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Genus 160. XENOMYSTAX Gilbert. 



Xenomystax Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1891, 348 (atrarius). 



604. Xenomystax atrarius Gilbert. 



Coast of Ecuador. 



Xenomnstax atrarius Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 348, 1° S., 81° W., at 

 Albatross Station 2792, in 401 fathoms. 



Genus 161. HOPLUNNIS Kaup. 

 Roplunnis Kaup, Aale Hamb. Mus., 19, 1859 (schmkltli). 



605. Hoplunnis schmidtii Kaup. 



Caribbean Sea at Puerto Cabello, near Aspinwall. 



HopUtnnis schmidtii Kaup, Aale Hamb. Mus., 19, pi. 2, fig. 4, 1859, Puerto 

 Cabello, near Aspiuwall. 



606. Hoplunnis diomedianiis Goode & Bean. 



A single individual was obtained by the Albatross at Station 2402, Gulf of 



Mexico. 28- 36' N., 86'^ 50' W., Ill fathoms. 

 Hoplunnis diomedianus Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 146, 1896, Gulf of 



Mexico. 



Genus 162. NEOCONGER Girard. 



Neoconger Girard, U. S. ]Mox. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 77, 1859 (mucronatus). 



607. Neoconger mucronatus Girard. 



Coast of Texas. 



NeocoHf/er mucronatus Girard, IT. S. Mox. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 77, 1859, St. 

 Joseph Island, Texas. 



608. Neoconger vermiformis Gilbert. 



Lower California and Panama. 



Neoconger vet-miformis (iilheTt,VToc.\J.B.'Nat. Mus. 1890, !57, off Lower Cali- 

 fornia, at Albatross Station 3035, in about 30 fathoms. 



Genus 163. LEPTOCONGER Poey. 

 Leptoconger Poey, Anales Hist. Nat. Esp., 250, 1880 {perlongus). 



609. Leptoconger perlongus (Poey). 



Matauzas, Cuba. 



Neoconger perlongus Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1874, 07, pi. 9, (ig. 3-4, 

 Matauzas, Cuba. 



Genus 164. STILBISCUS Jordan & Bollman. 



Stilbiscus .Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 549 (edwardsi). 



610. Stilbiscua edwardsi Jordan & Bollman. 



Green Turtle Cay, one of the Bahamas. 



Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 549, Green 

 Turtle Cay, Bahamas. 



Genus 165. GOEDIICHTHYS Jordan & Davis. 



(}ordiichthys JoT(\a,u & Davis, Prelim. Review Apodal Fishes, in Rept. U. S. 

 Fish Com. 1888 (1892), 644 (irretitus). 



611. Gordiichthys irretitus Jordan & Davis. 



Snapper Hanks off west Florida, in rather deep water. 



Gordiichflijis irretitus .Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 644, 1892, oft' Peusa- 

 cola, Florida. 



