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Fred C. Rohde et al. 
et al. 1981). These additions to the ichthyofauna of the Carolinas 
are a product of increased scientific collecting efforts in a faunistically- 
rich region that contains diverse habitats and favorable ocean currents. 
During development of the fifth edition of the American Fisheries 
Society list of common and scientific names of North American fishes 
(Robins et al. 1991), we supplied records of several species new to 
North American waters <200 m deep. These data were cited in Robins 
et al. (1991) as “Rohde (pers. comm.)” or “Rohde et al. (in press).” 
Since that manuscript was never published, we herein provide validation 
for the records cited in the American Fisheries Society list, in addition 
to documentation of several other noteworthy records. 
Seven species new to the continental shelf of the United States 
and four species rare on the Atlantic seaboard are reported. Specimens 
were collected, often over reef areas, during research cruises using 
trawls and hook and line, and by intense sampling of the offshore 
commercial reef fishery where hook and line, and in one instance, 
a dip net were employed. Museum abbreviations follow Leviton et 
al. (1985). 
Squalidae 
Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett 1973) 
The roughskin dogfish is a widespread continental slope species 
known from the western North Atlantic, southwest Indian, and central 
Pacific oceans (Compagno 1984). In the Atlantic it has been recorded 
from the northern Gulf of Mexico (Compagno 1984) and South Carolina 
(Castro 1983). We note eight additional western North Atlantic records, 
including one from North Carolina (the northernmost record): UF 37937 
(1, 970 mm TL), Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina (32°38'N, 78°14AV) 
in 201 m, 8 July 1982; UF 44303 (1, 1000 mm TL), Atlantic Ocean 
off Georgia (30°52'46"N, 79 0 46'11"W) in 374 m, 6 November 1985; 
UF 47509 (1, 920 mm TL), Straits of Florida south of Big Pine Key 
in 259 m, 3 June 1987; UF 99624 (1, 968 mm TL), Straits of Florida 
off Big Pine Key, June 1994; UF 38546 (1, 980 mm TL), Gulf of 
Mexico off Louisiana (27°42'36"N, 93°14'18"W) in 258 m, 10 August 
1983; USNM 217364 (1, 1170 mm TL), Gulf of Mexico off Texas 
(27°42'N, 94°16'W) in 324 m, 12 May 1973; UF 28535 (1, 1144 
mm TL), Campeche Bank, Mexico (21°19'30"N, 92°29'W), in 198- 
225 m, 25 August 1980; and UF 47482 (1, 1000 mm TL), Long Bank 
off Virgin Islands in 183 m, 4 October 1983. 
The advent of deepwater longline and trap fishing has demonstrated 
that this fish is widely distributed in waters of 183-457 m in the 
tropical and subtropical western Atlantic. Generic placement of this 
