VOL. XVIII, pp. 251-252 DECEMBER 9, 1905 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW AXARRHICHADOID FISH. 

 BY THEODORE GILL. 



In order to enable a fuller examination of the comparative 

 characters of the genera Anarrhichas and Lycichthys to he made, 

 a poorly preserved specimen of the latter, supposed to be the 

 L. latifrons, was sent to be skeletonized. A comparison of the 

 characters with those of L. latifrons and L. denticidatus, however, 

 indicate it to be an undescribed species which may be called 

 Lycichthys paucidens. The vomerine teeth are confined to the 

 front and there are only 5 teeth remaining, 3 forming a triangle 

 in front and 2 in a cross row behind. (There are sockets for 4 

 others.) The teeth of the dentaries are mostly uniserial (9 or 

 10 on each side) but in an outer row are 2 or 3 more on each 

 side. All the teeth are subacute and well separated as in the 

 other species of Lycichthys. 



D. 77. A. 46. P. 22. C. 19. 



The specimen was obtained from Banqureau near Nova Scotia 

 and will be deposited in the United States National Museum. 



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