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217. Pholis dolichogaster (Pallas). 



Recorded from Kigiktowik and Unalakleet, Norton Sound (Nelson 1887) as Muraenoidesruben 

 and from Aleutian Islands (Bean 1882) as Murai noides dolichogaster. 



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Fig. 109.— Pholis dolichogastir (Pall 

 218. Pholis fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider). 



. Wehave 14 specimens 2.25 to3 inches long, collected by Rutterat Karluk .Time 8 L0, L903, and one 

 specimen 7 inches long collected by Mr. M. C. Marsh a1 St. Paul island, Pribilof Group, 1906. The 



species has been recorded Erom St. Paul Island (Bean 1882) as Wursei les maxillai is and from Bristol Hay 



at stations 3230, 3232 to 3234 (Gilbert L895) 



219. Pholis gilli Evermann & Goldsborough, new species. 



Head 8.66 in length; depth at origin of dorsal 10.5; eye 5 in head; Bnout 5; maxillary 3.25; man- 

 dible 2.5; interorbital L.5 in eye; dorsal ucxxrv; anal n. 14; pectorals L5; branchiostegals !. 



Body elongate^ greatly compressed, almost ribbon-shaped; head small, upper profile arched, 

 anterior profile roomed; a high sharp ridge Erom nape to snout; snout blunt, short; mouth small 

 very oblique; jaws nearly equal; maxillary reaching anterior edge of orbit; teeth conical, stout, in 

 a single row in the jaws, except for a patch on anterior edge of lower jaw, none on vomer and palatines- 

 upper lip a high, ili i ii fold continuous posteriorly with the fold on lower lip, latter interrupted by a 



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Flo. 110. Pholia gilli Evermann & Goldsborough, new species. Type. 



broad frenum; nostrils close behind upper lip, posterior in a small tube; a row of conspicuous tubes 

 below eye running backward and upward posteriorly; gill-opening free from isthmus, forming a broad 

 fold, not continued forward; eve small, anterior, high. 



Origin of dorsal above base of pectoral, its anterior spines concealed in membrane, short, gradually 

 lengthening posteriorly, the spines not concealed, the longest spine slightly longer than eve: dorsal 

 and anal connected for their entire height, forming a slight notch with the broad rounded caudal, the 

 length of caudal about half head: anal low, with 2 short stout spines, membranes thick, nearly con- 

 cealing the rays; vent midway between root of pectoral and base of caudal; pectoral short and broadly 

 rounded, 2.5 in head; ventral very minute, its rays about equal to spine, which equals pupil. Scales 

 minute, covering body, head naked. ' 



B. B. F. 1906—22 



