274 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Geuus 178. LETHARCHUS Goode & Bean. 



Ldharchus (Joodo A 15e;iu, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 437 (vclifer). 



629. Lethaichus velifer Goode & Beau. 



Coast of Florida, lu rather deep water; known only from the Snapper Banks 



off Pensacola and Tampa. 

 Lefharchm velifer Uroode, & Bean, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mas. 1882, 437, West Florida. 



Genus 179. MYRICHTHYS Girard. 



Murichthjis (Jirard, Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, .58 {tif/rinm). 



630. Myrichthys tigrinits Girard. 



Pacilic Coast of Mexico; rather common about Mazatlan, and occasionally 



rauiiinj;- northward. 

 Myrichtln/s tigrinus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 58, Adair Bay, 



Oregon. 



631. Myrichthys ociilatus (Kaup). 



Tropical Atlantic; Cuba to Surinam, and Cape Verde Islands. 

 Pisoodonopliis ociilatus Kaup, Apodes, 22, 185G, Curayoa. 



632. Myrichthys acuminatus (Gronow). 



West Indies, occasionally northward to Florida Keys. 



Murana acuminata Gronow, Fishes Brit. Mas., 21, 1854, Insula Div. Eustachii. 



Genus 180. PISOODONOPHIS Kaup. 



risoodonophis Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 17, 185G {horo). 



633. Pisoodonophis cruentifer Goode & Bean. 



Two 8i)ecimens at Station 1035 of U. S. Fish (lommission steamer Fish Hawk, 

 39^ 57' N., 69^ 28' W., in 120 fathoms; four others at nearly same region 

 in 245 fathoms. 



riaoodoiiophis erucntifer Goode & Be.an, Oceanic Ichthyology, 147, fig. 166, 

 1896, Gulf Stream. 



Genus 181. CALLECHELYS Kaup. 



Callecheliis Kaup, Apodes, 28, 1850 (f/nichenoti). 



634. Callechelys muraena .Jordan & Evermann. 



Snapper ]5anks off Pensacola. 



Callechelj/s murana Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 400, Snap- 

 per P>auka. 



Genus 182. BASCANICHTHYS Jordan & Davis. 



liiiscatiichlhyn .Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 621, 1892 (hancauium). 



635. Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean). 



West coast of Florida. 



Sphafiehranchus scuticaris Goode &, Be.an, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 343, Cedar 

 Key, Florida. 



636. Bascanichthys peninsulae (Gilbert). 



La I'az Piav, Gulf of California. 



CatlecheUjs peninsalw Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, .548, La Paz Bay. 



637. Bascanichthys bascanium (.Jordan). 



I.ginont Key, Florida. 



Cwcula Ixisvanium Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884, 43, Egmont Key, 

 Florida. 



