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Genus 1265. RONQUILUS Jordan and Starks. 



Ronquilus Jordan and Starks, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser.,V, 1895, 

 838 {Balhymaster jordani Gilbert). 



3636. Ronquilus jordani (Gilbert). Ronquil. 



Alaska to Puget Sound. 



Rathymaster jordani Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 1888, 554, 

 Elliott Bay at Seattle; Alaska. 



Genus 1266. RATHBUNELLA Jordan and Evermann. 



Rathhunella Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 463 {Balhymaster 

 hypopledus Gilbert). 



3637. Rathhunella hypoplecta (Gilbert). 



Coast of California about the Santa Barbara Islands. 



Balhymaster hypopledus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 97, 



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



2944. 



3638. Rathhunella alleni Gilbert. 



Monterey Bay, Calif. 



Rathhunella alleni Gilbert, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 3d ser.. Ill, 1904, 

 267, Monterey Bay, Calif. 



Family 265. ZAPROIlID.ffi 



Genus 1267. ZAPRORA Jordan. 



Zaprora Jordan, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., VI, 1896, 202 (Z. 

 silenus Jordan). 



3639. Zaprora silenus Jordan. 



East coast of Vancouver Island; only four specimens known. 

 Zaprora silenus Jordan, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., VI, 1896, 203, 

 pi. 20, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. 



Family 266. CHIASMODONTID^. Black swallowers. 



Genus 1268. CHIASMODON Johnson. 



Chiasmodon Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, 408 (C niger 



Johnson). 

 Chiasmodus Giinther, altered spelling. 



3640. Chiasmodon niger Johnson. Black sivallower. 



Deep waters of the Atlantic; taken at Madeira and off Massachusetts 



coast. 

 Chiasmodon niger Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, 408, Madeira. 



3641. Chiasmodon subniger Garman. 



Pacific coast of Mexico, off Lower California, in deep water. 

 Chiasmodon subniger Garman, Mem., Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 

 73, off Gulf of California at Albatross station 3429. 



Genus 1269. PSEUDOSCOPELUS Lutken. 



Pseudoscopelus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 64, in Vid. Selsk. 

 Skr. (6), VII, 1892, 285 (P. scriptus Lutken). 



3642. Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lutken. 



Old Baliama Straits, in deep water. 



Pseudoscopelus scriptus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 64, in Vid. 

 Selsk. Skr. (6), VII, 1892, 285, Old Bahama Straits. 



Family 267. OPISTHOGNATHID.a;. Jawfishes 



Genus 1270. OPISTHOGNATHUS Cuvier. 



Opisthognathus Cuvier, R6gne Anim., Ed. I, 1817, 252 (0. sonnerati 



Cuvier). 



3643. Opisthognathus macrognathum Poey. 



Florida Keys to Cul>a. 



Opisthognathus macrognathus Poey, Memorias, TI, 1861, 284, Cuba. 

 Opisthognathus megastoma Gunther, Cat., I, 1860, 255, Gulf of Mexico. 

 Opisthognathus scaphiurus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 

 1882,* 417, Garden Key, Fla. 



