Fishes 205 



The capture of examples of this species, 29 to 39 millimetres long 

 (without caudal fin), considerably extends its known horizontal range, 

 which did not previously include the Mediterranean. Although full 

 records of the temperatures of the strata in which this species has 

 occurred are not available, its range with regard to latitude appears 

 to be worthy of remark, and is nearly, if not quite, as wide as that of 

 the pelagic Schizopod Me ganyctip) hanes norvegica. The specimens 

 are damaged, but there seems no doubt of their specific identity. 

 Fragments of a smaller Scopelus from Station 4 and a badly damaged 

 specimen from Station 1 are not improbably referable to the same 

 species. 



Macrusidje. 



Macrurus caslorhynchus, Eisso - Stations 2 and 3. 



Gadid^:. 



Molva elongata, Eisso - - - Station 3. 

 Pliycis blennioides, Briinn - Station 3. 



Caproid^. 

 Capros aper, L. - - - Stations 3 and 4. 



Also taken in shallow water off Malaga, where its vertical range 

 appears to extend at least from 40 to 300 fathoms. Probably, as 

 in the English Channel and in the Mediterranean off Marseilles, it 

 also ranges into soundings of considerably less than 40 fathoms. 



TrIGLIDvE. 



Peristedion cataphractum, L. - Station 3. 



The two specimens taken appear to be male and female, the former 

 having the longest filament of the spinous dorsal extending nearly to 

 the end of the base of the second dorsal, while in the latter it only 

 reaches the origin of the fifth ray of that fin. The greater conver- 

 gence of the rostral spatula? in the male appears to be an individual 

 rather than a sexual character. 



Lophiid^e. 

 Lophius budegassa, Spinola - - Station 2. 



