CHECK LIST OF FISHES 169 



1291. Rhinoscopelus coccoi (Cocco). 



West Atlantic, Gulf Stream, Mediterranean, ranging from Newfound- 

 land to Africa. 



Scopelus coccoi Cocco, Giorn. Sci. Litt. Art. Sicilia (No. 77), Palermo, 

 1829, 143 ("Scopelo de Cocco"), Palermo. 



Alysia loricata Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839, 87, Madeira. 



Genus 425. MYCTOPHUM Rafinesque. Laniernfishes. 



Myciophum Rafinesciue, Indice, 1810, 56 {M. punctatum Rafinesque). 

 Scopelus Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 1, 1817, 56 (Gasteropelecus humholdtii 



Risso). 

 Nyctophus Cocco, Giorn. Sci. Litt. Art. Sicil., 1829, 44 (A'^. rafincsquei, 

 substitute for Myctophum) . 



1292. Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque. 



Warmer parts of the Atlantic, Grand Banks, and from the Gulf Stream 



to the Mediterranean. 

 Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, Indice, 1810, 56, PI. II, fig. 5, 



Palermo. 

 Scopelinus caninianus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.. 



XXII, 1849, 445, coast of Italy. 



1293. Myctophum afiine (Liitken). 



Open -Atlantic west to 63° W., 38° N., and in the open Pacific. Perhaps 



more than one species included. 

 Scopelus affine Liitken, .Spolia Atlantica, II, 1892, 32, open Atlantic. 

 Myctophum nitidulum Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 



1899, 266, PI. LVI, fig. 3, lat. 27° 50' N., long. 145° 45' 30" W. 

 Rhinoscopelus oceanicus .Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 



XX, 1902, 16S, Hawaiian Islands. 

 Myctophum margaritatum Gilbert, loc. cit., XXIII, pt. 2, 1905, p. 596, 



pi. 68, fig. 2, off .south coa.st of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands. 



1294. Myctophum humboldti (Ri.sso). 



Open seas, Meditorranoaii, and Atlantic on both shores. 

 (ia.stcrnpelcrus hunilioldtii Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 358, Nice. 



1295. Myctophum calif orniense Eigenmann and Eigenmann. 



Cortez Banks, San Diego, Calif. 



7Myctophum hoops Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 1845, 39, 



open sea between Australia and New Zealand. 

 Myctophum californiense Eigenmann and Eigenmann, West Amer. 



Scientist, Nov. 9, 1889, 1-24, San Diego, Calif. 



1296. Myctophum gracile (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to 48° W., 23° N. 



Scopelus gracilis Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, II, 1892, 35, open Atlantic. 

 ? Myctophrnn hians Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 1845, 41, pi. 

 27, open sea, locality unknown. 



1297. Myctophum benoiti (Cocco). 



Mediterranean to Norway and Greenland. 



Scopelus benoiti Cocco, Lett, su Salmon., 1838, 12, pi. 2, fig. 4, Messina. 



1298. Myctophum hygomi (Lutkcn). 



.North .Atlantic, occasional in our waters. 



Scopelus hygomi Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 1892, 257, North Atlantic. 

 Myctophum rcmiger Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 75, western 

 .Atlantic. 



1299. Myctophum oculeum Garman. 



C)fT Panama in deep water. 



Myctophum oculeum Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 

 260, Pi. LVI, fig. 2, numerous stations of the Albatross. 



1300. Myctophum atratum Garman. 



Off western Mexico in the open sea. 



Myctophum ntratum Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., X.XIV, 1.S99, 



268, AUmiross station 3433, lat. 25° 26' 15" N., long. 109° 48' VV., in 



1,218 fathoms. 



