CHECK LIST OF FISHES 507 



4097. Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus). Batfish; Diablo. 



West Indies, north to Carolina. 



Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, I, 1758, 236, American 

 seas; after Lophius fronti unicorni of Artedi. 



4098. Ogcocephalus nasutus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West Indies. 



Malthoea nasuta Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XII, 



1837, 452, Martinique. 

 Malthoea notata Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 453, Surinam; snout 



15 in length; body spotted. 



4099. Ogcocephalus radiatus (Mitchill). 



Coast of Florida and neighboring waters; very common in shallow 



bays among weeds, especially about the Florida keys. 

 Lophius radiatus MitchiU, Amer. Month. Mag., March, 1818, 326, 



Straits of the Bahamas. 

 Malthe cubifrons Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 1836, 103; said 



to be from Labrador, which is certainly an error. 

 IMalthsea truncata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XII, 



1837, 454, America; snout wholly obsolete; perhaps a species of 



Zalieutes. 



Genus 1466. ZALIEUTES Jordan and Evermann. 



Zalieutes Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 511 {Malthe elater 

 Jordan and Gilbert). 



4100. Zalieutes elater (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of Mexico, south to Panama, in water of moderate depth; 



very rare near the shore but obtained in abundance by the Albatross 



at stations 2794 and 2795 near Panama. 

 Malthe elater Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 365, 



!Mazatlan. 



Genus 1467. MALTHOPSIS Alcock. 



Malthopsis Alcock, Deep Sea Fish. Invest., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 

 1891, 26 (M. luteus Alcock). 



4101. Malthopsis spinosa Garman. 



Off Bay of Panama in deep water. 



Malthopsis spinosa Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. J^ool., XXIV, 1899, 



104, PI. XXII, Albatross stations 3392 and 3393, off Panama, in 



1,020 to 1,270 fathoms. 



4102. Malthopsis spinulosa Garman. 



(MF Bay of Panama, in deep water. 



Malthopsis spinulosa Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 



1899, 106, Pis. XXI, XXVI, Albatross station 3394, lat. 7° 21" N., 



long. 79° 35' W. in 511 fathoms. 



Genus 1468. HALIEUTICHTHYS Poey. 



Halieulichthys Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 90 (//. 

 reticulatus Poey — Lophius aculeatus Mitchill). 



4103. Halieutichthys aculeatus (Mitchill). 



Cuba to southern Florida. 



Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1818, 325, Straits 



of Bahamas. 

 Halieutichthys reticulatus Poey, in Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



XV, 1863, 91, Cuba. 



4104. Halieutichthys caribbeeus Garman. 



Jamaica to Barbados, in depths of 70 to 150 fathoms or more. 

 Halieutichthys caribbxus Garman, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Iowa Univ., 

 1896, 87, pi. 4, fig. 2, Jamaica to Barbados, 



4106. Halieutichthys smithii Evermann and Marsh. 

 Porto Rico. 



Halieutichthys smithii Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 

 XX, 1900, .'^39, fig. 112, .Mayagucz Harbor, Porto Rico. 



Genus 1469. HALIEUTiEA Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Halieutxa Cuvier arui Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., XII, 1837, 455 

 {H. stellata Cuvier and Valenciennes;. 



