530 REPORT 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, (jon- 

 grosoma, Halieutopsis, Raja badia, Cen- 

 troscyllium nigrum, Liopropoma longi- 

 lepis, Centristhmus signifer, Pontinus 

 furcirhinus, Ectreposebastes imus, Hop- 

 lostethus pacificus, Trachichthys mento, 

 Caulolepis subulidens, Melamphaes ni- 

 grofulvus, M. maxillaris, M. frontosusi 

 Trichiurus nitens, Teuthiselegans, Chias' 

 modon subniger, Lophiomus spiltirus, 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. crus- 

 tosum, Paraliparis grandiceps, P. atten- 

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

 Uonymus atrilabiatus, Entomacrodus 

 cruentatus, Bothrocaropsis alalonga, B. 

 rictolata, B. elongata, Gymnelis cono. 

 rhynchus, Lycodopsis scaurus, Lycodes 

 anguis, L. serpens, L. incisus, L. cica- 

 trifer, Phucocoetes suspectus, Maynea 

 bulbiceps, Leucicorus lusciosus, Mixonus 

 caudalis, Dicrolene fllamentosa, D. nigra, 

 D. pullata, Porogadus longiceps, P. atri- 

 pectus, P. breviceps, Monomitopus torvus, 

 Monomeropus malispinosus, Bassozetus 

 nasus, Diplacanthopoma jordani, Holco- 

 mycteronus digittatus, Eretmichthyspin- 

 natus, E. ocella, Catcetyx simus, Pseudo- 

 nus acutus, Acanthonus spinifer, Sciado- 

 nus pedicellaris, Lamprogrammus illus- 

 tris, Microlepidium grandiceps, Lepto- 

 phycis filifer, Merluccius angustimanus, 

 Antimora rhina. Laimonema gracillipes, 

 Physiculus longipes, P. rastrelliger, Breg- 



198. 



1899. Garman, S.— Continued. 



maceros longipes, Macrurus bulbiceps, 

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

 M. capito, M. leucophczus, 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. cani- 

 nus, A. affinis, Polyipnus laternatus, Va- 

 lenciennellus stellatus, Maurolicus ocu- 

 latus, M. lucetius, Lychnopoles argenteo- 

 lus, Cyclothone signata, C. acclinidens, 

 Synodus simulans, S. acutus, Chloroph- 

 thalmus mento, Scopelengys dispar, 

 Bathypterois ventralis, B. pectoralis, 

 Ipnops agassizii, Myctophum oculeum, 

 M. tenuiculum, M. luminosum, M. auro- 

 laternatum, 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 pluriserialis, Alepo- 

 cephalus convexifrons, A. asperifrons, 

 A. fundulus, Halosaurus attenuatus, 

 H. radiatus, Notacanthus spinosus, Uro- 

 con ger varidens, Congermurcena cauda- 

 lis, Congrosoma evermanni Ophichthys 

 frontalis, O. biserialis, Echidna cocosa, 

 E. scabra, Xenomystax rictus^ Chlopsis 

 gilbertii, Venefica ocella, V. tentaculata, 

 Serrivomer sector, Labichthys bowersii, 

 Nemichthys fronto, Atopichthys esun- 

 culus, A. sicarius, A. cinctus, A. denta- 

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

 A. cingulus, A. lychnus, A. obtusus, 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 Caidolepis 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. 



