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811b. Osmerus mordax abbotti (Cope). Cobessicontic Smelt. 



Landlocked in Cobcssicoutic Lake, Keuuebec County, Maine. 

 Osmerus abbotti Cope, Proc. Am. Pliil, Sue, PLila. 1870, 490, Cobessicontic Lake, 

 Maine. 



812. Osmerus dentex Steindaclmer. liainbow Herring. 



Coast of Alaska and south on the Pacific Coast to northern Cliina. 

 Osmerus dentex Steiudachuer, Sitzungsb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LXi, 1870. 

 129, northern China. 



Genus 243. HYPOMESUS Gill. Surf Smelts, 

 nijpomesxis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 168 {pretiosa). 



813. Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard). Surf Smelt. 



Coast of California and Oregon, from Monterey northward. 



Argentina pretiosa Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci, Phila. 1854, 155, San Francisco. 



814. Hypomesus olidus (Pallas). Pond Smelt. 



Alaska and Kamchatka. 



Salmo (Osmerus) oUdus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., in, 391, 1811, lakes and 

 rivers of Kamchatka. 



Genus 244. ARGENTINA (Artedi) Linnaeus. Arge7i tines. 



Argentina (Artedi) Linntcus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 315, 17.58 {s2)li!/ra'na). 



815. Argentina silus Ascanius. 



Northern Europe; occasionally taken on the Grand Banks and oif the coast 



of Maine. 

 Argentina silus Ascanius, Icon. Rev. Nat., j^l. 3, 3, 24, 1763, Norway. 



816. Argentina sialis Gilbert. 



Coast of California. 



Argentina sialis Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 56, coast of California at 

 Albatross Station 3017, in 58 fathoms. 



817. Argentina striata Goode & Bean. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Argentina striata Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 52, tig. 62, 1896, Gulf 

 of Mexico, in latitude 28^ 36' N., longitude 85" 33' 30" W. 



Genus 245. LEUROGLOSSUS Gilbert. 

 Leuroglossus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 57 {stilbius). 



818. Leuroglossus stilbius Gilbert. 



Coast of California. 



Leuroglossus stilbius Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 57, Coast of California 

 at Albatross Stations 2997 and 2998, in 221 and 40 fathoms. 



Family LXVII. MICROSTOMIDiE. 



Genus 246. NANSENIA Jordan & Evermann. 



Nansenta Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 528, 1896 

 {gr(cnlandica). 



819. Nansenia groenlandica (Reinhardt). 



Greenland. 



Microstomus granlandicus Reinhardt, Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afhaudl., 

 VIII, 1841, Lxxiv, Greenland. 



Genus 247. BATHYLAGUS Gunther. 



Bathylagus Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1878, 248 {atlanticus) . 



820. Bathylagus benedicti Goode Sl. Bean. 



Gulf Stream. 



Bathglagus benedicti (ioode &l Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 55, lig. 64, 1896, 

 Gulf Stream, at Albatross Stations 2094. 2711, and 2572. 



