TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Bean, Tarleton B. Description o£ a iNew Hake (Phycis Earlii), from Soath Carolina, 



and a Note on the Occurrence oi Phyciir^egius ia. North Carolina 09 



Check-Liat of Duplicates of North American Fishes distributed by the Smithsonian 



Institution in behalf of the United States National Museum, 1877-80 75 



Cattic, S. TH. On the Genitalia of Male Eels and their Sexual Characters 280 



Endlich, Fred. M. List of Species and Varieties of Minerals in the National Museum of 



the United States in 1879 333 



Oarinan, Samnel. Synopsis and Descriptions of the American Hhinobatidce 516 



Oilbcrt, Charles 0. (See under Jordan and Gilbert.) 



drill, Theodore. On the Identity of the Genus Leurynnis Lockington, with Lyeodopsis 



Collett 247 



Goode, G. Broirn. Descriptions of Seven New Species of Fishes from Deep Soundings on 

 the Southern New England Coast, with Diagnoses of Two Undescribed Genera of Flounders 

 and a Genus related to Merluciut 337 



Fishes from the Deep Water on the South Coast of New England obtained by the United 



States Fish Commission in the Summer of 1880 467 



The Frigate Mackerel (Auxis Bochei) on the New-England Coast 532 



yotacanthus phasganoru*, a New Species of JVotoeanffeicto from the Grand Banks of New- 

 foundland 535 



Hay, O. P. On a Collection of Fishes from Eastern Mississippi 488 



Heilprin, Angelo. On Some New Species of Eocene MoUusca from the Southern United 



States 149 



Jordan, Darid S. Notes on a Collection of Fishes from East Florida, obtained by Dr. J. 



A. Henshall 17 



Notes on a Collection of Fishes from Saint John's Eiver, Florida, obtained by Mr. A. H. 



Curtias 22 



Note on a Forgotten Paper of Dr. Ayres, and its Bearing on the Nomenclature of the 



Cypriaoid Fishes of the San Fi-anciseo Markets 325 



Note on " Sema" and " Daeentrug" 327 



Description of a New Species of Oaranx (Oaranx beani), tiom Beaufort, North Caro- 

 lina 486 



Jordan, DaTid S., and Gilbert, Charles B. Notes on a Collection of Fishes from 



SanDiego, California 1 23 



Description of a New Flounder (Xystreurys liolepis), from Santa Catalina Island, Cali- 

 fornia 34 



Description of a New Bay (Platyrhina triseriata), from the Coast of California 36 



Description of a New Species of "Kock Cod" {Sebastichthys serriceps), from the Coast 



of California 38 



On the Occurrence of Cephalogcyllium laticeps (Dum6ril) Gill on the Coast of Califor- 

 nia 40 



On the Oil Shark of Southern California ( Galeorhinus galeus) 42 



Description of a New Flounder {Pleuronichthys verticalig), from the Coast of California, 



with Notes on Other Species 49 



Notes on Sharks from the Coast of CaUfomia 51 



On the Generic Relations of Platyrlmia exasperata 53 



Description of a New Species of Sebastichthys (Sebastichthys miniat'us), from Monterey 



Bay, California 70 



Description of a New Species of "Eock-fish" (Sebastichthys camatus), from the Coast 



of California ■ 73 



Description of a New Species of Kay {Baia steUvJata), from Monterey, California 138 



— ^— Description of New Species of Xiphister and Apodichthys, from Monterey, Cilifomia. .. 135 

 Description of Two New Species of Sebastichthys (Sebastichthys entomelas and Sebastich- 

 thys rhodochloris), from Monterey Bay, CaUfomia 142 



Description of a New Agonoid Fish (Brachiopsis xyostemus), from Monterey Bay, 



California 152 



Description of a New Flounder (Hippoglossoides eotilis), from the Coast of California. .. 154 



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