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446 GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. [part iv.
Tropical South America east of Andes ; Gatoprion (1 sp.), Brazil
and Guiana.
Family 61.—HAPLOCHITONID^. (2 Genera, 3 Species.)
" Fresh-water fishes, with naked or scaly bodies and without
barbels."
DiSTKiBUTiON.—Temperate South America and South Aus-
tralia.
The genera are, Haplochiton (2 sp.), Tierra del Fuego and the
Falkland Islands ; Frototrodes (2 sp.), Southern Australia and
New Zealand.
Family 62.—STERNOPTYCHID^. (6 Genera, 12 Species.)
" Marine fishes, with very thin deciduous scales or none, and
with a row of phosphorescent spots or organs on the under
surface of the body."
DiSTEiBUTiON.—Mediterranean and Atlantic.
These are deep-sea fishes found in the Mediterranean sea, and
in the deep Atlantic from the coasts of Norway to the Azores
and the Tropics.
Family 63.—SCOPELID^E. (11 Genera, 47 Species.)
"Marine fishes, somewhat resembling the fresh-water Siluridse."
Distribution.—Almost universal, but most abundant in warm
and tropical seas.
These are deep-sea fishes, abounding in the Mediterranean
and the great oceans, a few extending north to near Greenland
and south to Tasmania.