On Deep-sea Fishes from the Sea of Oman. 261 
Phlycteenodes ophionalis, Wik. xvii. 316. 
Nassau (Bonhote),1 3,1 9. 
Phlycteenodes similalis, Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 400. 
Nassau (Bonhote), 2 9. 
Phlycteenodes obliteralis, Wik. xxxiv. 1892. 
Nassau (Bonhote), 1 9. 
Pyrausta mopsalis, Wik, xviii. 594. 
Nassau (Bonhote), 3 g,1 9. 
XXXII.—On some Deep-sea Fishes collected by Mr. F. W. 
Townsend in the Sea of Oman. By G. A. BOULENGER, 
ERS: 
(Plate VIL] 
Tue fishes listed in this paper were obtained by Mr. F. W. 
Townsend by means of a fish-trap whilst engaged in cable- 
work in the Sea of Oman between the 21st and 29th October 
last, and presented by him to the British Museum, ‘The 
collection, small as it is, is a valuable one, as extending our 
knowledge of the distribution of the deep-sea fishes of the 
Arabian Sea and as containing examples of an undescribed 
form which requires the establishment of a new genus. 
1. Scopelus pyrsobolus, Alcock. 
A single specimen. 
Lat. 24° 49! N., long. 56° 56’ E., 225 fathoms. 
2. Harpodon squamosus, Alcock. 
Several specimens. 
Lat. 25° 24’ N., long. 57° 27! E., 230-243 fathoms. 
3. Uroconger lepturus, Richards. 
Several specimens. 
Lat. 23° 56’ N., long. 58° 5’ E., 142 fathoms. 
Lat. 24° 5/N., long. 57° 35’ E., 205 fathoms. 
Lat. 24° 21’ N., long. 57° 5’ E., 170 fathoms. 
4, Epinephelus preopercularis, Blgr. 
A single specimen. 
Lat. 24° 21' N., long. 57° 5! E., 176 fathoms. 
