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1134. L. arotit-a 



Uniform (lark rusty -brown or chestnut. Snout rather high and 

 deciirved; inter* trbital space 3 in head; Ibreliead depressed; anterior 

 nostrils simple, posterior tubular. Vertical tins continent; caudal con- 

 vex, 7 in total length; pectoral 5J; ventral disk 10. Head 4 in total. 

 its width (U; depth 2$. D. 42; A. 34; C. 11; P. 35. Port Foulke, 

 (ireenland. (Gill.) 



(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 191.) 



1135. L.. tuiiicata Ri-iuh. 



Yellowish, mottled with brownish. Eye nearly 3 in snout or inter- 

 orbital space; posterior nostril not tubular: pseudobrauchia? reduced 

 to two lamelhe; vertical tins continuous; anal beginning below tenth 

 dorsal ray; ventral disk longer than broad, half length of head; skin 

 thin, loose. D. 42: A. 34; C. 12; P. 3-4. Coasts of Greenland. (Gun- 

 ther.) 



(Liparis tunicata Reinhardt, Overs. Kong. Danske Vidensk. S:-Isk. vi, cxi, 183(i, "D. 

 39; A. 33; P. 30; C. 14": Llpari* fabrici'i Krii.ver, Natiirli. Tidsskr. ii, 274, l^J? : I,i]>ari* 

 fabricii (iiinther, iii, 161: L'qmrtH j'abncll Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1^04, 19iJ.) 



1136. L,. lilieata (Lepecbih) KriJyer. 



Yellowish, striped with dark brown or purplish; the color very vari- 

 able. Body thick, covered with thin, loose, slippery skin; head obtuse, 

 the nape swollen; snout broad, not depressed; lips thickish; posterior 

 nostril tubular; eye 7 in head; gill-openings reduced to a vertical slit. 

 extending to upper part of root of pectoral; pseudobranchia- obsolete; 

 tail truncate at base of caudal. Dorsal and anal lins united with the 

 raudal; ventral disk rather longer than broad, half length of head, its 

 margin with about 13 papilhe. Head 4; depth 3A. D. 33; A. L'S; P. 

 34; C. 13. L. 5 inches. Northern Europe and America, south to Cape 

 Cod. 



< i/< -lii/^i-nis li/,nri!< I,. Sysl. Nat. i. II I : Ciii-lujih'riiK Hitratim LCJH-C liin, Nov. ('oiiiin. 

 1 Viio|ml. xviii, .V.'-J: l.i/nn-ix rnlt/arix Giintlicr, ii, I.V.I; LiitUcn. Xalinli. Form. \'idcn>k. 

 M.-d.l.-U. l-i;n anil l>:il. -.M:!; Cdlcli. Norges Fisk.-, H7r. ; (:..) 



1137. I.. D :i9iul:i . ,!. A I'.can. 



Color uniform wliitish. translucent in life. Body thick, subcylin- 

 drical anlei -iorlx . rapidlx tapering to the tail; skin thick, lax: snout 

 broad, with prominent vertical profile, its length 1 in head; maxillary 

 :; in head, not reaching front of orbit : ventral disk nearly round, its 

 length half its distance from snout. Head I; depth 4. Pectoral 5. 



