100 
3355 U.S.N.M. N. 37 ° 12 » 20 ” W. 69 ° 39 * Albatross Station 
2099. October 2, 1883. Length 81 mm. In 2949 fathoms. %pe. 
Xenodermichthy s socialis Vaillant 
Xenodermichthys socialis VAILLANT, Exped. Travailleur et Talisman, Poiss., 1888, 
p. 162, pi.13, figs.l a - b. Coasts of Morocco, Soudan, Banc d’ Arguin, 717 
to 1350 meters. - COLLET, R6s, Camp. Sci. Monaco, vol.10, 1896, p.138 (N. 
38 ° 46 ’ 30 " W. 30 40 ' 50 ", 696 meters). - KOEHLER, Ann. Univ^ lyon, 
vol.3, 1896, p.520, pi.27, fig.11. - Monaco, Bull. Inst. OcSanogr. Monaco, 
No.45, ^une 1905, p.105, fig.93 (off Azores, in 700 mm.). - HOLT and BYRNE, 
Depart. Agric. Ireland Fisher. Sci. Investigation, No.5, 1906, p. 48, pi.5, 
fig.2. - RICHARD, Bull. In,st. Oclanogr. M onaco> No. 162, Feb. 1910, p.151, 
fig. 108 (upper) (Azores, 696 meters). - ROULE, Bull. Mus. Hist. Paris, No. 
2, 1915, p.42 ( 0 . R6s. Camp. Sci. Monaco, vol.52, 1919, 
} p.10, pl.l, fig.5 ( ') - BARNARD, Ann. South » 
African Mus., vol.21, 1925. P.123 (off East London, 300 to 400 fathoms). 
- NORMAN, Discovery Rep., vol.2, 1930, p.270 (S. 5 0 54 * E. 11 ° 19 *, 
150 meters). 
Aleposomus socialis GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p.48, pi.16, fig.58 
(compiled). 
# 
Aleposomus cyaneus ZUGMAYER, Bull. Inst. Oeeanogr. Monaco, No.288, 1914. pl.l. 
Depth 5 2/3 to 5 4/5; head 4 to 4 l/3, width 2 l/2 to 3. Snout 4 in head 
measured from snout tip to eye; orbit 2 3/5 to 3; eye 3 3/4 to 4, equals or 
a little greater than snout, nearly twice interorbital; maxillary reaches 2/5 
in eye, expansion 2 in eye, length 2 l/4 to 2 2/5 in head from snout tip; 
