115. LYCODID^ - LYCODES. 785 



. L.. pacifictis Collett. 







Light-reddish olive, becoming lighter below; vertical fins margined 

 with black; the scales paler than skin, forming light spots; pectorals 

 dusky. Head comparatively short ; orbital region not constricted, nor 

 cheeks tumid; month comparatively small, the maxillary reaching cen- 

 ter of pupil; head, nape, and axil of pectoral naked. Dorsal and anal 

 fius enveloped in thick skin, which is covered with imbedded scales like 

 those on the body; pectoral half the length of head; veutrals half 

 length of orbit; mandible half length of head; distance from snout to 

 base of dorsal, 4J in length. Head 5t; depth 8J. D. 100; A. 83. L. 

 12 inches. San Francisco to Puget Sound ; rather common in deep 

 water; the original type said to be from Japan. 



(Lycodes pacificus Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, 381.) 



2. L,. paucidenfis (Lockington) Gill. 



Very similar to L. pacificus, but larger, with larger head and mouth; 

 snout very broad; orbital region constricted ; cheeks tumid; maxillary 

 extending about to posterior edge of orbit. Pectoral two-fifths length 

 of head; veutrals half orbit; mandible three-fifths length of head; dis- 

 tance from snout to base of dorsal, 3| in length. Head 44 ; depth 10. 

 Off San Francisco in deep water; possibly a variety or state of the pre- 

 ceding, corresponding to the ''variety" ciliatus of Zoarces ancjuillarls. 



(Leurynnis pautidens Lockingtou, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 326; Gill, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1880, 248.) 



427. LYCODES Kemhardt. 



(Reinhardt, Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. vii, 153, 1838: type Lycodes vahll 

 Reiiih.) 



Body elongate, more or less eel-shaped, tapering behind. Head ob- 

 long ; mouth nearly horizontal ; lower jaw included ; conical teeth on 

 jaws, vomer, and palatines, those on jaws and palatines mostly in a sin- 

 gle series. Dorsal fin beginning behind bases of pectorals, without 

 spines; pectorals moderate, inserted rather high; ventral fins small, 

 of 3 or 4 rays. Scales small and imbedded, present on part or all of 

 the body, the scaly area more extensive in the adult than in the young. 

 No air-bladder nor pyloric cosca. Species numerous, chiefly of the 

 Northern seas. (J.uxcudr^, wolfish.) 



a. Body elongate, its depth 12-24 times in length. 



. L,, paxillMS Goode q,ntl Bean. 

 Color probably light brown. Body very elongate; head broad, flat 

 Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 16 - 50 



