1897 - 98 .] Prof. D’Arcy W. Thompson on Marine Faunas. 335 
Halosaurus macrochir, Gunther. — Recorded by the “Challenger” 
from 1375 fathoms near Marion Island. The species is common in 
the deep waters of the Atlantic, and allied species come from the 
Philippines and Japan. 
Synaphobranchus bathybius, Giinther. — Was got in very deep 
water in the middle of the North Pacific, again off Yokohama Bay, 
and lastly off Marion Island. Another species, S. pinnatus, is still 
more widely distributed, occurring in the North and South Atlantic, 
off Japan, and south of the Philippines, and another, S. brevidor- 
salis, occurs both off New Guinea and Japan. 
Stomias boa, Cuv. — With this Mediterranean fish Dr Gunther 
( Chall . Rep., Deep-Sea Fishes, p. 204) identifies a specimen got 
south of Australia (St. 158) in 1800 fathoms. Peters ( Monatsber . 
d. K. P. Akad. d. Wiss., Berlin, 1876, p. 46) records also a specimen 
from the South Pacific caught in lat. 42° 56' S., long. 149° 26' W. 
Dr Gunther remarks : — “ I must not omit to mention that none of 
the authors referred to have given the number of luminous spots 
along the abdomen, and that, not having a specimen from the 
Mediterranean, I am consequently unable to assert the agreement 
of our fish in this respect. Also that Valenciennes has counted 72 
scales along the side of the body, whilst our Antarctic specimen 
possesses 88.” The genus is known from Greenland and from all 
the oceans. 
We discover from the preceding notes that the following 
species recorded from southern localities are dubiously or in 
some cases more than dubiously identified with the correspond in y 
northern forms : — 
Aulocalyx irregularis, F. E. S. 
Chonelasma lamella, F. E. S. 
Eudendrium rameum, Pallas. 
Campanularia cylindrica , Allman. 
Holothuria Thomsoni, Theel. 
Euphronides depressa, Theel. 
Lcetmogone Wyville-Thomsoni , Theel. 
Kolge nana, Theel. 
Pourtalesia phiale, Wy. Th. 
Ophioglypha irrorata , Lyman. 
