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2090. Psenes pellucidus Llitken. 



Gulf Stream at 32° 24' N., 76° 55' W., in 528 fathoms. 

 Psenes pellucidlis Lutkeu, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, 516 (108), with fig., 

 Strait of Surabaja. 



2091. Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann. 



Off Rhode Island. 



Psenes edwardsii Eigenmann, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XXI, 1901 (1902), 

 35, fig.; taken from under a medusa, 30 miles south of Newport, R. I. 



2092. Psenes chapnaani Fowler. 



Open Atlantic, Cape Verde Islands, northwest of the Lesser Antilles. 

 Psenes chapmani Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LVIII, 1906, 

 120; open Atlantic, lat. 24° 21' N., long. 34° 32' W. 



2093. Psenes paciflcus Meek and Hildebrand. 



Panama. 



Psenes pacificus Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool., 

 XV, 1925, 409, Chame Point, Panama. 



Family 176. TETRAGONURID^. Squaretails 



Genus 718. TETRAGONURUS Risso. 



Tetragonurus Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 247 {T. cuvieri Risso). 

 Ctenodax Macleay, Proc. Linn. See. New South Wales, 1885, 716 (C. 

 williamsnni Macleay). 



2094. Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso. Squaretail; Escolar de natiira; Courpata; 



t'Sea racen. 

 Open seas; Nice; Toulon and Marseilles; Madeira; once taken off Santa 



Catalina Island, Calif. (W. F. Thompson), and once at Woods Hole, 



Mass.; these possibly different species. 

 Tetragonurus cuvieri Ris.so, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 347, Nice. 

 Tetragonurus atlanlicus Lowe, Irishes Aladeira, pt. 5, 1860 (1843), 129, 



PI. XIX, Madeira. 



Family 177. ICOSTEID^. Ragfishes 



Genus 719. ICOSTEUS Lockington. 



Icosteus Lockington, Prcjc. L'. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 63 (/. senigmaticus 



Lockington). 

 Schedophilopsis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., XI, 1881, 4 {S. spinosus 

 Stcin(\av\\ncr = I cnslcus arnigmaticus Lockington). 



2095. Icosteus aenigmaticus Lockington. Ragfish. 



Open sea off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington; scarce. 

 Icosteus senigmaticus Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 63, 



off San Franci.sco. 

 Schedophilopsis spinosus Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., XI, 1881, 4, with 



figure, off San Francisco. 



Family 178. ACR0TID.ffi 



Genus 720. ACROTUS Bean. 



Acrotus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1887, 631 (A. willoughhyi 

 Beanj. 



2096. Acrotus willoughhyi Bean. 



Off coast of Wasiiingt(ni, Whitby Island, Puget Sound, south to San 

 Pedro, Cahf. ( W. F. Thompson), in rather deep water. 



Acrotus willoughhyi Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1887, 631, Quinault 

 Agency, Wash. 



Family 179. CARANGIDiE. Cavallas; Pampanos 



The Carangidx, as heretofore understood, may be naturally divided 

 into two families, the Seriolidx {Seriola, Elagates, Naucrates, etc.) 

 differing strongly in lacking the bony arch behind the abdominal 

 cavity, this being made up of enlarged and anchyloscd hannals, its 

 character sonuiwliat different in different genera but developed in 

 ail Carangidx in the narrow sense. 



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