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which become nearer anteriority and extend in advance of the dorsal fin 

 as well as on the vertical fins. No specialized area of smaller scales be 

 hind base of pectorals. Pectorals scaleless. Head moderate, i in length, 

 entirely naked. 



Color (in alcohol) brownish yellow suffused with reddish in front, varie 

 gated, darker anteriority, with four dark longitudinal bands most distinct 

 about middle of body, fading out backwards. Fins light and without 

 dark margins. Head dark above and laterally, light below. Dorsal, 

 101 ; ventral, 81 ; pectoral, 18. 



Bering Sea, Lat. N. 56 14', Long. W. 164 8' (station 3541 ; 49 fathoms). 



Lycodes concolor. 



Body rather elongated, its greatest height being less than \ total length ; 

 covered with very small, entirely separated embedded scales which be 

 come more distant anteriorly and extend in advance of the dorsal fin and 

 scapular region, as well as on the vertical fins ; pectorals with scattered 

 scales on external and internal surfaces near base. A specialized area of 

 smaller scales behind base of pectoral and a naked area around upper 

 axilla of pectorals. Head moderate, a fifth of total length, entirely 

 naked. Color nearly uniform, only relieved by the apparently lighter 

 hue of the scales and the somewhat darker margins of the fins. Dorsal, 

 118; ventral, 98; pectoral, 21. 



Bering Sea, Lat. N. 55 19', Long. W. 168 IV (station 3608, Aug. 12, 

 1895; 276 fathoms). 



MACRURID.E. 

 Macrurus lepturus. 



Type 22 inches long. D., 14-122. A., 116. P., 20. V., 8. 



Scales deciduous and moderate, oblong or oval with reduced exposed 

 surfaces; those on the back or above the lateral line have a few (3-5) 

 ridges beset with spines, but those below are mostly unarmed. Head 

 one-sixth of entire length, regularly conical. Snout moderately ex 

 tended. Median tubercle very projecting; lateral well developed, con 

 nected by well defined ridge; infraorbital vertical, with the ridge linear 

 and near the orbit. Teeth cardiform in both jaws ; the lower teeth beset 

 the outer slope of the jaw. 



Bering Sea, S. W. of Pribilof Islands (station 3604; 1401 fathoms). 



Macrurus dorsalis. 



Type length, 26 inches. D., 15-120. A., 122. P., 21. V., 9. 



Scales deciduous and rather small, diversiform, with small exposed sur 

 faces; near the dorsal they have about five radiating spinigerous ridges, 

 but below the lateral line these ridges are fewer and unarmed. Head a 

 little more than one-sixth of the length. Snout short, projecting a con 

 siderable length beyond the eye and a little beyond the supramaxillary. 

 Median tubercle very prominent ; connecting ridge is well defined ; infra- 

 orbital nearly vertical, with the ridge linear and near the orbit. Teeth 

 cardiform. 



Bering Sea, S. W. of Pribilof Islands (station 3604; 1401 fathoms). 



