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Order NN. BERYCOIDEI 

 Family 144. POLYMIXIID^. Barbudos 



Genus 616. POLYMIXIA Lowe. 



Polymixia Lowe, Trans., Cambr. Phil. Soc, VI, 1838, 198 (P. nobilis 

 Lowe) . 



Nemabrama Valenciennes, Ichth. lies Canaries, 1844, 40 (N. webbi Valen- 

 ciennes =PoZ7/TO?'a:ia nobilis Low^e). 



Dinemus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 160 (D. venustus Poey = Polymixia 

 loivei Giinther. 



1831. Polymixia lowei Giinther. Barbudo. 



Caribbean Sea; Cuba. 



Polymixia lowei Giinther, Cat., I, 1859, 17, Caribbean Sea. 



Dinemus venustus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 161, Cuba. 



Family 145. BERYCIDiE 



Genus 617. BERYX Cuvier. Alfonsinos. 



Berijx Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 151 (B. decadadylus Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes. 



1832. Beryx decadactylus Cuvier and Valenciennes. Alfonsin a Casta Larga. 



Cosmopolitan, open seas, in rather deep water; Portugal, Madeira, 



Japan, and Cuba. 

 Beryx decadactylus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 



1829, 165 (222), Madeira or Portugal. 



1833. Beryx splendens Lowe. Alfonsin a Casta; Cumprida. 



Cosmopolitan, in the open seas, at moderate depth; Madeira, Japan, 

 and Gulf Stream at 35° 49' 30" N., 74° 34' 45" W. in 424 fathoms. 

 Beryx splendens Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833, 142, Madeira. 



Family 146. ANOMALOPID^ 



Genus 618. KRYPTOPHANARON Silvester and Fowler. 



Kryptophanaron Silvester and Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 LXXVIII, 1926, 245 {K. alfredi Silvester and Fowler). 



1834. Kryptophanaron alfredi Silvester and Fowler. 



Off coast of Jamaica. 



Kryptophanaron alfredi Silvester and Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila., LXXVIII, 1926, 246, PI. XVIII, fig. 1; PL XIX, figs. 2 and 4. 



Off Kingston Harbor, Jamaica, floating on surface. 



FamUy 147. TRACHICHTHYID.ffi 



Genus 619. HOPLOSTETHUS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Hoplostethus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1829, 344 

 (469) (H. mediterraneus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



1835. Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Coasts of southern Europe; Gulf Stream. 



Hoplostethys mediterraneus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



IV, 1829, 344 (469), Mediterranean Sea. 

 Trachichthys pretiosus Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1839, 77, Madeira. 



Family 148. HOLOCENTRID.aE. Soldierfishes; Squirrelfishes 



Genus 620. OSTICHTHYS Jordan and Evermann. 



Oslichthys Langsdorf, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



Ill, 130 (174), 1829; name only, passing reference under Myripristis 



japonicus Cuvier. 

 Ostichthys Jordan and Evermann, Fish. North and Mid. Amer., 1896, 



846 {Myripristis japonicus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



1836. Ostichthys trachypomus (Giinther). 



West Indies; Cuba. 



Myripristis trachypoma Giinther, Cat., I, 1859, 25, Cuba. 



Myriopristis fulgens Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 160, Cuba. 



