107. COTTID^ - LIOCOTTUS. 711 



abundant. Besembles Coitus bubalis, with which it has been improp- 

 erly confounded by Dr. Giinther. 



(Aspicottus bison Girard, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1854, 130: Clypcocottns robusius 

 Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1854, 12: Axpicottus bison Girard, U. S. Pac. E. E. 

 Surv. 66.) 



1092. JE. lncea*ai5BS (Pallas) J. & G. 



Greenish and reddish, marbled arid spotted. Form of E. bison, the 

 head large, wider than deep or long; top of head nearly as in E. bison, 

 the ridges higher and very rough; orbital ridges elevated, continued 

 backward toward the nape, the occipital ridges sharp behind; upper 

 preopercular spine very long, rough, nearly two-thirds as long as head, 

 with strong recurved hooks or serrations on' the upper edge; lower pre- 

 opercular spines strong; opercle with a longitudinal rib and no dis- 

 tinct spine; lateral line with a row of rough bony scutella, each with 

 a minute central spine; skin above more or less villous or prickly, else- 

 where smooth. Isthmus wide; a slit behind last gill; vomer with teeth. 

 D. Vll-14; A. 10; C. 12; P. 17; V. I, 3. L. 6 inches. Alaska and Kara- 

 tschatka. (Here described from a specimen in the British Museum.) 



(Coitus dicer aus Pallas, Nov. Act. Petrop. 1783, 354: Coitus diceraus Cuv. & Val. iv, 

 189: Synanceia cervus Tiles. Me"m. Ac. St. Petersb. iii, 278: Ceratocottus dieeram Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 165, and 1861, 167: Coitus diceraus Giiutlier, ii, 189.) 



1093. E. cJavigea- (Cuv. & VaL) Sw. 



Dark brown, with 3 or 4 vertical bauds; belly white. Top of head 

 everywhere rough; two strong nasal spines; superciliary margins much 

 elevated, with a deep groove between them; 4 preopercular spines, the 

 upper exceedingly long and strong, extending nearly to the vertical 

 from the end of the first dorsal, serrated and coarsely toothed on its 

 upper margin, but without antler-like processes; "occiput with a very 

 long cuneiform process on each side"; lateral line with bony plates, 

 rougher than in E. bison, each with a serrated keel and spine; skin sub- 

 villous above, with small rough warts; a series of small cutaneous ap- 

 pendages above the anal. Suborbital stay spinous; vomerine teeth 

 present; isthmus broad; slit behind last gill large. D. VI-13; A. 11; 

 V. I, 3. L. 2 inches. Bering's Sea. (Here described from the original 



type, in the British Museum.) 

 (Coitus daviger Cuv. & Val. iv, 195, 1829: Coitus daviger Giiutlier, ii, 167.) 



37 B. LIOCOTTUS Girard. 

 ( Lciocottus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1856, 133 : type Lciocottus Mruitdo Girard. ) 



Body elongate, covered with thick, smooth skin. Head compressed, 

 narrowed above, not externally bony. Mouth small, horizontal, low ; villi- 



