FISHES FROM BERING SEA AND KAMCHATKA. 89 



Body eel-shaped; head short, slender; mouth very oblique; maxillar)- extending to vertical from 

 pupil; teeth strong, conical, the outer series enlarged. Lateral lines as in Xiphisles iiIvce, the upper 

 branches of the upper lateral line extending upon the dorsal membrane, the lower line on sides not 

 connected with the abdominal line, 5 lines diverge downward and backward from lower border of orbit. 



Color in life extremely variable; one specimen dark brownish olive above, dull olive on under 

 parts, no mottlings; a series of light spots at base of dorsal posteriorly, and a series of 8 or 9 small white 

 spots along middle of sides posteriorly, each with a small dark spot before and one behind it; anal 

 marked posteriorly with reddish brown and yellowish bars; a narrow dark streak from tip of snout 

 through eye and a short distance beyond. A second specimen is uniform brownish orange above, 

 orange below, without darker mottlings or light areas at base of dorsal; the bars of light and of reddish 

 orange on posterior part of anal are conspicuous, as are the ocellated spots on lateral line. A small 

 specimen is finely mottled above and on sides with blackish and light yellowish, the lower part of 

 sides clear yellow; dorsal fin mottled like the back; anal anteriorly yellow like the belly, posteriorly 

 with faint reddish and yellowish bars; caudal with a narrow basal bar, distally more or less mottled; 

 pectoral yellow; cheeks yellow, with two or three small dark spots; a rather poorly defined dark 

 streak forward from eye to tip of snout, and one horizontally backward from eye. 



This species resembles Xiphistes ulvm but differs in having 2 anal spines and a shorter head; it 

 differs from Xiphisks chirus in the number of dorsal spines and the character of the lateral lines. 



Nine specimens from Agattu, 8 from Attu. 



Fig. 34. — Lycodes camchaticus, new species. Tj-pe- 



Opisthocentrus ocellatus (Tilesius). 



Very abundant at Petropalovsk. 



The spots on dorsal fin are never set off ver>' shaq)ly and conspicuously; at the upper edge of each 

 spot is a crescent-shaped light area which is bright orange in life. In adults the light areas on sides 

 are yellow or orange yellow in life, the pectorals and caudal yellow, the anal yellow or dusky yellow, 

 with a white margin and an orange intramarginal line. 



SCYTALINID.4-. 



Scytalina cerdale Jordan & Gilbert. 



One specimen from Agattu Island. Length 53 mm. 



The only other locality from which this species is recorded is Neah Bay, Wash., where it was 

 found to be common. 



ZOARCID/E. 



Lycodes camchaticus, new species. (Fig. 34.) 



Type 246 mm. long, from station 4797, off Avatcha Bay, east coast of Kamchatka; depth 682 

 fathoms. 



Measurements in himdredths of total length: Length of he-id 16.5; depth of body 7; width of head 

 at cheeks 9.5; width at opercles 6; interocular width 1.5; longitudinal diameter of eye 3.2; length of 

 snout 4.8; length of maxillary (measured from tip of snout) 7; distance from tip of snout to nape 11. 3; 

 from nape to front of dorsal 7.2; from tip of snout to ventrals 13; to front of anal 32.5; length of ventrals 

 2 ; length of pectorals 7 ; height of gill slit 6. 



