530 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



198. 



1899. Garman, S. Reports of an explo- 

 ration off the west coasts of 

 Mexico, Central and South 

 America, and off the Galapagos 

 Islands, in charge of Alexander 

 Agassiz, by the Albatross during 

 1891. XXVI. The Fishes. 



Mems. Mus. Comp. Zool. 1899, vol. 24, 

 431 pp. , 97 pis. , chart. 



An important report with a separate 

 volume of plates, many of which are col- 

 ored. Contains a general discussion of 

 deep-sea fishes, special discussions and 

 descriptions, chapters on lateral canal 

 system, distribution of genera, lists of 

 species and stations, bibliography, etc. 

 New genera and species described are 

 as follows: Centristhmus, Leucicorus, 

 Bothrocaropsis, Ectreposebastes, Dolop- 

 icthhys, Dibranchopsis, Dibranchichthys, 

 Eretmichthys, Monomeropus, Pseudo- 

 nus, Holcomycteronus, Sciadonus, Mic- 

 rolepidium, Leptophycis, Lychnopoles, 

 Dactylostomias, Leptochilichthys, Con- 

 grosoma, Halieutopsis, Raja badia, Cen- 

 troscyllium nigrum, Liopropoma longi- 

 lepis, Centristhmus signifer, Pontinus 

 furcirhinus, Ectreposebastes imus^ Hop- 

 lostethus pacificus, Trachichthys viento, 

 Caulolepis subulidens, Melamphaes ni- 

 grofulvus, M. maxillaris, M. frontosust 

 Trichiurus nitens, Teuthis elegans, Chios' 

 modon subniger, Lophiomus spilurus, L. 

 caulinaris, Dolopichthys allector, Chau- 

 nax coloratus, Oncocephalus porrectus, 

 Halieutopsis tumifrons, Dibranchus hys- 

 trix, D. scaber^ D. asper, Dibranchichthys 

 nudivomer, Malthopsis sparsa. M. erina- 

 cea, M. spinosa, M. spinulosa, Prionotus 

 frontalis, Peristedium barbiger, P. cms- 

 tosum, Paraliparis grandiceps, P. atten' 

 uatus, P. angustifrons, P. latifrons, Cal- 

 lionymus atrilabiatus, Entomacrodus 

 cruentatus, Bothrocaropsis alalonga, B. 

 rictolata, B. elongata, Gymnelis cono. 

 rhynchus, Lycodopsis scaurus, Lycodes 

 anguis, L. serpens, L. incisus, L. dear 

 trifer, Phucoccetes suspectus, Maynea 

 bulbiceps, Leucicorus lusciosus, Mixonus 

 caudalis, Dicrolenefilamentosa, D. nigra, 

 D. pullata, Porogadus longiceps, P. atri- 

 pectus, P. breviceps, Monomitopus torvus, 

 Monomeropus malispinosus, Bassozetus 

 nasus, Diplacanthopoma jordani, Holco- 

 mycteronus digittatus, Eretmichthys pin- 

 natus, E. ocella, Catcetyx simus, Pseudo- 

 nus acutus, Acanthonus spinifer, Sciado- 

 nus pedicellaris, Lam,programm.us illus- 

 tris, Microlepidium grandiceps, Lepto- 

 phycis filifer, Merluccius angustimanus, 

 Antimorarhina. Lcemonema gracillipes, 

 Physiculuslongipes, P. rastrelliger, Breg- 



198. 



1899. Garman, S.— Continued. 



m,aceros longipes, Macrurus bulbiceps^ 

 M. bucephalus, M. liraticeps, M. barbiger, 

 M. capito, M. leucophceus, M. boops, M. 

 fragilis, M. carminifer, M. convergent, 

 M. orbitalis, M. loricatus, M. cuspidatus, 

 M. gracillicauda, M. latirostratus, M. 

 anguliceps, M. latinasutus, M. trichiurus, 

 M. tenuicauda, M. canus, Hippoglossina 

 vagrans, Citharichthys maculifer, Mono- 

 lene maculipinna, M. dubiosa, Symphu- 

 rus varius, S. microlepis, Sternoptyx ob- 

 scura, Argyropelecus lychnus, A. cant- 

 nus, A. afflnis, Polyipnus laternatus, Va- 

 lenciennellv^ stellatus, Maurolicus ocur 

 latus, M. lucetius, Lychnopoles argenteo- 

 lu^, Cyclothone signata, C. acclinidens, 

 Synodus simulans, S. acutus, Chloroph- 

 thalmus mento, Scopelengys dispar, 

 Bathypterois ventralis, B. pectoralis, 

 Ipnops agassizii, Myctophum oculeum, 

 M. tenuiculum, M. lum^inosum, M. auro- 

 Jaternatum, M. nitidulum, M. laterna- 

 tum, M. atratum, Chauliodus barbatus, 

 C. dentatus, Stomias colubrinus, S. hexa- 

 gonatus, S. atriventer, Dactylostomias 

 filifer, Leptochilichthys agassizi, Bathy- 

 troctes alvifrons, B. alveatus, B. in- 

 spector, Narcetes plurisericUis, Alepo- 

 cephalus convexifrons, A. asperifrons, 

 A. fundulus, Halosaurus attenuatus, 

 H. radiatus, Notacanthus spinosus, Uro- 

 conger varidens, Congermuroena cauda- 

 lis, Congrosoma evermanni Ophichthys 

 frontalis, O. biserialis. Echidna cocosa, 

 E. scabra, Xenom.ystax rictv^^ Chlopsis 

 gilbertii, Venefica ocella, V. tentaculata, 

 Serrivom,er sector, Labichthys bowersii, 

 Nemichthys fronto, Atopichthys esun- 

 culus, A. sicarius, A. cinctus, A. dentor 

 tus, A. falcidens, A. acus, A. ophichthys, 

 A. cingulu^, A. lychnus, A. obtusxLS, A. 

 longidens, Myxine circifrons, M. trident- 

 iger, M. acutifrons. 



199. 



1899. Bean, Barton A. Notes on the 

 capture of rare fishes. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, pp. 639, 

 640. 

 This paper contains a reference to the 

 capture by the Albatross of a second 

 specimen of Caulolepis longidens. 



200. 



1899. Rathbun, Mary J. The Brachy- 

 ura collected by the U. S. F. C. 

 steamer Albatross on the voyage 

 from Norfolk, Va., to San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., 1887-88. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, pp. 

 567-616. 



