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Genus 276. CYCLOTHONE Goode & Bean. 



Cyclothone Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, No. 5, 221, 1882 (lusca). 



Subgenus CYCLOTHONE Goode & Bean. 



892. Cyclothone microdon (Giinther). 



Bernuida ; Atlantic, Pacific, and Antarctic oceans ; Pacific Coast from Oregon 



to Panama. 

 Gonostomamicrodoti Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1878, 188, near Bermuda. 



893. Cyclothone bathyphila (Vaillant). 



Gulf of Gascouy and off the Azores; western Atlantic. 



Neostoma bathyphilum Vaillant, La Nature, 1884, 184, name and rough figure 

 only. 



Subgenus SIGMOPS Gill. 



Sigmops Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 256 (stigmaticus) . 



894. Cyclothone elongata (Giinther). 



New Guinea; Banda; American coast; Gulf Stream; Indian Ocean. 

 Gonostoma elongatum Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1878, 187, New Guinea ; 

 Banda. 



Genus 277. YAERELLA Goode & Bean. 



Yarrella Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 103, 1896 (hlackfordi) . 



895. Yarrella blackfordi Goode «fc Bean. 



Gulf Stream. 



Yarrella hlackfordi Goode & Beau, Oceanic Ichthyology, 103, fig. 121, 1896, 

 Gulf Stream, at Albatross Station 2376, in 324 fathoms. 



Genus 278. CHAULIODUS Bloch & Schneider. 



Chauliodus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 430, 1801 (sloanei). 



896. Chauliodus sloanei Bloch & Schneider. 



Mediterranean and deep waters of the Atlantic ; Georges Banks. 

 Chauliodus sloanei Bloch «&. Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 430, 1801, Atlantic; after 

 Vipera marina of Catesby. 



897. Chauliodus tnacouni Bean. 



Coast of California to British Columbia and Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 Chauliodus macouni Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 44, off Queen Charlotte 

 Islands. 



Family LXXVIII. ASTRONESTHIDiE. 



Genus 279. ASTRONESTHES Richardson. 



Astronesthes Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Sulph., 97, 1845 (niger). 



898. Astronesthes niger Richardson. 



Deep waters of all seas. 



Astronesihes niger Richardson, Ichth. Voy. Suljjh., 97, 1845, Atlantic. 



899. Astronesthes gemmifer Goode & Bean. 



Gulf Stream. 



Astronesthes gemmifer Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 105, fig. 124, 1896, 

 Grand Banks, latitude 44'^ 25' N., longitude 53^^ 12' W., in 300 fathoms. 



900. Astronesthes richardsoni (Poey). 



Deep waters of West Indies; Indian and Pacific oceans. 

 Chauliodus richardsoni Pocy, Memorias, i, 176, 1855, Cuba. 



