221 
aculeatus » 
2 - 
a * .abdominal soines si 1)eqv ul or anterior longer; dorsal and abdominal 
ridges not, serrated; no seines on caudal peduncle. 
1 
£. Lower preopercle spine curved, upper very small or absent; depth 
1 l/2 
offers!. 
e_. Lower preopercle spine straight, upper moderate or small, directed 
backwards; depth 1 3/5 
sladeni. 
Argyropclecus affinis Gaman 
Argyropeleceus affinis GARliAH, * u em. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol.24, 1889, p.237. 
o 
• ? ,a ' 1 ' 4-0 ’’ -'ong. 63 31 ’ 30 ', in 683 meters. - BRAUER, 
neutsch, -iefsee Exped. Valdivia, vol.15, Tiefsee- fische, 1906, p.105, 
text xj.gs. 4-3 - 44, pi.7, xig.l (Bay of Bengal; Chagos Islands; west of 
Seychelles; north east coast of Africa and Gulf of Aden; in 1000 to 
2500 meters). - REGAN, Trans. L i:nn. Soc. London, ser.2, vol.12, Zool., 
1908, p.218 (in 750 to 1000 fathoms near Farquhar Atoll). - JESPERSEH and 
TAAKIITG, hep. Danish Oceanogr. Exped. ■‘-edit.. No. ; vol.2, A. 2, 1915, 
p.6.— ,.0 T .JibriaD and 1-iiCIiOLS, Bull. Aiaer. Mus. ii at. Hist., vol.52, art.l, 
, ,0 
rny 16, 1925, p.ll (31 off Todos Santos Bay, D ower California, 868 
fathoms). - BARNARD, Ann. South African Aus.,vol.2, 1 30, p. 301, fig.9 
. 0 ... 0 • 
U<» 8 12 1 vs. 18 49 ', 450 to 500 meters). 
(?) Argyropelecus Aongatu s ESHAEK, Forh. Fid. Selsk. Christiania, vol.l, 1870 
(l-Fl/j p.489. SkibsfBrer Thoresen i TBnsberg i det chinesiske Kau. 
Argyropelecus hemigymnus (not COCCO) Goode and Bean, D cea nic Ichth., 1895, pi. 
39, fig.147. 
Depth 2 to 2 1/4; head 3 to 3 l/8, width 2 l/5. °nout 3 3/4 to 3 7/8 in 
