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28786, U. S. N. M., from station 937, in 39° 49' 25" N. lat., 69 19' W. Ion., at a depth of 616 

 fathoms; Cat. No. 31758, U. S. X. M., from station 1140, in :','.\ :;i N. Int., 71 56' W. [on., 



at a depth of 374 fatl is; Cat. No. 28900, I'. S. X. M.. from station 994, in 39° 40' X. lat., 



71°30' W'.lon., at a depth of 368 fathoms; and Cat. No. 31594 | .'), I'.S.N. M., from station 

 1093, in 39° 56' X. lat.. tin l.v \v. ion., at a depth of 349 fathoms. Two other specimens of 

 this or a related species (Cat. No. 26179, I'. S. X. M.i were obtained by the Fish Hawlc from 

 station 894, in 3Qo 53' N. lat.. To :,> 30 W. Ion., at a depth of 365 fathoms, bat they are 

 in poor condition, and cannot at present lie identified. A single individual was taken by 

 the Albatross from station 2561, in 3!) 38' X. lat., 71 12' W'.lon., at a depth of 500 fathoms; 

 and four examples (Cat. No. 35562, U.S. X. M.) from station 2212, in 39° 59' 30 X. lat., 70 

 30' 45" \Y. Ion., at a depth of 428 fathoms. 



PARALIPARIS, Collett. 



Paraliparis, Collett, Vid. Selsfc. Forh. Christiania, ts7s. No. 11, 32 (as subgenus). — Gcntuei:, Challenger 

 Report, xxn, 1887, 68. -Gasman (part) Discoboli, 1892, 80. 



Liparids with long, slender, compressed body, attenuate posteriorly, covered with loose 

 thin skin. Ventral disk absent. Pseudobranchia- absent. Pectoral fin in two portions. 

 Dorsal and anal confluent with caudal. Teeth minute, simple. 



PARALIPARIS BATHYBII, Collett. 



Liparis (Paraliparis) bathybii, Collett, Vid. Si'lsk. Fork. Christiania, 1878, No. 11,32. 

 Liparia bathybii, Collett, Norske Nordbavs Expeditiohen, Fisk., p. 52, pi. II, fig. 15. 



Parliparis bathybius, GOnther, Challenger, Report, xxn, 1887, 68, pi. xn, fig. C. — Gin, Proc. U. S. Nat. Has., 

 xin, 1891, 373.— Carman, Discoboli, 1892, 81. 



Head short and globular; equal in length to the depth of the body, ami is to total 

 length as 1 to ~>.\ : eyes (orbitae) large, their longitudinal diameter being to the length of the. 

 head as 1 to 3A, and to width of interorbital space about as 1 to 1§; the dorsal and anal 

 tins covering two-thirds of the caudal; snout short, but slightly exceeding the diameter of 

 the orbit; the upper and lower divisions of the pectorals arc separated by a space furnished 

 with 3 to 4 rudimentary rays. (Coucerniug the eyes, the ventral disk, and the position of 

 the vent nothing is known. — Collett.) 



Radial formula: D. 59; A. 51; P. 13 | 3 (4) [ 3; C. 8. 



Color, brownish-black. 



Length of body in the specimen examined (female) 208 millimeters. {Collett.) 



Collett's type was obtained ins kilometers west of Bear Island, in 658 fathoms. The 

 Knight Errant collected it at station 8, 1882, iu 040 fathoms. 



PARALIPARIS COl'EI, GOOSE and Bean, n. s. (Figure 253.) 



This species has nearly the same number of rays in the dorsal and anal as are recorded 

 in P. bathybius, but the pectoral has 17 rays in the upper portion and 3 in the lower. The 

 jaws are shorter than in P. bathybius; the form is more elongate and the coloration is strik- 

 ingly different, our species having the anterior half of the body pale, almost whitish, while 

 the snout, chin, and anal origin are black. 



The standard length, which is the total without caudal, of the specimen examined is 

 107 millimeters. The greatest height of the body (25 millimeters) is slightly greater than 

 the length of the head, which is contained 0* times in the standard length. 



The snout is broad, obtuse, its length (7 millimeters) contained 3.i times in that of the 

 head. The length of the eye equals that of the snont. The interorbital width (11 milli- 

 meters) equals the length of the postorbital part of the head. The nostril is about midwaj 

 between the eye and the tip of the snout, in a very short tube. Five large mucous pores 

 on each side of the snout. 3 smaller ones on the cheek under the eye and on the man- 

 dible and edge of the opercular bones. The teeth are minute, villi form, and in two series. 

 The gill-opening is a very small slit, edged with black at the upper angle of the pectoral. 

 The origin of the dorsal is distant from the snout 30 millimeters, or l.J. times the length of 



