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2048. Qempylus serpens Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Deep seas of the Atlantic. 



Gempylus serpens Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VIII, 



1831, 152 (207), Martinique. 

 Gempylus ophidianus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 246, Cuba. 



Family 165. TRICHIURID.S. Hairtails; Cutlassfishes 



Genus 693. TRICHIURUS Linnseus. Hairtails. 



Trichiurus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 246 (T. lepturus Linnseus); 



after Artedi. 

 Gymnogaster Gronow, Mus. Ichth., I, 1754, 17, No. 47, and Zooph., I, 



1763, 136 {Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus). 

 Enchelyopus Klein, in Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam XIV, 1862, 



109 (Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus); after Klein; not of Schneider nor 



of Gronow. 

 Lepturus (Artedi) Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 126 



{Trichiurus lepturus Linnseus, a revival of a pre-Linnsean name). 



2049. Trichiurus lepturus Linnseus. Cutlassfish; Scabbardfish; Silverfish; 



Sable; Savola; Hairtail; Ribbonfish; Silvery hairtail. 

 Western Atlantic north to New Jersey; West Indies. 

 Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 246, America; 



after Lepturus of Artedi. 

 Trichiurus argenteus Shaw, Gen. Zool., IV, 1803, 90, pi. 12; after 



Linnseus. 



2050. Trichiurus nitens Garman. 



Off Galapagos Islands. This or a similar species in the Gulf of California. 

 Trichiurus nitens Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 69, 

 off Galapagos Islands, Albatross stations 3354, 3389. 



Genus 694. APHANOPUS Lowe. 



Aphanopus Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Pt. VI, 1839, 79 (A. carbo 

 Lowe) . 



2051. Aphanopus minor Collett. 



East coast of Greenland. 



Aphanopus minor Collett, Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. Christiania, No. 

 19, 1886, 3, east coast of Greenland at 65° N., 31° W. 



Genus 695. EVOXYMETOPON Poey. Tirantes. 



Euoxymetopon Poey, in Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 

 227 {E. txniatus Poey). 



2052. Evoxymetopon taeniatus Poey. Tirante; Tyrantfish. 



Cuba. 



Evoxymetopon txniatus Poey, in Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 



1863, 228, Cuba. 

 Genus 696. LEPIDOPUS Gouan. Frostfishes. 



Lepidnpus Gouan, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1770, 107 and 185 (gouani). 

 Vandellius Shaw, Gen. Zool., IV, 1803, 199 (needless substitute for 



Lepidopus Gouan). 

 Scarcina Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 20 (.S*. argyrea Rafinesque). 

 Xiphotheca Montagu, Werner. Mus., I, 1812, 82 {Lepidopus caudatus 



Euphrasen). 



2053. Lepidopus xantusi Goode and Bean. Scabbardfish. 



Avalon, Santa Catalina; Lower California north to Santa Catalina, 



Calif.; San Jose del Cabo, Cape San Lucas. 

 Lepidopus xantusi Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 519, Cape 



San Lucas. 



Genus 697. BENTHODESMUS Goode and Bean. 



Benthodesmus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 380 

 {B. elongatus Goode and Bean, not Lepidopus elongatxis Clarke = 

 Benthodesmus atlanticus Goode and Bean) . 



205 4. Benthodesmus atlanticus Goode and Bean. 



Western edge of Grand Banks of Newfoundland in 80 fathoms. 

 Benthodesmus elongatus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 



1881, 380-383; not of Clarke. 

 Benthodesmus atlanticus Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 205, 



Grand Banks. 



