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No.noG. PBOCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 245 



BATHYMASTER SIGNATUS, Cope. 



No. 33895, U.S.KM. (1228). Copper Island, June 28, 1883; L. Stej- 

 iieg'er. Three specimens. 



Tliese are the youngest examples of the si^ecies in the Museum; 

 the length is only 47 mm., and the sides are banded, the number of 

 bands being 9 or 10, about two-thirds as wide as the eye is long and 

 extending- upon the dorsal fin. The dark blotch at the beginning of 

 the dorsal is very distinct, as is also the line of minute bla<'k dots 

 under the dorsal base. D. 46; A. 32; scales, 97. 



No. 31869, U.S.]!^.M. (No. 2333). Bering Island, Stare Gavan; L. 

 Stejneger. Length of example, 180 mm.; D. 11; A. 3."5; lateral line, 

 91, not quite reaching base of caudal and ending much nearer dorsal 

 outline than middle of depth. Head scaleless, but profusely covered 

 with mucous pores. Grill rakers very short, 13 below angle of first 

 arch. 



No. 17559, U.S.N.M. Bering Island; L. Stejneger. One example, 

 7^ inches long. D. 45; A. 31; lateral line, 98. 



^No. 38968. U.S.N.M. Bering Island, 1885; N. Grebnitski. One 

 young "from stomach of Gadus morrhua.^' 



No. 38969, U.S.N.M. Bering Island, November, 1883 ; N. Grebnitski. 



No. 38970, U.S.N.M. Bering Island, August, 1884; N. Grebnitski. 



No. 33890, U.S.N.M. (1947). Bering Island ; L. Stejneger, March 12, 

 1882. From stomach of Gadus morrhua. 



Length, 4|^ inches; head, ^; depth, -f^; snout shorter than eye, 

 which is nearly 1 in head. Maxilla extends to below hind margin of eye. 

 Lateral line pores about 90. 



The condition of the specimen is such that the dorsal can not be 

 counted with any certainty, but there are not fewer than 11 rays and 

 spines. A. 33. 



Body light brown without traces of black cross bands. Mucous 

 ]iores on postorbital region and opercles with narrow bla(;k margin 

 giving the appearance of black specks; fins dark. More elongate than 

 the ordinary signatus, being somewhat similar in form and coloration 

 to B. hypopleetus of Gilbert, but differing from the latter in having a 

 greater cleft of mouth, scaleless cheeks, and gill meml)ranes not 

 broadly united. 



TRICHODON TRICHODON (Tilesius). 



No. 33841, U.S.N.M! (1955). Bering Island, March 14, 1883; L. 

 Stejneger. "Found dead ashore. Silver colored with black spots." — 

 (Stejneger.) 



No, 33828, U.S.N.M. (1968). Bering Island, April 10, 1883; L. 

 Stejneger. Four examples, from 5 inches to (i^ inches long. 



" Iris silver colored with faint pinkish reflex. Color silver white with 

 a faint gloss of l)rass above. Spots blackish. Aleut name, AnamluM. 

 Eather common at that time." — (Stejneger.) 



