Scopelus Muelleri

Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “ Blake, ” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5), pp. 183-226 : 222

42. Scopelus Muelleri (Gmel.), Collett.

Salmo Muelleri , Gmelin’s Linnæus, Systema Naturæ, I., 1788, p. 1378.

Scopelus glacial is, Reinhardt, Oversigt Kgl. I). Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Aph. VI. p. ex., Copenhagen, 1837.

Scopelus Muelleri , Collett, Norges Fiske Tillaegsh. til. Forli. Vid. Selsk., Christiania, 1874, p. 152. Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, 1876-1878, Fiske, 1880, p. 158.

This species, known hitherto only from the coast of Greenland and the northern shores of Norway, has been frequently taken during the past two years, by the V. S. Fish Commission, off the southern shores of New England, and was also obtained by the " Blake" at the stations mentioned below.

The following specimens, all in bad condition, were obtained.