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29°53.5'N, 80°24.5'W; 46 m; 8 Jul 1961. UF 33928; (42.2); 
28°40’N, 80°16'W; 35 m; 5 Apr 1977. Gulf of Mexico. 
Florida: USA 2989; 3(47.4-55.7); 30°10'N, 87°05'W; 28 m; 
14 Sep 1975. UF 71511; 3(53.7-61.5); 30°10'N, 86°41.5'W; 
36 m; 21 Jul 1973. USA 3727; (37.5); 30°06'N, 86°44’30"W; 
62 m; 8 Mar 1977. UF 70904; 2(54.1-68.1); 30°06’N, 
86°25'W; 40 m; 25 Jan 1971. USA 2140; (35.3); 29°50'N, 
86°06.5'W; 42 m; 20 Jul 1975. UWF 1468; (38.1); 29°49.9'N, 
86°05.1'W; 37 m; 19 Oct 1975. UWF 3714; (34.1); 29°45’N, 
86°00W; 42 m; 4 Jun 1978. UF 70937; (48.2); 29°41.5'N, 
86°06’W; 49 m; 9 Jul 1971. UF 70442; 2(54.6-58.8); 
29°31'N, 85°55W; ca. 40 m; 27 Nov 1969. UF 70918; 4(46.1- 
64.2) ; 29°28'N, 85°09'W; 20 m; 6 Apr 1971. USNM 131590; 
paratype; (29.2); 29°11’30"N, 85°29W; 48 m; 7 Feb 1885. 
UF 71385; 2(47.2-47.8); 29°00’N,; 86°38'W; 34 m; 3 Oct 
1970. UF 71419; 2(50.5-64.4); 28°33'N, 84°40W; 61 m; 1 
Dec 1970. UF 70707 (two specimens cleared and stained); 
28°32.5'N, 84°37'W; 55 m; 2 Apr 1971. FDNR 6542; (40.1); 
27°37’N, 83°28'W; 37 m; 20 May 1967. FDNR 5144; 2(26.6- 
39.3) ; 27°37'N, 83°07'W; 18 m; 2 Nov 1967. UF 21066; 
(57.1); 26°58.5'N, 83°24.5'W; 49 m. UWF 1321; (26.8); 
26°25.5’N, 82°59.5’W; 37 m; 22 Oct 1975. FDNR 6536; 
(31.6); 26°24’N, 82°38'W; 48 m; 5 Mar 1981. FDNR 6540; 
(44.8); 26°24'N, 82°38W; 37 m; 7 Apr 1967. FDNR 18025; 
2(56.6-56.7); 25°45.7'N, 83°11.07W; 54 m; 2 Dec 1982. 
UMML 35257; 2(49.6-69.5); 24°24'N, 82°43'W; 51 m; 27 
Apr 1969. FDNR 2977; (44.7); West Egmont Key; 25 m; 17 
Dec 1964. 
Other material examined (4 specimens, 3 lots). Can- 
adian Atlantic: ARC H2774; (7.3 mm larva); Scotian shelf, 
42°21’N, 65°01'W; surface; 14 Aug 1977. Southeastern 
United States: Florida: UF 33928; (41.5); 28°40'N, 
80°16W; 35 m; 5 Apr 1977. Gulf of Mexico: Florida: MCZ 
49374; 2(23.2-25.8); 18 miles south by west, Destin, 
Okaloosa County; October 1941. 
Symphurus parvus 121 specimens (21.8-88.2 mm SL). 
Counted and measured (33 specimens, 33.8-88.2 
mm SL). Eastern United States: North Carolina: VIMS 
8832; (88.2); 34°23'N, 75°58’W; 80 m; 12 Mar 1982. Florida: 
USNM 153097; paratype; (42.2); off Palm Beach; 73 m. 
USNM 153088; paratype; (38.2); off Palm Beach; 46 m; 
April 1950. USNM 153087; (50.2); off Palm Beach; 1950. 
USNM 161351; (33.8); off Palm Beach; 64 m; January 1951. 
AMNH 18887; 2(45.4-47.1); southeast of Pompano Beach; 
101 m; 1 Aug 1949. UMML 15589; (43.6); 25°38-47’N, 
80°05’W; 79 m; 1 Apr 1964. UMML 20911; (62.0); 24°49'N, 
80°38W; 48 m; 15 Sep 1965. UMML 3680; (43.2); south- 
east Ship Channel out of Key West; 52 m; 30 Dec 1958. 
Gulf of Mexico: Florida: USNM 153090; paratype; (55.5); 
off Sombrero Light; 101 m; 6 Jun 1950. MCZ 50863; (55.3); 
7 mi east of Sombrero Light; 70 m. UMML 10737; (43.3); 
off Sombrero Key; 146 m; July 1949. UF 70586; 3(47.5- 
62.4) ; 28°44'N, 85°06W; 18 Apr 1970. UF 70769; 2(47.7- 
58.8); 28°33'N, 84°39'W; 55 m; 17 Jul 1971. USNM 84491; 
holotype; (64.0); off Boca Chica, 24°45’45"N, 81°46'W; 82 
m; 15 Jan 1885. USNM 74330; nontype (50.5); off Boca 
Chica, 24°25’45'N, 81°46’W; 82 m; 15 Jan 1885. USNM 
152733; paratype; (69.0); off Boca Chica, 24°25’45"N, 
81°46W; 82 m; 15 Jan 1885. USNM 74330; paratypes; 
3(45.9-55.1); off Boca Chica, 24°25’45'N, 81°46'W; 82 m; 
15 Jan 1885. UF 21834; (58.5); 24°25’35"N, 81°52’30"W; 
64 m; 29 Apr 1976. Alabama: USA 6361; (84.7); 29°23'N, 
87°48’30"W; 90 m; 15 Mar 1978. Mexico: FMNH 46371; 
(46.8); Bahia de Campeche, 21°38'N, 92°10.5'W; 54 m; 17 
Aug 1951. Caribbean Sea: Nicaragua: FMNH 88816; 
2(52.8-59.3); 12°16'N, 82°53W; 55 m; 2 Jun 1962. Colom- 
bia: UMML 30114; (56.9); 10°56-56.9'N, 75°26-26.9'W; 43 
m; 1 Aug 1968. UMML 30123; (46.5); 10°40'N, 75°31'W; 
27 m; 1 Aug 1968. UMML 29281; (63.1); 9°37.9’-37.6'N, 
75°50.4-51.5'W; 37 m; 13 Jul 1966. UMML 26769; (71.3); 
9°31.3-32.5'N, 76°15.4-17W; 57 m; 13 Jul 1966. 
