178 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [62] 



EEPOET OF ENSIGN R. H. MINEE, U. S. N., DBPAETMENT 



OF FISHES. 



The operations of dredging and trawling were commenced on our 

 voyage from Wilmington, Del., to Washington, D. G., in March and 

 continued until our return to Washington in November. They are in- 

 cluded within the limits of latitude 35^ 9' 40" N. and latitude 42° 32' 

 00" N., longitude 65° 21' 50" W. and longitude 75^ 20' W. The work 

 for the most part was done in deeper water than had been attempted 

 heretofore by the United States Fish Commission. The ground between 

 these limits was investigated as thoroughly as practicable during the 

 season, and the distribution of species thereon reasonably well deter- 

 mined. 



We have succeeded in finding, according to Prof. Theodore Gill, no 

 less than eighteen new species of fish-like vertebrates — one Myzont, one 

 Selachian, and sixteen true Fishes. Trawl lines were set several times, 

 on different dates, for the Lopholatilus, but we did not succeed in find- 

 ing traces of any. 



One hundred and sixteen hauls of the trawl and dredge were taken 

 during the season, and the list of species found is as follows, viz. : 



LOPHIID^. 



I. LopJiius piscatorius, Linnaeus. 



Malthid^. 



2. Halieutcea senticosa, Goode. 



Pleuronectid^. 



3. Monolene sessilicauda, Goode. 



4. Citharichthys arctifrons, Goode. 



5. Pleuronectes americanus, Walbaum. 



6. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, (Linn.) Gill. 



7. Faralichthys dentatus, (Linn.) Jordan and Gilbert. 



8. Paraliehthys oblongus, (Mitch.) Jordan and Gilbert. 



Macrtjrid^. 



9. Macrurus bairdii, Goode and Bean. 

 10. Macrurus carminatus, Goode. 



II. Macrurus asper, Goode and Bean. 



12. Coryphcenoides rupestris, Gunnerus. 



13. Coryphcenoides carapinus, Goode and Bean. 



14. Chalinura Simula, Goode and Bean. 



Beotulidje. 

 16. Bassozetus normalis, Gill, new species, 



