OF THE UNITED STATES 



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by no less a distinguished authority than the late Professor G. 

 Brown Goode, the lamented Secretary of the United States Na- 

 tional Museum. It is fully illustrated, and covers the entire sub- 

 ject up to the date of its appearance. 



During the season of 1892-93, H. M. Marine Survey Steamer 

 Investigator, Commander C. P. Oldham, K. N., commanding, 

 with a corps of naturalists aboard, did some good collecting in 

 the Bay of Bengal and adjacent waters. In addition to other 

 forms, the deep-sea fishes collected by them were described by 

 my esteemed correspondent, Mr. A. Alcock, Superintendent of 



M 17 



DEEP-SEA FISHES OF INDIA. 



Neobythites steatilicus, n. sp. length of type, 5.25 inches 



Odontostomus atrafus, n. sp. length 3.5 inches, Bay of Bengal, 573 fathoms. 



(After Alcock.) 



Bay of Bengal, 128 fathoms. 



Fig. 15. 



Fig. 16. , . . . , , . 



Fig. 17. Bathypercis platyrhynchiis, n. gen. et. sp. length 4.3 inches, Bay of Bengal, 128 fathoms. 



Fig 18. Ptiysiculus argyropastus, n. sp. length 9 inches, Bay of Bengal, 128 fathoms. 



the Indian Museum of Calcutta, India, and he has sent me a copy 

 of the work, wherein the deep-sea fishes appear. It is illustrated 

 by plates, and the drawing used in the present article is taken 

 from a free sketch made by myself of his fishes, and, although 

 not what might be called absolutely accurate in minute details, it 

 nevertheless gives a very good idea of those types as found in the 

 Indian Ocean, or Bay of Bengal, at depths varying from 128 to 

 573 fathoms. It will be observed that these figures teach us one 

 great truth in regard to such matters, which is probably appli- 

 cable to all forms of oceanic life and that is, and we now refer 



