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1820. Caulolepis longidens Gill. 



Gulf Stream and Pacific Ocean at Cortez Banks off San Diego, Calif. 

 Caulolepis longidens Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 258, Atlantic 

 Ocean, lat. 39° 27' X.. long. 69° 56' 20" W., in 1,346 fathoms. 



Genus 613. ANOPIOGASTER Gunther. 



Anoplogaster Giinther, Cat., I, 1859, 12 (Hoplostethus cornutus Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes). 



1821. Anoplogaster cornutus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Atlantic, in deep water, north and south. 



Hoplostethus cornutus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



IX, 1833, 347 (270); from stomach of a shark, taken at 26° lat. S; 



others taken by the Albatross 31° X., 40° W., from the stomach of 



an albacore. 



Genus 614. POROMITRA Goode and Bean. 



Poromilra Goode and Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., X, No. 5, 1882, 

 214 (P. capito Goode and Bean). 



1822. Poromitra capito Goode and Bean. 



Deep water in Gulf Stream in latitude 34°. 



Poromilra capito Goode and Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., X, No. 5, 

 1882, 215, Gulf Stream. 



Genus 615. PIECTROMUS Gill. 



Plectromus Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 257 (P. siiborbitalis 

 Gill). 



1823. Plectromus suborbitalis Gill. 



Gulf Stream, in deep water. 



Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 258, lat. 



38° 52' N., long. 69° 24' \V., at Albatross stations 2036, 2190, and 



2535 in 1,149 to 1,800 fathoms. 



1824. Plectromus beani (Gunther). 



Gulf Stream in deep water. 



Plectromus crassiceps Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII. 1885, 73, Gulf 



Stream; name preoccupied. 

 Melamphaes beani Gunther, Challenger Rept., XXII, 1887, 29, Gulf 



Stream, in about latitude 40°. 



1825. Plectromus crassiceps (Gunther). 



Mid-Atlantic; Brazil. 



iScopelus crassiceps Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., II, 1878, 185, 

 deep water in mid-.\tlantic and off Pernambuco. 



1826. Plectromus cristiceps (Gilbert). 



Coast of Washington and Oregon and southeastern Alaska. 

 Melamphaes cristiceps Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890 



(1891), 60. coasts of Oregon and Washington and Albatross station 



3075 in 859 fathoms. 



1827. Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert). 



Coast of California; off Bay of Panama; Bering Sea. 



Melamphaes lugubris Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890 (1891), 



59, coast of California south of Point Conception, at Albatross station 



2923 in 822 fathoms. 



1828. Plectromus mizolepis (Gunther). 



Off Bay of Panama in deep water; south of New Guinea and Bay of 



Bengal. 

 Scopelus mizolepis Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 11, 1878, 185, south 



of New Guinea. 



1829. Plectromus nycterinus (Gilbert). 



Coast of southern California, in deep water. 



Melamphails nycterinus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVIII, 1915, 

 ?,2(], 1)1. 16. off Santa Catalina, 2,113 to 2,2.59 fathoms. 



1830. Plectromus bispinosus (Gilljert). 



Coronado Islands, near San Diego, Calif. 



Melamphaes bispinosus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVIII, 1915, 



325, pi. 15, fig. 5; off the Coronado Islands, near San Diego, 642 to 



666 fathoms. 



