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1241. Synodus scituliceps Jordan and Gilbert. 



Cape San Lncas to Panama. 



Sijnodus scituliceps Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 34-i, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1242. Synodus lacertinus Gilbert. 



Acapulco, Mexico; one specimen known. 



Sij7iodus lacertinus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 55, 

 Acapulco, Mexico. 



1243. Synodus poeyi Jordan. 



Cuba; abundant. 



Synodus poeyi Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 1886, 526, Habana. 



1244. Synodus intermedius (Agassiz). Sand-diver. 



Coast of southern Florida to Brazil; not rare. 

 Saurus intermedius Agassiz, Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1828, 81, Brazil. 

 Saurus anolis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXII, 1849, 

 483, Bahia, Martinique. 



124o. Synodus evermanni Jordan and Bollman. 

 Mazatlan to coast of Colombia; abundant. 



Synodus evermanni Jordan and Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 

 1889, 152, Pacific Ocean off coast of Colombia in 33 fathoms. 



1246. Synodus simulans Garman. 



Off Cocos Island. 



Synodus simulans Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, XXIV, 1899, 251, 

 PI. L, fig. 3; towings at surface off Cocos Island. 



1247. Synodus acutus Garman. 



Off Panama. 



Srjnodus acutus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 252, 

 off coast of Panama. 



Genus 405. BATHYSAURUS Gunther. 



Bathysaurus Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, II, 1878, 181 {B. 

 Jerox Gunther). 



1248. Bathysaurus agassizii Goode and Bean. 



Gulf Stream, in deep water. 



Bathysaurus agassizii Goode and Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., X, 

 1882, No. 5, 215, Gulf Stream, 33° N., in 647 fathoms. 



1249. Bathysaurus mollis Giinther. 



Southern Pacific to coast of Lower California. 



Found off Lower California, 23° N., 1,760 fathoms (only N. Amer. 



record; Townsend and Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus Nat. Hist., LII, 



1925, 10). 

 Bathysaurus mollis Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., II, 1878, 



182, middle of South Pacific off Yeddo, in 1,875 and 2,385 fathoms. 



Genus 406. BATHYLACO Goode and Bean. 



Batliylaco Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 57 {B. nigricans Goode 

 and Bean). 



1250. Eathylaco nigricans Goode and Bean. 



Gulf of Mexico; off Santa Cruz, at a depth of 2,393 fathoms; a single 



specimen known. 

 Balhylaco nigricans Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1S95, 57, fig. 69, 



off Santa Cruz, Mexico. 



Genus 407. SAURIDA Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Sanrida Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXII, 1849, 499 

 {Sal mo tumhil Bloch). 



1251. Saurida nebulosa Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



West Indies north to St. Kustatius. 



Saurida nebulosa Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXII, 

 1849, 504, pi. 649. 



