Bathygadus me1anojpranchus Vaillant 
Bathygadus melanobranchus VAILLANT, Exped. Sci. Travailleur et 
Talisman, roiss., p. 206, pi. 18, fig. 1, 1888 (type locality: 
off Morocco; Canaries; Soudan; 834 to 1590 meters). —GOODE 
ana BEAd, Oceanic Ichth., p. 424, 1895 (copied), —COLLETT, R*s. 
Camp. Sci. Monaco, vol. 10, p. 88, 1896 (lat. 39° 26’ 30" N., 
long. 33° 23' E., 1557 meters). —GAMAN, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 
vol. 24, p. 395, 1899 (reference). —BRAUER, Deutsch. Tiefsee 
Exped. Valdivia , vol. 15, p. 392, 1906 (reference). —MURRAY 
and HJOEI, Depths of the Ocean, p. 399, 1912 (off Morocco, 1215 
meters; off Canaries, 1365 Meters). —GILBERT and HUBBS, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, p. 142, 1916 (reference). —ROULE, R«s. 
Camp. Sci. Monaco, vol. 52, p. 89, 1919 (3 mi^es east of 
Lanzarote, Madeira; near Maio, Cape Verde Islands; 6 miles south 
of Safi? Miguel; north of SaO Jorge 3 \/2 miles; between Pico and 
and Sa~- Jorge ; 1095 to 1300 meters). —GILBERT and HUBBS, Bull. 
U. *S. Nat. Mus 
no. 100, vol. 1, p. 380, 1920 (diagnosis in key). 