Counted (49 specimens, 31 lots). Eastern United 
States: South Carolina: GMBL 78-159 (61.3); 33°06'N, 
77°47.3'W; 67 m; 29 Sep 1978. Florida: UMML 35263; 
(54.0); 29°17'N, 80°05'W; 383 m; 15 Nov 1964. USNM 
153098; (31.1); off Palm Beach; 74 m. West Indies (doubt- 
ful location): USNM 47657; (one specimen, ca. 56.8, bro- 
ken into two pieces); uncertain locality, listed as probably 
West Indies, collected by the Blake between 1877 and 1880; 
jar label reads Blake XXV (see Eschmeyer, 1965, regard- 
ing discrepancies in Blake station data reported in USNM 
ledgers). Gulf of Mexico: Florida: UF 71280; (41.5); 
28°56'N, 85°20W; 1 Nov 1970. UF 71301; (53.5); 28°32.5'N, 
84°39W; 55 m; 2 Apr 1971. USA 4906; 2(47.4-70.3); 
27°50'N, 84°31W; 102 m; 24 Aug 1977. USA 4915; (80.6); 
27°50'N, 84°31'W; 102 m; 24 Aug 1977. FDNR 6543; (30.8); 
27°37'N, 83°28'W; 36 m; 11 Aug 1967. FDNR 6615; (55.3); 
27°37’N, 83°58W; 55 m; 12 May 1967. FDNR 6537; (49.1); 
27°36'N, 84°13'W; 73 m; 3 Jul 1966. FDNR 18026; (42.4); 
26°45.86'N, 83°21.44'W; 50 m; 29 Oct 1980. FDNR 18028- 
29; 5(44.1-67.3); 26°45.70'N, 84°00.13W; 90 m; 31 Jan 
1982. UWF 2670; (48.2); 26°24'N, 83°49’W; 92 m; 15 Jul 
1976. FDNR 18027; 2(63.7-65.5); 26°16.72’N, 83°12.81'W; 
48 m; 5 Mar 1981. UMML 17406; (58.3); 24°21'N, 82°37- 
34W; 59 m; 13 Apr 1965. Alabama: UWF 1484; (26.6); 
29°45.4'N, 87°46.4W; 40 m; 18 Oct 1975. Texas: TCWC 
3406.2; 6(62.4-68.8); 28°18.2'N, 94°04'W; 55 m; 18 Jul 
1970. TCWC 3321.1; (78.0); 28°04'N, 95°19’30"W; 55 m; 3 
Dec 1980. Mexico: TCWC 6193.15; (57.7); 21°10.0-09.5'N, 
92°17.1-15.0'W; 64 m; 15 Apr 1976. TCWC 6191.7; 2(59.2- 
65.3); 21°09.3-09.0'N, 92°14.5-13.0'W; 15 Apr 1976. Car- 
ibbean Sea: Nicaragua: UMML 35260; (41.6); 12°42'N, 
82°47'W; 42 m; 29 Jan 1971. FMNH 88816; 3(39.8-46.8); 
12°16'N, 82°53W; 55 m; 2 Jun 1962. Panama: USNM 
323887; (45.5); 9°43'N, 79°20'W; 95 m; 19 Oct 1965. UMML 
26744; (40.1); 9°38.9-40.2'N, 79°15.3-17.4W; 67 m; 19 Jul 
1966. UMML 26658; (37.0); 9°14.6-13.5’N, 80°21.8-22.8'W; 
48 m; 20 Jul 1966. Colombia: UMML 35261; 5(45.7-58.2); 
9°40'N, 76°03W; 49 m; 13 Jul 1966. UMML 35288; 2(54.1- 
56.6); 8°57.5-9°00.3'N, 76°33.6-30.5W; 59 m; 12 Jul 1966. 
Venezuela: USNM 323888; (43.5); 12°16’N, 71°08W; 20 
m; 8 Oct 1965. UMML 35262; (59.8); 10°44’N, 64°16'W; 65 
m; 21 Jul 1968. 
Other material examined (39 specimens, 15 
lots). Gulf of Mexico: Florida: UF 36456; 3(21.8-50.4); 
24°24.34'N, 81°58.26'W; 64 m; 4 Jun 1980. Caribbean Sea: 
Honduras: UMML 26640; 2(48.8-58.8); 16°00'N, 86°08- 
07'W; 49 m; 21 Mar 1968. UMML 31661; (56.6); 15°59.5'N, 
86°05.5-04W; 42 m; 21 Mar 1968. Nicaragua: UMML 
