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[part IV. 
Tropical South America east of Andes ; Gatoprion (1 sp.), Brazil 
and Guiana. 
Family 61. — HAPLOCHITONIDiE. (2 Genera, 3 Species.) 
“ Fresh-water fishes, with naked or scaly bodies and without 
barbels/' 
Distribution. — Temperate South America and South Aus- 
tralia. 
The genera are, Haplochiton (2 sp.), Tierra del Fuego and the 
Falkland Islands ; Prototroctes (2 sp.), Southern Australia and 
New Zealand. 
Family 62.— STEBNOPTYCHID^E. (6 Genera, 12 Species.) 
“ Marine fishes, with very thin deciduous scales or none, and 
with a row of phosphorescent spots or organs on the under 
surface of the body/' 
Distribution. — Mediterranean and Atlantic. 
These are deep-sea fishes found in the Mediterranean sea, and 
in the deep Atlantic from the coasts of Norway to the Azores 
and the Tropics. 
Family 63. — SCOPELIDiE.J.' (11 Genera, 47 Species.) 
"Marine fishes, somewhat resembling the fresh-water Siluridse.” 
Distribution. — Almost universal, but most abundant in warm 
and tropical seas. 
These are deep-sea fishes, abounding in the Mediterranean 
and the great oceans, a few extending north to near Greenland 
and south to Tasmania. 
