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Order AC ANTHOPTER YGI I. 



Family Scorpaenidae. 



Sebastes, Gthr. 



3. Sebastes hexanema, Gtlir. 



Sebastes hcxanema, Giinther, ' Cliallenger' Shore-fishes, p. 40, pi. xvii. 

 fig. B ; and ' Challenger ' Deep-sea Fishes, p. 18. 



Two specimens of this species, which was originally 

 described from the Arafura Sea, 140 fathoms, were taken by 

 the ' Investigator ' at Station 115, 188 to 220 fathoms. 



LlOSCORPlUS, Gthr. 

 4. Lioscorpius longiceps^ Gthr. 

 Lioscorpius hngiceps, Gthr., * Challenger ' Shore-fishes, p. 40, pi. xvii. 



fig.c. 



This also is a hemibathybial species from the Ai-afura Sea, 

 where it was taken along with the pi-eceding species by the 

 ' Challenger.' 



One specimen was taken at Station 115, 188 to 220 

 fathoms. It has four large pyloric cseca. 



Family Berycidae. 



Melamphaes, Gthr. 



5. Melamphaes, sp. 



Some small specimens mutilated beyond identification were 

 taken at Station 111, in 1644 fathoms, and Station 118, in 

 1803 fathoms. 



POLTMIXIA, Lowe. 



6. Polyimxia nohih's, Lowe, 



Two specimens of this well-known deep-sea Berycoid were 

 taken at Station 115, 188 to 220 fathoms. 



Family Carangidae. 



Bathyseriola, Alcock. 



7. Bathyseriola cyanea, Alcock. 



Bathyseriola cyanea, Alcock, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. vi. 

 (1890), p. 202. 



A single specimen was taken at Station 120, in 240 to 276 

 fathoms. 



