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DEEP-SEA FISHES OP THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



AMITEA LIPARINA, Goode. (Figure 252.) 



Amitra liparina, Goode, Proc. U. S. N. M., in, 478, Feb. 16, 1881. — Jordan and Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. 



N. M., 7-39. 

 Monomitra liparina, Goode, Proc. U. S. N. M., vi, 1889. 109.— Bean, Rep. U. S. F. C, 1882 (1884) 341.— 



Jordan, Rep. U. S. F. C, 1885 (1887), 903. 

 Paraliparis liparinus, GKnther, Challenger Report, xxil, 1887, 62. — Garman, Discoboli, 82. 



Body elongate, compressed posteriorly, very thin at the tail, covered with a gelatinous, 

 las, transparent skin, which is separated from the body and the tins by a filmy, mucous 

 intertissue. Greatest height of body (.18) contained 5i times in its length, without caudal. 



Head thick, convex between eyes, its greatest width (.11) nearly three-fourths its length 

 (.15), which is contained 6| times in the length of the body. Snout convex, protruding. 

 Mouth under the snout aud far back from its tip. Eyes lateral, in diameter (.03) about half, 

 the width of the interorbital area (.05). Nostril in front of eye. Pores along the upper lip 

 When the head is viewed from directly in front the opening of the mouth seems to be convex 

 upward. 



The dorsal fin begins over the end of the pectoral, and the rays and outline of this, as 

 well as of the anal, are hardly visible through the thick, lax skin. The rays are thick, but 

 very flexible. The anal begins under the eighth to tenth dorsal ray. The dorsal and anal 

 rays lie closely connected with those of the caudal, "which are somewhat longer, and extend 

 in a pencil-like point. 



The pectoral is broad, its lower base almost under the posterior margin of the orbit. 

 It is composed of twenty-three rays, the six lowest of which are prolonged beyond the lower 

 rays, contiguous. 



Radial formula: D. G7; A. 51 ; C. 6; P. 23. 



Color, yellowish white, dusky toward the tail and blackish upon the anterior part of 

 the head; abdominal cavity showing black through the skin. 



MEASUKEjrENTS. 



Current number of specimen . 

 Locality 



26184. 

 Station 891. 



Milli- 

 meters. 



Extreme length 



I.i iiL'th to base of middle caudal ravs. 

 Body : 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Greatest width 



\V idt b of interorbital area 



Li ngth of snout 



Diameter ot orbit 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Greatest height 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Height at longest ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout (below) 



164 

 150 



Length. 



Dorsal . 



Anal 



Caudal. . . 

 Pectoral . 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



100 

 18 



IS 

 11 

 5 



4 

 3 



30 







37 

 5 



8 

 10 

 67 

 54 



6 

 23 



The type specimen (Cat. No. 2G1S4, U. S. X. M.) was taken by the Fish Hawk from sta- 

 tion 891, in 39° 46' N. lat., 71° 10' W. Ion., at a depth of 480 (?) fathoms. Additional ex- 

 amples were secured by the same vessel as follows : Cat No. 28S99, IT. S. N. M., from station 

 997, in 39° 42' N. lat., 71° 32' W. Ion., at a depth of 335 fathoms; Cat. No. 28855, U. S. N. M., 

 from station 952, in 39° 55' N. lat, 70° 28' W. lou., at a depth of 396 fathoms; Cat. No. 



