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Family 56. MALACOSTEID^ 



Genus 163. MALACOSTEUS Ayres. 



Malacosteus Ayres, Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1849, 53 (M. niger 



Ayres) . 



467. Malacosteus niger Ayres. 



Open sea; Gulf Stream and southward to Barbados. 

 Malacosteus niger Avres, Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1849, 53, Gulf 

 Stream, 42° N., 60° W. 



Family 57. ASTEONESTHIDiE 



Genus 164. ASTRONESTHES Richardson. 



Astronesthes Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Sulphur, 1845, 97 (A. nigra, 



Richardson). 

 Pharnodon Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., XVIII, 1850, 250 (P. ringens 

 Lowe) . 



468. Astronesthes richardsoni (Poey). 



Deep waters of West Indies; Indian and Pacific Oceans. 

 Chanliodus richardsoni Poey, Memorias, I, 1852, 176, Cuba. 



469. Astronesthes gemmifer Goode and Bean. 



Gulf Stream. 



Astronesthes gemmifer Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 105, 



fig. 124, Grand Banks, lat. 44° 25' N., long 53° 12' W., in 300 fathoms, 



in halibut stomach. 



470. Astronesthes niger Richardson. 



Deep waters of all .seas. 



Astronesthes niger Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Sulphur, 1845, 97, Atlantic. 



Family 58. STYLOPTHALMID.^: 



Genus 165. STYLOPTHALMUS Brauer. 



Stylopthalmus Brauer, Zool. Anzciger, XXV, 1902, 298 {S. paradoxus 

 Brauer) . 



471. Stylophthalmus paradoxus Brauer. 



Open soa, north to southern C'aHfornia (San Pedro, W. F. Thompson). 

 Stylophthalmus paradoxus Brauer, Tiefseefischc Valdivia Exped. (Zool. 



Anzeiger, XXV), 1902, 298; deep sea off the Cape of Good Hope 



and the Indian Ocean. 



Family 59. CHAULIODONTIDiE 



Genus 166. CHAULIODUS Bloch and Schneider. 



Chauliodus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichtli., 1801, 430 (C. sloani 



Bloch and Schneider). 

 Leplodes Swainson, Nat. Hist. Anim., II, 298 {Chauliodes sloani Bloch 



and Schneider). 



472. Chauliodus sloani Bloch and Schneider. 



Mediterranean and deep waters of the Atlantic; Georges Banks. 

 Chauliodus sloani Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 430, Atlantic; 

 after Vi])era marina of Catesby. 



473. Chauliodus macouni Bean. 



Coast of California to British Columbia and Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 Chauliodus macouni Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 44, off 

 Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands. 



474. Chauliodus barbatus Garman. 



<)\X Pacific coast of Panama. 



Chauliodus barhatus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 

 271, PI. K, figs. 2, 2a; off Panama. 



