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known in the Atlantic. In this case it would appear as if the distribution 
had extended across the entire Pacific into the Indian Ocean. 
Prionotus : — Distributed through the Panamic area to the Gulf of 
California, through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to Nova Scotia 
and to Patagonia, and in the Bay of Bengal and the Sea of Japan. The 
occurrence of species of Prionotus at the southern extremity of South 
America reduces the value of its evidence concerning a Panamic strait. 
Peristedium : — Established in the Panamic waters, about the Hawaiian 
Islands, in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to New York, at Bahia, 
‘around Great Britain, off Portugal, in the Mediterranean, the Arabian 
Gulf, the Bay of Bengal, the Sea of Japan, and off New Guinea. The range 
of this genus gives it considerable weight as evidence in favor of either the 
Caribbean or the Mediterranean thoroughfares. 
Careproctus :— The localities include the Gulf of Panama, California to 
Oregon, Bering Sea, off Kamtchatka, Greenland to the Farées to Spitz 
bergen and to the Kara Sea, and off the Azores. The distribution will 
probably be found to extend through the Arctic Ocean. The habits of the 
species are such as, with the fact of having been already discovered near 
the equator, to induce expectation of a general extension of the range of 
the genus through all the oceans at great depths. 
Paraliparis : — Secured off Panama, in the Gulf of California to Oregon, 
Bering Sea, off New York to Iceland, the Farées and Jan Mayen. Except- 
ing the occurrence of a species off Patagonia, the range closely corresponds 
with that of Careproctus, and similar extensions may be expected. 
Callionymus : — Abundant off Panama, in the Caribbean and Gulf of 
Mexico, in the Gulf Stream to South Carolina, off the British Isles, the 
Azores, and the Canaries, in the Mediterranean and the Bay of Bengal, 
and off Japan, Tasmania, and Madagascar. From the range so far as 
determined it appears that Callionymus is of the better genera to bring 
forward in favor of either the Panamic or the Red Sea connections of the 
Atlantic. 
Maynea: — Between the Galapagos and Panama, and the Straits of 
Magellan are localities that indicate a probable range for this genus along 
the entire west coast of South America. The species from off Mexico, from 
Puget Sound and from Bering Sea heretofore placed in Maynea have been 
removed into closely allied genera, Bothrocaropsis and Bothrocara. 
Gymnelis : — Apparently ranging from the Panamic northward in the 
