is known from only a single specimen, 11 inches long, with the 

 caudal api)endage 22 inches in length, which was taken in the Atlantic, between ( "nba 

 and Martinique, about the year 1790, and is now in the British Museum. It is undoubtedly 

 an inhabitant of great depths. 



