Vol. XVIII, pp. 251-252 December 9, 1905 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



r 



A NEW ANAKinilCHADOlD FISH. 

 BY THEODORE GILL. 



Ill order to enable a fuller examination of the eoniparative 

 characters of the genera Anarrhiclias and L3'(ichthys to be made, 

 a poorly preserved specimen of the- latter, supposed to l)e the 

 L. latifroii-'<, was sent to be skeletonized. A comparison of the 

 eliaracters with those of L. latifroas and L. (Jrnticulatus, howexor, 

 indicate it to lu' 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 behiiid. (There are sockets for 4 

 others.) The teeth of the dentaries are mostly uniserial (0 or 

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

 side. All the teeth are sul)acute and well separated as in the 

 other species of Lycichthys. 



I). 77. A. 46. P. 22. C. 19. 



The specimen was obtained fi-om Banciureau near Nova Scotia 

 and will be deposited in the United States National Museum. 



55— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol.. XVHI, 1905. (251) 



