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483. Lychnopoles argenteolus Garman. 



Off Panama in deep water. 



Lychnopoles argenteolus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 

 1899. 244, PI. LIII, figs. 4, 4a; off Panama. 



Family 61. MAUROLICID.a: 



Genus 172. MAUROLICUS Cocco. 



Maurolicus Cocco, Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat., II, 1838, 32 (M. amethystino 

 punctatus Cocco). 



484. Maurolicus pennanti (Walbaum). Pearlsides. 



Open seas, widely distributed; New England coast at Nahant, Province- 

 town, Woods Hole, etc. 



Argentina pennanti Walbaum, Artedi Pise, 1792, 47, England; after 

 "sheppy Argentine" of Pennant. 



485. Maurolicus oculatus Garman. 



Deep water off Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Maurolicus oculatxis Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 

 241, PI. LIII, fig. 3; off Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Genus 173. VINCIGUERRIA Jordan and Evermann. 



Vinciguerria Jordan and Evermann, in Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 



1895, 513 (F. attenuata Cocco). 



Zalarges Jordan and Williams, in Jordan and Starks, Proc. Calif. Acad. 

 Sci., ser. 2, V, 1895, 793 {Z. nimbarius Jordan and Williams). 



486. Vinciguerria attenuata (Cocco). 



Open Atlantic, west to the Bahama regions. 



Maurolicus attenuatus Cocco, Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat., II, 1838, 33, coast 

 of Italy. 



487. Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman). 



Eastern Pacific, in deep water. 



Maurolicus lucetius Garman, Deep Sea Fishes, in Mem. Mus. Comp. 



Zool., XXIV, 1899, 242, PI. T, fig. 2; various Albatross stations, 



eastern Pacific. 



488. Vinciguerria nirabaria (Jordan and Williams). 



Open sea between Oregon and Hawaii. 



Zalarges nimbarius Jordan and Williams, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 

 V, 1895 (1896). 793, open Pacific. 



Genus 174. VALENCIENNELLUS Jordan and Evermann. 



V alcnciennellus Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 



1896, 577 {Maurolicus tripunctulatus Esmark). 



489. Valenciennelus tripunctulatus (Liitken). 



Madagascar; Denmark Straits between Greenland and Iceland. 

 Maurolicus tripunctulatus Esmark, Christiania Vid. Selsk. Forh., 1870, 

 488, Madagascar. 



490. Valenciennellus stellatus Garman. 



Deep water off California. 



Valcncienriellus stellatus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 



1899, 239, PI. LIII, fig. 2; off California coast, lat. 30° 31' 35" N., 



long. 140° 5' 30" W. in 300 fathoms. 



Family 62. STERNOPTICHID.ffi 



Genus 175. STERNOPTIX Herrmann. 



Sternoptix Herrmann, Naturforscher, 2 Stiick, XVI, 1781, 8 (5. diaphana 



Herrmann). 

 Sternnptyx, authors' amended spelling. 



491. Sternoptix obscura (Garman). 



Eastern Pacific in deep water. 



Ulernoptyx obscura Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 



232, PI. LIII, fig. 1; numeroiiR stations in ea.stern Pacific in depths 



ranging from 421 to 1,823 fathoms. 



