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AGONID^. 

 27. Peristedium miniatum, Goode. 

 Peristedium miniatum, Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., III. pp. 349, 350, Nov. 23, 1880. 

 Young individuals were trawled at the following stations. 



COTTID^. 



28. Icelus uncinatus (Reinhardt), Kroyer. 



Cottus uncinatus, Reinhardt, " Overs. Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afh. 6 

 Del., p. xliv., Copenhagen, 1837 (1833-34)." 



Icelus uncinatus, Kruyer, Naturh. Tidssk., 2^"., B. I., p. 2G3, 1844. 



Centridermichthys uncinatus, Glnther, Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Mu- 

 seum, II., 18G0, p. 172. Collett, Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, 1876-78, 

 Fiske, p. 29, pi. 1, fig. 7. 



A single specimen, much mutilated, was taken at Station 303. 



29. Cottunculus microps, Collett. 



Cottunculus microps, Collett, Norgcs Fiske, Appendix to Forh. Vidensk. Selskab., 

 Christiania, 1874, p. 20, pi. 1, figs. 1-3. Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, Fiske, 

 1880, p. 18, pi. 1, figs. 5, 6. 



Taken at only one station. Two small examples secured. 



30. Cottunculus torvus, Goode, new species. 



Cottuncidus torvus, Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., III. p. 479 (name only). 



Diagnosis. — Head and body smooth, scaleless, covered with a tough lax 

 skin. The length of the head is nearly one third of the extreme length of the 

 body including the caudal ; its greatest height, one fourth of the body without 

 the caudal. The greatest width of the head is twice the length of the maxilla. 

 The distance of the vent from the insertion of the anal equals the length of the 

 maxilla. The eye is close to the dorsal profile. The length of the orbit is about 



