Abstract
In the recent time, some rare bathypelagic and bathybenthic fishes which have never been recorded previously from the waters of Hokkaido were captured one after another from off the Pacific coast of Hokkaido. We would like to report, therefore, those interested species as new record for occurrence as unusual fishes from Japan in this series.
Before going further we wish to express here our gratitude to Mr. Motohiro SAKURAI, Chief of Kushiro Fisheries Experimental Station, for allowing him to ex amine those remarkable specimens for study. Acknowledgement is made of the partial financial support of this study through a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science as part of the Japan-U. S. Cooperative Science Program.
