985 . 
cephelus laevis (Lowe) 
Macrourus laevis Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 92, 1843 (type 
locality * Madeira). —-Johnson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 
vol. 10, p. 171, 1862 (Madeira) 
Macrurus laevis Gflnther, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 22, p. 148, pi. 
39, fig. b, 1887 (off Pernambuco, 350 fathoms). —Alcock, Ann. 
Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol, 8, p. 123, 1891 (Laccadive Sea, 188 
to 220 fathoms). —Smitt, Soandinav. Pishes, vol. 2, p. 593, fig. 
141, 1895 (Skaw-Lysekil (dropped by seagull on shore]). 
Macrurus loevis Kohler, Ann. Univ. Lyon, vol. 26, p. 492, 1896 (Gulf 
of Gascony, 400 to 700 meters). 
Macrurus (Malacocephalus) laevis Alcock, Cat. Deep Sea Fishes Ind. 
Mus., p. 119, 1899 (Andaman Sea; Arabian Soa; 188 to 719 fathoms) 
•Brauer, Deutsch. Tiefsee Exped. Valdivia, vol. 15, p. 270 (391), 
1906 (Bengal Bay; east coast Africa; 362 to 977 meters). —Murra; 
and Hjort, Depths of the Ocean, p. 398, 1912 (off Morocco, 535 
meters)» 
