XOTES OX THE CAPTCKE OF KAEE FISHES. 



By Barton A. Bean, 



Assistant Curator, Divhioii of Fishes. 



Several of the fishes here noticed are, so far as records show, among 

 the rarest forms known to the waters of North America. The bery- 

 coid form {Caulolcjns) is the second example of the genus dredged iu 

 the Xorth Atlantic Ocean.' 



The black vu&& {Centrolophus) is the second individual recorded from 

 the western Atlantic, and the ragfish (Acrotus) is but the second 

 example definitely' placed on record. 



CAULOLEPIS LONGIDENS Gill. 



Caiilohjjis lon<jidens Gill; I'roc. 1'. S. Nat. Mii8.. \'I, ji. 2.'j9; Oceauic Ichthyology, p. 185, 

 pi. Lv, lig. 204. 



The example here recorded is Xo. 38l'01 of the U . S. National Museum 

 register. It was obtained at station 2724 by the steamer Albatross, 

 being in north latitude ZVP 47' and west longitude 73° 25', October 23, 

 188G. The depth of the water at this station was 1,r»41 fathoms. 



Length of specimen, 6^ inches: depth, 2h inches. Length of head, 

 1§ inches. The diameter of the orbit is (me-fifth length of head. 

 D. 18; A. 8. 



This second individual, though considerably larger than the type, 

 exhibits no striking differences in structure. It is slightly longer iu 

 comparison with the depth, and is in a better state of preservation. 



CENTROLOPHUS NIGER (Gmelin). 

 BLACK KUFFE. 



Although more or less common to the deep water of the coasts of 

 southern Europe, this is only the second example recorded from our 

 side of the Atlantic, the first being a O-inch individual taken at 

 Dennis, Massachusetts, in 1888, and noticed by Goode and Bean.' 



Total length, 12f inches. Taken in an offshore fish trap at North 

 Truro, Massachusetts, September 6, 1890. Preserved by Mr. Gerrit S. 

 Miller, jr., and presented by him to the U. S. National Museum, Sep- 

 tember 8, 1898, being part of accession No. 33974. 



'A third example of this fish has been obtained in the Pacific Ocean. 

 ^Oceanic Ichthyology, p. 214, pi. lxi, fig. 222. 



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