56 CHECK LIST OF FISHES OF THE DOMINION. 



116. Argentina silus Arcanius. 

 Argentine: Siel Smelt. 

 Marine. 



Grand Banks, Newfoundland: a specimen from the stomach of a codling (Phycis tenuis) 

 off Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Goode and Bean, 1878, as A. syrtensium): occasional 

 on the coast of Maine, and off the coasts of northern Europe. 



117. Bathylagus pacificus Gilbert. 

 Deep-sea Smelt. 

 •Bathybial. 



Coast of State of Washington: "two specimens taken in 685 and 877 fathoms" (Jordan 

 and Evermann): given here as likely to occur in British Columbian waters. 



118. Chauliodus macouni Bean. 

 Viperfish. 



Bathybial. 



Off Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (the type — in 876 fathoms) : extending south- 

 ward to coast of California. 



119. Chauliodus sloanei Bloch and Schneider. 

 Viperfish. 



Bathybial. 



Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean: a specimen found in the stomach of a cod-fish at George's 

 Banks— lat. 42° 08' N., long 65° 35' W., in 185 fathoms. 



120. Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann. 



Bathybial and pelagic — "rising toward the surface at night or in stormy weather." 

 Grand Banks, Newfoundland, southward to Santa Cruz Island, and recorded from Jamaica 

 (Hermann, 1771): also off the Hawaiian and Japanese Islands. 



121. Argyropelecus olfersi Cuvier. 



Bathybial and pelagic — "rising toward the surface at night or in stormy weather." 

 Grand Banks, Newfoundland: open Atlantic, extending to the coasts of Brazil, Cape of 

 Good Hope, and Norway. 



122. Stomias ferox Bernhardt. 

 Bathybial. 



East Banquereau: ranging from Greenland southward to the Bahama Channel. 



123. Malacosteus niger Ayres. 

 Bathybial. 



A specimen collected on the northeastern edge of George's Bank by the schooner Alice G. 

 Wonson in 125 fathoms: Gulf Stream southward to the Barbadoes. 



124. Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque. 

 Channel Catfish. 



Abounding especially in river channels. 



Rivers of Great Lakes region westward to Manitoba: Mississippi valley, and streams tribu- 

 tary to the Gulf of Mexico. 



