220 BULLETIN OF THE 



STOMIATID^E. 



38 Stomias ferox, Reinhardt. 



Stomias ferox, Reinhardt, Vid. Selsk. Nat. og Math., Afhandl. X. p. lxxviii. 



A single specimen was obtained at each of the two following stations : — 



Station. N. Lat. W. Long. Fathoms. Specimens. 



309 40° 11' 40" 68° 22' 304 1 



306 41° 32' 50" 65° 55' 524 1 



STERNOPTYCHID^E. 



39. Sternoptyx diaphana, Hermann. 



Sternoptyx diaphana, Hermann, Naturforscher, XVI. p. 781, p. 8, Taf. I. figs. 1 and 

 2 ; XVII. p. 249 (" Copied by Walbaum, Artedi, III., Vol. I. figs. 1 and 2, and 

 by Schneider, p. 494, PI. XXXV."). Ccvier, Rfegne Animal, 2d ed., PL XIII. 

 fig. 1. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXII. p. 415. GiJH- 

 ther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V. p. 387 (no specimens). 



Specimens were caught at the stations mentioned below. 



40. Argyropelecus hemigymnus, Cocco. 



Argyropelecus hemigymnus, Cocco, Giorn. Sc. Sic. 1829, fasc. 77, p. 14G. Bona- 

 parte, Faun. Ital. Pesc. Ccv. &, Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXII. p. 398. 

 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V. p. 385. 



Sternoptyx hemigymnus, Valenciennes, in Cuvier, Regne Animal, 111. Poiss., PI. 

 103, fig. 3. 



Sternoptyx mediterranea , Cocco, Giorni il Faro, 1838, IV. p. 7, fig. 2. Bonaparte, 

 Faun. Ital. Pesc, Fig. 



This species was obtained at Station 315, at a depth of 225 fathoms. It mi 

 also obtained by the steamer "Fish Hawk," August 18, 1882, at Station 1112 

 (Lat. 39° 56' N., Long. 70° 35' W., 245 fathoms), and was seen by Dr. Bean on 

 the same vessel in 1880. 



Station. N. Lat. W. Long. Fathoms. Specimens. 



315 32° 18' 40" 78° 43' 188 2 



