524 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



8. saxicola, Gilbert {loc. cif., 78). Numerous specimens, in deep water, 44 to 15.5 

 fathoms, off the coast of southern California. 



S. diploproa, Gilbert {loc. cit., 79). Numerous specimens from Alhafross station 2935, 

 off the coast of sonthcrn California, in 124 fathoms. 



S. aurora, Gilbert {loc. cit., 80). Several specimens from off the coast of southern 

 California, stations 2948 and 2960 of the Albatross, in 260 and 267 fathoms. 



S. intronifier, Gilbert {loc. cit., 81). Two specimens from Albatross station 2948, off the 

 coast of southern California, in 266 fathoms. 



S. sinensis, Gilbert {loc. cit., 81). Two specimens from Albatross station 3015, off" 

 .southern California, in 145 fathoms. 



Page 265: Lioscorpius lonf/iecps, Giinther (see 111. Zool. Investif/ator, Fishes, PI. ix, fig. 

 3), was first described from the Ki Islands, Challem/cr station 192, at a depth of 129 fathoms, 

 and was subsequently identified by Alcock ( Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., August, 1891, 23) from 

 a specimen taken at Investiiintor station 115, in the Andaman Sea, at a depth of 188 to 220 

 fathoms. After Lioscorpius insert: 



Family SYNANCEID^E. 



MINOUS, Cuv. and Val. 



Minous, CfviKR and Yai.enciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 420; Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., Ii, 148. 

 CorythohntuK, Cantor, Cat. Malayan Fishes, 45. 



A genus found in the Eastern seas and represented by four species, one from the 

 Indian Ocean, Borneo, and China, one from Japan, and one from Celebes, besides the 

 hemibathybial forms from the Bay of Bengal mentioned below. 



Minous inermis, Alcock (Journ. A.siatic Soc. of Bengal, 1889, lviii, Part ii, p. 299, PL 

 xxir, fig. 4.— Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., x, pp. 207-214, Sept., 1892; Lxiii, Part ii, 

 No. 2, 1894, p. 2), has been found in the Bay of Bengal in depths of from 70 to 150"fatlioms. 

 Its curious sj-mbiosis with a species of hydroid polyp, Stylactis miiioi, has been described 

 by Alcock, and is referred to in another part of this work. 



Page 266: Cottus bathybii, Giinther, Challenger Beport, xxii, 62, PI. x, Fig. C. A sin- 

 gle specimen, 2i inches long, was obtained by the Challenger at station 235, south of Yeddo, 

 Japan, in 565 fathoms. 



"It may appear matter for surprise," says Giinther, "to find a species of Cottus at so 

 great a deptli as 500 fathoms, and at first sight it did not seem to me improbable that 

 the .specimen accidentally entered the mouth of the dredge whilst it was near the surface. 

 However, on further consideration these doubts disappeared, as it is not very likely that a 

 fish living habitually at the bottom, as a Cottus must do, should be found floating far from 

 land; moreover the muciferous system is developed to an extraordinary degree, much more 

 so than in the littoral species of the genus." 



A .species very nearly related to C. bathybii was obtained by the Albatross in the depths 

 off the Alaskan coast. It has not yet been described. 



Page 266: Icelus. Two species of this genus were added to the deep-sea fiiuna by 

 Bean, from the explorations of the Albatross in the waters of Alaska, both from off' Trinity 

 Islands, as follows : 



I. scutiger. Bean (Proc. U. S. N. M., xiii, 1890, 41). Three specimens from station 2853. 



I. euryops. Bean {loc. cit., 41). Three specimens from the same locality. 



Page 268: Artediellus uneinaftis. Collett gives a general discussion of the distribution 

 of this species on the coast of Norway, showing its range to be from 20 to 200 fathoms 

 (Medd. om Norges Fiske, 1879-1883, 55). 



TTndcr Icelrnus: 



IceUnus filamentosus, Gilbert (Proc. U. S. N. M., xiii, 1890, 85). Sevcr.il specimens 

 were obtained from Albatross stations 2893 and 2959, oft" southern California, in 145 and 

 55 fathoms. 



