﻿MARINE BLIND FISHES. 11 



The fishes, bUnd or partly blind, living in the depth of the ocean bordering the 

 American continents are Ipnops miirrayi Giinther and Ipiiops agassizii Garman. 

 The former hves at depths varying from 955 to 2,158 fathoms and is very vi'idely 

 distributed. The second one is known from the type specimens from Lat. 2° 34' N., 

 92° 6' W., at a depth of 1,360 fathoms. Ipnops stands alone in a family and is the 

 only vertebrate in which no eyes have been found. 



The Brotulida; have several members blind, or with very minute eyes, in various 

 parts of the globe. With the exception of the fresh-water species of Cuba, the 

 only ones found in the neighborhood of America are Aphyonns mollis Goode and 

 Bean, 955 fathoms, and Alcxeterion parfaiti Vaillant, 2,736 meters. Other deep-sea 

 blind fishes are Aphyonns gelatinostis Giinther between Australia and New Guinea, 

 1,400 fathoms; Mancalias shufeldtii Goode and Bean, 372 fathoms; Paroneirodes 

 glomcrosus Goode and Bean, 1,260 fathoms; Taurcdophidiinn hcxtii Goode and 

 Bean, Bay of Bengal, 1,310 fathoms; Typhlonus nasus Giinther, north of Aus- 

 traha and Celebes, 2,150 and 2,440 fathoms. 



