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known in the Atlantic. In this case it would appear as if the distribution 

 had extended across the entire Pacific into the Indian Ocean. 



Fnouofiis : — Distributed through the Panainic area to the Gulf of 

 California, through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to Nova Scotia 

 and to Patagonia, and in the Bay of Bengal and the Sea of Japan. The 

 occurrence of species of Prionotus at tlie southern extremity of South 

 America reduces the value of its evidence concerning a Panamic strait. 



Pcristediiim : — Established in the Panamic waters, about the Hawaiian 

 Islands, in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to New York, at Bahia, 

 around Great Britain, off Portugal, in the Mediterranean, the Arabian 

 Gulf, the Bay of Bengal, the Sea of Japan, and off New Guinea. The range 

 of this genus gives it considerable weight as evidence in favor of either the 

 Caribbean or the Mediterranean thoroughfares. 



Carejjrodiis : — The localities include the Gulf of Panama, California to 

 Oregon, Bering Sea, off Kamtchatka, Greenland to the Faroes to Spitz- 

 bergen and to the Kara Sea, and off the Azores. The distribution will 

 probably be found to extend through the Arctic Ocean. The habits of the 

 species are such as, with the fact of having been already discovered near 

 the equator, to induce expectation of a general extension of the range of 

 the genus through all the oceans at great depths. 



Paraliparis : — Secured off Panama, in the Gulf of California to Oregon, 

 Bering Sea, off New York to Iceland, the Faroes and Jan Mayen. Except- 

 ing the occurrence of a species off Patagonia, the range closely corresponds 

 with that of Careproctus, and similar extensions may be expected. 



Callionymus : — Abundant off Panama, in the Caribbean and Gulf of 

 Mexico, in the Gulf Stream to South Carolina, oft' the British Isles, the 

 Azores, and the Canaries, in the Mediterranean and the Bay of Bengal, 

 and off Japan, Tasmania, and Madagascar, From the range so far as 

 determined it appears that Callionymus is of the better genera to bring 

 forward in favor of either the Panamic or the Red Sea connections of the 

 Atlantic. 



Majjnea: — Between the Galapagos and Panama, and the Straits of 

 Magellan are localities that indicate a probable range for this genus along 

 the entire west coast of South America. The species from off Mexico, from 

 Puget Sound and from Bering Sea heretofore placed in Maynea have been 

 removed into closely allied genera, Botlirocaropsis and Bothrocara. 



Gymnclis : — Apparently ranging from the Panamic northward in the 



