OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



. VI, PP. 333-427. JANUARY 31, 1905, 



PAPERS FROM THE HOPKINS-STANFORD 

 GALAPAGOS EXPEDITION, 1898-1899. 



XVII. 



SHORE FISHES OF THE REVILLAGIGEDO, CLIP- 

 PERTON, COCOS AND GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 



BY ROBERT EVANS SNODGRASS AND EDMUND HELLER. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONAL INDEX. 



R Revillagigedo, Cl = Cltpperton, C = Cocos, G = Galapagos, (A) = 

 American, (W) = Western Pacific, (C) =wide ranging or cosmopolitan. 



PAGE. 



Introduction 333 



Branchiostomidae 342 



1. Branchiostoma elongatum. G,(A) 342 



Galeidae 342 



2. Galeocerdo tigrinuS'. G, (W) 342 



3. Carcharias galapagensis. G 343 



4. Carcharias platyrhynchus. R, Cl, (A) 344 



5. Tricenodon obesus. C, (W) 344 



Sphyrnidae 345 



6. Sphyrna tudes. G, (C) 345 



Rhinobatidae 345 



7. Rhinobatus planiceps. G, (A) 345 



Dasyatidse 345 



8. Dasyatis longa. G, (A) 345 



Mobulidae 346 



9. Mania birostris. G, (A) 346 



Ophichthyidae . . '. ........ 346 



10. Myrichthys pantostigmius. R 346 



11. Ophichthus triserialis. G, (A) 347 



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