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SPECIES 



HAHITAT 



DEI'TM IN FATHOMS 



cursor A. M.-Edw. iSSi i Antilles 



Eastern Caribbean Sea 



£nsifer (S. I. Smith) 18S2 



ensifer (S. I. Smith) var. exilis (Bate) i 



ensifer (S. I. Smith) var. producta Bate 

 1888 



Off the East coast of the United States 



37° 59 30"— 39° 3945" N- lat. 



7>°3S'i5"— 73°48'4o"W. long. 



Off Nevis, Antilles 



Off Guadeloupe 



Off Martinique 



Off St. Vincent 



Off Barbados 



Off the East coast of the United States 



3i°4i-4i°43'N. lat. 



65° 21' so"— 74° 57' 40" VV. long. 



West coast of America from the (iulf 



of California to the Galapagos Islands 



and Ecuador. 

 Hawaiian Islands ') 

 Sagami Bay, Japan ') 

 South-west of Iceland 

 South of Iceland 



Off the south-west coast of Ireland 

 Off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland 

 Off the Canary Islands 

 Near the island of Ascension 

 Bay of Biscay 

 Coast of Sardinia 

 Eastern Mediterranean 



Near Yokohama, Japan 

 Off Luzon, Philippine Islands 

 Off Banda Island 



Between Ambon and the Lucipara-islands 

 Off the New Hebrides 

 South of Japan 

 Near the Admiralty Islands 

 Bay of Bengal 

 Arabian Sea 



Off the Cape Verde Islands 

 Off the Hawaiian Islands 

 Off Kandavu, Fiji Islands 

 North of the Kermadec Islands 

 Kei-islands 



South of the island of Rotti 

 Arabian Sea 

 hiatus Bate 1888 Off New Zealand 



ensifer (S. I. Smith) var. tenitipes Bate 1888 



-)gracilipes A. M.-Edw. 1S84. 

 gracilis Bate 1888 



500 

 683 



384—693 



356 

 393. 583 

 334 

 573 

 209 



588—2033 



660 — 1 879 



293— 1 3 '4 



328 



695 

 800 — 1 1 28 



750 

 500— S93 



1093 



437—934 

 874 — 1980 

 821 — 1380 



1875 

 1050 

 1425 



1137 

 1450 



345. 565 



1070 



1310 



824 — 1200 



465 



165—703 

 6io 

 600 

 306 

 502 



459—705 

 700 



1) The specimens taken off the Hawaiian Islands and in the Sagami Hay, Japan, should perhaps be referred to the variety 

 producta Bate. 



2) .\ good figure of this species is found in "Nature", Vol. .\XIX, of April 3, 1884, p. 532 and in: H. Fll.lloT. La vie au 

 fond des mers. Paris 1SS5, p. 143, Fig. 45. 



