48 Goode and Bean— East-coast Fishes. 
44. Amia calva L, : 
The range of the mud-fish has not hitherto been recognized 
to extend south of Charleston, South Carolina, whence Garden 
sent specimens to Linneus. It occurs abundantly in the St 
Johns River, Florida, and Mr. 8. C. Clarke found it in Spruce | 
Creek, a tributary of "Halifax River, about lat. 28°. . 
45. Chimaera plumbea Gill. j 
Within the past twelve months seven individuals have been — 
secured—one by the Boston Society of Natural History and — 
six by the United States National Museum 
The first specimen was taken by Captain D. C. Murphy of | 
the schooner Centennial in July, 1877, in 200 to 300 fathoms, 
lat. 48° 46’ N., long. 59° 19’ W. Others have since been taken 
within the latitudes 42° and 44° N. and in water from 200 to 
350 fathoms deep. 
46. Torpedo occidentalis Storer. 
Taken occasionally near Thatcher's Island, off Cape Ann iby. 
Captain Webb, in his trap. specimen was taken at Lanes 
ville, Massachusetts, July 13, 1878, the only — of its 
occurrence to the northward of the point of Cape : 
47. Hypoprion longirostris Poey. 
A West Indian species; collected in the Gulf of Mexico, by 
Dr. J. W. Velie, of Chicago, and sent to Washington for id 
tification. 
48. Centroseymnus ceeolepis Bocage and Capello. z 
This species was described from the coast of Portugal. It is 
recorded, also, from Madeira. Three specimens were presented 
to the United States National Museum, August 26, 1878, 
the crew of the schooner Marion, who captured them on the 
Nova Scotia banks, the first specimens known from the WW oter 
Atlantic. 
49. Centroscyllium Fabricii (Reinh.) Miller and Henle. 
A Greenland “ shhen One individual was eee fro 
ie 
last. This —. is new ~ the fauna of the Westen “Adantie 
Both — an 
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