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871. Rhinoscopelus andreae (Liitkou). 



Open AtLantic aud Indian Ocean; Gulf Stream. 



Scopeh(s andrece Llitken, Siiolia Atlautica, Scopelini, 25, 1892, North Atlantic. 



872. Rhinoscopelus rarus (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to .50-' W., 33o N. 



Scopelus rarus Liitken, Spolia Atlantic;i, Soopelini, ii, 2(>, 1S92, North Atlantic 



Genus 267. MYCTOPHTJM Rafinesque. 



Myctophum Eatinesque, ludice d'lttiologia Siciliaiia, ">(>, ISIO { innictdliim). 



873. Myctophum punctatum Eafincsque. 



Warmer parts of the Atlantic, Grand Ranks, and from the finW Sti-e;nn to 



the Mediterranean. 

 Miictophnm punctatum Rafinesque, Indice d'lttiologia Siciliana, .5(i, pi. 2, fig. 



5, 1810, Palermo. 



874. Myctophum afBne (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to 63^ W., 38'" N. 



Scopelus affinis Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, ii, 32, 1892, open Atlantic. 



875. Myctophum opalmum Goode &. Bean. 



Western Atlantic. 



Myctophum opalinum Goode A I'ean, ( >ceanic Ichthyology, 72, fig. .'^1, 1896, 

 Gulf Stream. 



876. Myctophum humboldti (Risso). 



Open seas, Mediterranean, and Atlantic on both shores. 

 Gasfe7-opelerus humboldti Risso, Ichth. Nice, 358, 1810, Nice. 



877. Myctophum. californiense Eigenmann &. Eigenmann. 



Cortoz Banks, near San Diego, California. 



Mifctophum californiense Eigenmann, West Am. Sci., November 9, 1X89, 124, 

 San Diego, California. 



878. Myctophum gracile (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to 48' W., 23° N. 



Scopelus gracilis Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, ii, 35, 1892, oi)en Atlantic. 



879. Myctophum benoiti (Cocco). 



Mediterranean to Norway and Greenland. 



Scopelus benoiti Cocco, Lett. su. Salmon., 12, pi. 2, i\g. 4, 1838, Messina. 



880. Myctophum hygomii (Liitken). 



North Atlantic, occasional in our waters. 



Scopelus hygomiihiitkeu, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 2.56, 1892, North Atlantic. 



Genus 268. BENTHOSEMA Goode & Bean. 



Benthosema Goode A, Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 75, 1^(96 {mulleri). 



881. Benthosema mulleri (Gmelin). 



North Atlantic, Norway to Greenland; South Carolina. 



Sahno mulleri Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1378, 1788, Norway: after Strom. 



882. Benthosema arcticum (Liitken). 



Davis Straits, (Jreenland. 



Scopelus arcticum Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, .Sco[)elini, 29, 1892, Davis Straits. 



Genus 269. DASYSCOPELUS Giinther. 



Dasijscopclua Giinther, Cat., v, 40.5, 1864 (asper). 



883. Dasyscopelus spinosus (Steindachner). 



Open seas; mid-Atlantic; Hawaiian Isl.ands, etc. 



Scoj)elu8 spinosua Steindachner, Sitzungsber. Ichth. Notiz., \ , 11, 1867, China. 



