MELAMPHAIDAE 347 



Melamphaes mizolepis (Giinther, 1878). 



Norman, t.c. p. 168. 



St. 276. 5. viii. 27. 5° 54' 00" S, 11° 19' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, 150 (-0) m. : 2 specimens, 28- 

 30 mm. 



St. 281. 12. viii. 27. 00° 46' 00" S, 5° 49' 15" E. Young-fish trawl, 850-950 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 20 mm. 



St. 285. 16. viii. 27. 2° 43' 30" S, 00° 56' 30" W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 125-175 (-0) m. : 12 

 specimens, 35-60 mm. 



St. 288. 21. viii. 27. 00° 56' 00" S, 14° 08' 30" W. 70 cm. tow-net, oblique, ioo(-o)m. : i 

 specimen, 12 mm. Young-fish trawl, 250 (-0) m. : 27 specimens, 20-75 mm. 



St. 296. 26. viii. 27. 8° 12' 00" N, 18° 49' 00" W. Young-fish trawl, 450-500 (-0) m. : 2 specimens, 

 28-30 mm. 



28. X. 25. 13° 25' N, 18° 22' W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 900 (-0) m. : 12 specimens, 25-85 mm. 



Hob. North and South Atlantic; Indian Ocean and Archipelago; Pacific coast of 

 North America. 



Melamphaes sp. 



The following specimens are small and poorly preserved, and cannot be identified: — 



St. 86. 24. vi. 26. 33° 25' 00" S, 6° 31' 00" E. 4I m. net, horizontal, 1000 (-0) m. : 3 specimens, 

 15-22 mm. 



St. loi. 15. X. 26. 33° 50' to 34° 13' S, 16° 04' to 15° 49' E. 4A m. net, horizontal, 850-950 m. : 

 4 specimens, 28-38 mm. 



St. 245 10. vi. 27. 38° 20' 00" S, 22° 18' 00" W. 4J m. net, horizontal, 1800-2000 m. : i specimen, 

 50 mm. 



St. 298. 29. viii. 27. 13° 01' 45" N, 21° 34' 45" W. Young-fish trawl, 900-1200 (-0) m.: i 

 specimen, 24 mm. 



II. xi. 25. 6° 55' N, 15° 54' W. 2 m. tow-net, horizontal, 800 (-0) m.: i specimen, 60 mm. 



Caulolepis longidens, Gill, 1884. 



Brauer, 1906, ' Valdivia' Tiefsee-Fische, p. 286, pi. xii, fig. 4; Zugmayer, 191 1, Res. Camp. Sci. 

 Monaco, xxxv, p. 102, pi. v, fig. 3. 



St. 239. 2. vi. 27. 46° 56' 00" S, 46° 03' 00" W. 4J m. net, horizontal, 1050-1350 (-0) m. : 3 

 specimens, 1 15-150 mm. 



Depth of body a little more than twice in the length, length of head 2f to t,^. Diameter 

 of eye 4 to 4I in length of head, interorbital width 2\ to 2|. Dorsal III 16-17. Anal II 

 7-8. Pectoral 15. Pelvic I 6. 



Hab. Atlantic; coast of California; Hawaiian Islands. 



C. subtdidens, Garman, from the Pacific coast of Panama, appears to differ chiefly in 

 the form of the body, more anterior insertion of the pelvics, with a greater distance 

 between them and the anal, and in having the praemaxillary produced posteriorly into 

 a long slender process which extends beyond the broadly rounded hinder end of the 

 maxillary. 



