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2905. Scorpaena cristulata Goode and Bean. 



Atlantic Ocean, off coast of Georgia; perhaps also from northern Spain. 

 Scorpsena cristulata Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1896, 247, fig. 242, 



off Georgia. 

 Scorpaena echinita Koehler, Ann. Univ. Lyons, XXVI, 1896, 474, pi. 27, 



figs. 4 and 6, Bay of Biscay, in 700 fathoms. 



Genus 996. MERINTHE Snyder. 



Merinlhe Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XXII, 1902, 536 (Sebastes 

 macrocephalus Sauvage) . 



2906. Merinthe nematophthalma (Giinther). 



West Indies, exact locality uncertain. 



Sehastes nematophihalmus Giinther, Cat., II, 1861, 99, West Indies. 



Genus 997. PONTINUS Poey. 



Pontinus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 172 (P. castor Poey). 



2907. Pontinus castor Poey. 



Cuba. 



Pontinus castor Poe\', Memorias, II, 1861, 173, Habana, Cuba. 



2908. Pontinus furcirhinus Garman. 



Eastern Pacific in deep water. 



Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 

 51, PI. VII, numerous Albatross stations off Panama. 



2909. Pontinus pollux Poev. 



Cuba. 



Pontinus pollux Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 174, Habana, Cuba. 



2910. Pontinus rathbuni Goode and Bean. 



Coast of North Carolina, probably in the Gulf Stream. 

 Pontinus rathbuni Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 255, fig. 245, 

 off Cape Hatteras, N. C. 



2911. Pontinus macrolepis Goode and Bean. 



Yucatan. 



Pontinus macrolepis Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 257, fig. 247, 



off Yucatan. 



2912. Pontinus longispinis Goode and Bean. 



Coast of western Florida. 



Pontinus longispinis Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 258, fig. 246, 



west coast of Florida, lat. 28° 36' N., long. 85° 33' 30" W., in 111 



fathoms. 



2913. Pontinus beanorum Evermann and Marsh. 



Porto Rico. 



Pontinus beanorum Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XX, 

 pt. 1, 1900, 279, fig. 85, San Juan Harbor, Porto Rico. 



2914. Pontinus sierra (Gilbert). 



Gulf of California. 



Scorpxna (Sehastoplus) sierra Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 



1890, 82, Gulf of California, at Albatross stations 2996 and 3011 in 



112 and 71 fathoms. 



2915. Pontinus bergii (Evermann and Marsh). 



Porto Rico. 



Scorpsena bergii Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XX, pt. 1, 

 1900, 276, fig. 83, Mayaguez, Culebra; perhaps not a Pontinus. 



Genus 998. SETARCHES Johnson. 

 Setarches Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, 177 (S. guntheri 

 Johnson). 



2916. Setarches parmatus Goode. 



Coasts of Rhode Island, North Carolina, and western Florida, in deep 



water. 

 Setarches parmatus Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 480, off 



coast of Rhode Island. 



