CHECK LIST OF FISHES 83 



554. Myrophis punctatus Liitken. 



West Indies; coast of Texas to Surinam; common along our Gulf coast. 

 Myrophis punctatus Liitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foren. Kj0benhavn, 



1, 1851, 9, West Indies. 

 Myrophis 7tiicrostigmius Poej-, Repertorio, II, 1867, 250, Cuba. 

 Myrophis lumbricus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 



1882, 261, Galveston, Tex. 



555. Myrophis vafer Jordan and Gilbert. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, from Guavmas to Panama. 

 Myrophis vafer Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 

 645, Panama. 



Genus 210. CHILORHINUS Liitken. 



Chilorhinus Liitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foren. Kj0benhavn, 1, 1851 



(C. suensonii Liitken). 



556. Chilorhinus suensonii Liitken. 



St. Croix, West Indies. 



Chilorhinus suensonii Liitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foren. Kj0benhavn, 

 1, 1851, St. Croix. 



Family 76. NEMICHTHYID.ffi. Thread eels; Snipe eels 



Genus 211. NEMICHTHYS Richardson. 



Nemichthys Richardson, Voy. Samarang, 1848, 25 (A', scolopaceua 



Richardson). 

 Leplorhynchus Lowe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 1852, 54 (L. leuchten- 



bergi Lowe) ; preoccupied. 

 Belonopsis Brandt, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb., Savans Etrangeres, 



1854, 174 {Leplorhynchus leuchtenbergi Lowe). 



5 57. Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson. Snipe eel. 



Atlantic Ocean, in deep water; many specimens taken off the New 



England coast and off the Grand Banks; common about Madeira. 

 Nemichthys scolopacea Richardson, Voy. Samarang, 1848, 25, South 



.-Vtlantic. 

 Leptorhynchus leuchtenbergii Lowe, Mem. .\cad. Sci. St. Petersb., 



Savans Etrangdres 1854, 171, Madeira. 

 Belonopsis leuchtenbergii Brandt, loc. cit., 1854, 174 (with good plate). 



658. Nemichthys avocetta Jordan and Gilbert. 



Puget Sound near Seattle; only the type known. 



Nemichthys avocetta Jordan and Gill;ert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 

 1880, 409, harbor of Port Gamble, near Seattle. 



559. Nemichthys fronto Garman 



Off Pacific coast of Mexico, in deep water. 



Nemichthys fronto Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 



324, PI. LXV, fig. 1, Albatross stations .3384 and 3434, in 458 and 



1,588 fathoms. 



Genus 212. AVOCETTINA Jordan and Davis. 



Avocettina Jordan and Davis, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XVI, 1888, 655 

 (Nemichthys infans Giinther). 



560. Avocettina infans (Giinther). 



Known from West Indies, and middle .\tlantic off Pernambuco. 



Nemichtht/s infans Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., .5th Ser., II, 1878, 

 251, and in Challenger Rept., XXII, 1887, 264, mid. Atlantic in 2, .500 

 fathoms. ^ 



661. Avocettina gilli (Bean). 



(Joast of southeastern Alaska in deep water. 



Lnhtchlhys gilli Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 45, east of 

 Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. 



662. Avocettina elongata ((jill and Ryder). 



Gulf Stream. 



Labichthys elongalus Gill and Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 

 262, Gulf Stream at Albatross station 2100, 39° 22' N., 68° 34' W. 



