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871. Rhino.scopelii.s andreas (Lutkt?n). 



Open Atlautic aud Iiulian Ocean ; Gulf Stream. 



Scopeltts andrece Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 2.5, 1892, Xorth Atlautic. 



872. Rhinoscopelus rarus (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to .50- W., 33° N. 



Scopelus rams Liitken, Spolia Atlantica. ScDpelini. ii, 2ti, 1S92, North Atlantic 



Genus 267. MYCTOPHUM Eafinesque. 



Mijctophuin Rafinesqup, Indice d'lttiologia Sidliana, aU, 1810 (pinictafum). 



873. Myctophum punctatum Rafiuosqne. 



Warmer parts of the Atlantic, Grand Banks, and from the Gulf Stream to 



the Mediterranean. 

 Mijclophum punctatum Rafinea(|ue, Indice d'lttiologia Siciliana, riH, pi. 2, tig. 



5, 1810, Palermo. 



874. Myctophum afBne (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to 63^ W., 38=" N. 



Scopelus affinia Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, ii, 32, 1892, open Atlantic. 



875. Myctopliuni opalinum Goode & Bean. 



Western Atlantic. 



Myctophum opalinum (ioode i^ l^ean, ( )ceanic Ichthyology, 73, tig. 81, 1896, 

 Gulf Stream. 



876. Myctophum humboldti (Kisso). 



Open seas, IVIediterranean, and Atlantic on both shores. 

 Gasteropclems humboldti Risso, Ichth. Nice, 358, 1810, Nice. 



877. Myctophum. califoniiense Eigenmaun & Eigenmann. 



Cortez Banks, near San Diego, C alifornia. 



Myctophum caUforniense Eigenmann, West Ara. Sci., November 9, 1889, 124, 

 San Diego, California. 



878. Myctophum gracile (Liitken). 



Open Atlantic, west to 48^^ W., 23° N. 



Scopelus gracilis Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, ir, 35, 1892, open Atlantic. 



879. Myctophum benoiti (Cocco). 



Mediterranean to Nor^yay and Greenland. 



Scojjelus benoiti Cocco, Lett. su. Salmon., 12, pi. 2, lig. 4, 1838, Messina. 



880. Myctophum hygomii (Liitken). 



North Atlantic, occasional in our waters. 



Scojjel us h ygomii hxitkeu, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 256, 1892, North Atlantic. 



Genus 268. BENTHOSEMA Goode & Bean. 



Benthosema Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 75, 1896 {mulleri). 



881. Benthosema mulleri (Gmelin). 



North Atlantic, Norway to Greenland; South Carolina. 



Salmo mulleri Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1378, 1788, Norway; after Strom. 



882. Benthosema arcticum (Liitken). 



Davis Straits, Greenland. 



Scopelus arcticum Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 29, 1892, Davis Straits. 



Genus 269. DASYSCOPELUS Giinther. 



Dasyscopelus Giinther, Cat., V, 405, 1864 (asper). 



883. Dasyscopelus spinosus (Steindachner). 



Open seas; mid- Atlantic ; Hawaiian Islands, etc. 



Scopelus sjJinosus Steindachner, Sitzungsber. Ichth. Notiz., v, 11, 1867, (. hina. 



