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Genus 380. POROMITEA Goode & Bean. 



Foromiira Goode & Beaa, Bull. Mus. Coiup. Zool ,. x, No. 5, 214, 1882 (capiio). 



1246. Poromitra capito Goode & Bean. 



Gull" Stream, in latitude 34°. 



Poromitra capito Goode »& Bean, Bull. M. C. Z.. x, No. .5, 215. 1882, Gulf Stream. 



Genus 381. PLECTROMUS Gill. 



Plectromtis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 257 (guborhitalis). 



1247. Plectronnis suborbitalis Gill. 



Gulf Stream, in deep water. 



Flectromus snborhitaUs Gill, Proc. IT. S. N. M., vi. 1883, 258, 38^ 52' N., 69° 24' 

 W., at Albatross Stations 2036, 2190, and 2535, in 1,149 to 1,800 fathoms. 



1248. Plectromus lugubris (Gilbert). 



Coast of California. 



Melamphaiis Inguhriii Gilbert. Proc. U. S. N. M. 1890 (1891), 59, coast of Califor- 

 nia, south of Point Conception, at Albatross Matiou 2923, in 822 fathoms. 



1249. Plectromus beanii (Giinther). 



Gulf Stream. 



Melamphaes heanii (iiinther. Deep Sea Fishes, L;hallenger, xxii, 29, 1887, (Julf 

 Stream, in about latitude 40°. 



1250. Plectromus crassiceps (Giinther). 



Mid-Atlantic; Pernambuco. 



Scopelas crassiceps Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1878, 185, deej) water in 

 mid-Atlantic and oif Pernambuco. 



1251. Plectromus cri.9ticeps (Gilbert). 



Coast of AVashington and Oregon. 



Melamphai's cristiceps Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890 T 1891), 60, coast of 

 Oregon and Washington at Albatross Station 3075, in 859 fathoms. 



Genus 382. BERYX Cuvier. 



Beryx Cuvier, Rcgne Animal, ed. 2, ir, 151, 1829 (decadactylus). 



1252. Beryx decadactylus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Alfonsin a Casta Larga. 



Portugal, Madeira, .lapan, and Cuba. 



Beryx decadactuJus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 222, 1829, 

 Madeira or Portugal. 



.1253. Beryx splendens Lowe. Alfonsin a Casta Cumprida. 



Madeira, Japan, and Gulf Stream at 35° 49' 30" N., 74° 34' 45" W., in 424 



fathoms. 

 Beryx splendens Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1833, 142, Madeira. 



Family CXVI. HOLOCBNTRID^. The Squirrel-Fishes. 



Genus 383. MYRIPRISTIS Cuvier. 



Myrijrristis Cuvier, Rcgne Animal, ed. 2, ii, 150,1829 {Jacobus). 



Subgenus OSTICHTHYS Laiigsdoif. 



Ostichthys Laugsdorf, in Cuvier &. A'alencieuues, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 174, 

 1829, name only, passing reference. 



1254. Myripristis trachypoma Giinther. 



West Indies, Cuba. 



Myripristis trachypoma Giinther, Cat., i, 25, 18.59, Cuba. 



Subgenus MYRIPRISTIS Cuvier. 



1255. Myripristis jacobus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Frire Jacques: Candil. 



West Indies to Brazil. 



Myripristis jacobus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 162, 1829, 

 Martinique. 



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