CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION 5 



DiSTUIBUTION 7 



History in General 9 



History of Liparis 9 



" LlPARIDID^ 11 



" CtCLOPTERUS AND LUMPUS 12 



" Cyclopterid.e .... 13 



" LiPAROPSIDiE 14 



" Discoboli 14 



Relations 15 



Literature 85 



DISCOBOLI Gthr 17 



Families and Genera 19 



CYCLOPrERIDiE Bon 19 



Genera and Species 20 



Ctclopterus Linn 20 



C. lumptis Linn 21 



" Early Stages .... 31 



Eumicrotremus spinosus Milll. ... 34 



K orbis Gthr 36 



Cyclopteroiues gen. n 37 



C. gyrinops sp. n 37 



LIPAROPSID^ fam. n 40 



CYCLOPTERicnTiiYS Steiiul 40 



C. ventricostis Pall 41 



C. amissiis Vaill 42 



LiPAEOPS gen. n 42 



L. Stelleri Pall 42 



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LIPARIDIDtE Gill 43 



Genera and Species 45 



LiPARix^ Gthr 45 



Liparis Art 45 



L. Montagui Don 47 



L. niucosus A\r. 52 



i. calliodon Pall 54 



L. lip>aris Linn 57 



L. antarctica Put CI 



Zi. Agassizii Put 62 



L. tunicatus Reinb 65 



i. Steineni Fisch 66 



L. pulchellus Ayr 67 



L. pallidas Vaill 70 



Careproctus Kro}- 71 



C. microjnis Gthr 72 



C. major Fabr 72 



(J. gelatinosus Pall 76 



C. Reinhardi Kroy 78 



C. longifilis Gann 9 



Amitrinje J. & G 80 



Paraliparis Coll. . 80 



P . rosaceus GiWo '.80 



P. bathybius Coll 81 



P. Uparinus Goode 82 



P. membranacens Gthr. .... 83 



P. finibriatiis Garm 9 



Explanation of the Plates .... 93 



