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Genus 402. PSOMETHICHTHYS GiU. 



Promethichthys Gill, Mem. Nat. Ac. Sci., \i, 1898, 11.") iiiid 12.S (promefheus). 



1296. Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier A ^'alencieune8). I.'ahbH-fisk; f'oelbo; 



Conijo; Bermuda Catfish. 

 Tropical Atlantic ; Cuba ; Bermudas. 

 Gcmpylus promrtheiis Cuvier & Yalencieunes, HLst. Nat. Poiss., viii, 213, pi. 



222, 1831, St. Helena. 



1297. Promethichthys parvipinnis (Goode & Bean). 



Western Atlantic. 



Dicrotus 2>arvipinnis Goode & Bean, Oceanic Iclithyology, 201, 1896, Gulf 

 Stream at Albatross Stations 2537, 2.542, and 260l", at about 40° N., 70° W. 



Genus 403. GEMPYLUS Cuvier & Valenciennes. Snake Mackerels. 



Gempylus Cuvier «& A^alenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 207, 1831 {serpens). 



1293. Gempylus serpens Cuvier &, Valenciennes. 

 Deep seas. 



Gempylus serpens Cuvier &. Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poias., aiii, 207, 1831, 

 Martinique. 



Family CXXI. LEPIDOPIDiE. 



Genus 404. APHANOPUS Lowe. 



Aphanopus Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1839, 79 {earho). 



1299. Aphanopus minor Collett. 



East coast of Greenland. 



Aplianoims minor Collett, Vidensk. Selsk. Forhaudl. Ohristiania, No. 19, 3, 

 1886, east coast of Greenland, at 65 ■ N., 31 W. 



Genus 405. EVOXYMETOPON Poey. lirantes. 



Evoxymetopon Poey, in Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1863, 22S (l(eniatus). 



1300. Evoxymetopon taeniatus Poey. Tirante. 



Cuba. 



Eroxymetopon iwnialus Poey, in Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1863, 228, Cuba. 



Genus 406. LEPIDOPUS Gouan. Frost-fishes. 



Lepidojnis Gouan, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 185, 1770 (gouani). 



1301. Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen). Frost-fish; Scabbard-fish. 



Atlantic; Norway to South Africa and New Zealand. 



Trichiurus caudatus Euphrasen, Stockh. K. Vet. Ac. Nya Handl., 52, pi. 9, 

 fig. 2, 1788, Mediterranean. 



Genus 407. BENTHODESMUS Goode & Bean. 



Benthodesmus Goode & Bean, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, .380 (el on gat us). 



1302. Benthodesmus atlanticus Goode & Bean. 



Western edge Grand Bank of Newfoundland, m 80 fathoms. 



Benthodesmus atlanticus Goode & Be.in, Oceanic Ichth., 205, 1896, (iraud Bank. 



Family CXXII. TRICHIURIDiE. The Cutlas-Fishes. 



Genus 408. TRICHIUIIUS Linnasus. Hairtaih. 



Trichiurus Linn;eus. Syst. Nat., ed. X, 246, 17.58 (lejHurus). 



1303. Trichiurus lepturus Linuffius. ('utlasfish; Scabbard-fish; Silver-fish; Sable; 



Sarola. 



Warm seas north to Virginia and Lower California; West Indies. 



Trichiurus lepturus Linnasus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 246, 1758, America; after Lep- 

 turus of Artedi. 



