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Subgenus HOLOBHINUS Gill. 



Holorhinu9 Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 331 (vesperttlio=^ calif ornicus). 



138. Myliobatia californicus Gill. California Sting Ray; Batfish. 



California, from Cape Mendocino southward. 



Mylioiatis californicus Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1865, 137; after Girard. 



Genus 57. RHmOPTERA Kuhl. 



Bhinoptera Kubl, in Cuvier, R^gne Animal, ed. 2, vol. ii, 401, 1829 (marginaia). 



Subgenus RHIXOPTERA Kuhl. 



139. Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill). Cow-nose Bay. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 



Baja bonasus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 479, New York. 



140. Rhinoptera steindachiieri Evermann & Jenkins. Gabilan. 



Gulf of California. 



Bhinoptera steindachneri Evermann & .Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 130, 

 pi. 1, fig. 1, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. 



Subgenus MIOROMESUS Gill. 



Micromesus Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1865, 136 (ads^yersus). 



141. Rhinoptera ensenadas Rosa Smith. 



West coast of Lower California. 



Bhinoptera ensenad<r Rosa Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 220, Ensenada, 

 Lower California. 



Family XXVIII. MANTIDiE. The Sea Devils. 



Genus 58. AODON Lacepede. 



Aodon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., i, 300, 1798 {massassa). 



142 Aodon hypostomus (Bancroft). 

 Jamaica. 

 Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1830, 134, Jamaica. 



Genus 59. MANTA Bancroft. 



Manta Bancroft, Zool. Jour., iv, 1828-29, 444 (manta^birostris). 



143. Manta birostris (Walbaum). Sea Devil; Devil-fish: Manta. 



Tropical waters of America ; north to New Jersey and San Diego ; not rare on 



the Florida coast. 

 Baia birostris Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, 535, 1792; after Diabolits mai-inus 



Willughby, etc. 



Subclass HOLOCEPHALI. The Chimaeras. 



Order H. CHIMiEROIDEI. The Chim^roids. 



Family XXIX. CHIMiERIDiE. The Chimeras. 



Genus 60. CHIM^ERA Linnaeus. Elephant- fishes. 



Chinucra Liun;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 236, 1758 {monstrosa). 



144. Chimaera monstrosa LinuiTJus. Chinuvra. 



Deep waters off the coast of Jiurope; also recorded bv Poey at Matanzas, 



Cuba. 

 Chimcera monstrosa Ijinna'us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 236, 1758, Atlantic. 



145. Chimaera alEnis Capello. 



Deep waters of the Atlantic, off i'ortugal and olf the American coast from 



C'apo Cod northward. 

 Chimcera affinis Cai)ello, Jour. Soc. Math. Lisb., iv, 1868,314, pl.iii, coast of 



Portugal. 

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