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PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Table of Measurements. 



AVashington, March 21, 1879. 



I>ES€RIPTIO:V ©F A NEW SPFX'IES OF I>IPARfS (I.. RAIVrL,A) OB- 

 TAINEIB BA' TDSE UNflTED STATES FISH COJIITIISSION OFF HAI^I. 

 FAX, NOVA §€OTIA. 



By G. UUOWN GOODE ami TARLETON H. BEAN. 



All apparently midescribed species of Liparis was takeu iu the large 

 trawl-net by the collecting* party on the United States steamer Speed- 

 well, September 24, 1877, off the month of Halifiix Harbor (Station 117, 

 8J miles southeast from Chebncto Head). The depth at which it was 

 fonnd was 52 fathoms, the temperature at the bottom 35^ F. The bot- 

 tom was of fine sand and mud, and in the same haul of the net were 

 taken the following species: GlyptocepMlm cynoglossiis, Jlijipoglossoides 

 platessoides, Sehastes marinus (yoimg), PJu/cis cJmss, Aspidophoroldes 

 monoptcnjyius, Trujlops PingeUi, Centridcnnichthys nncinatus, and liaia 

 radiata. 



The species resembles, in the shape of its head, the Liparis Fahricii 

 of Kroyer, but is easily distinguished by its less elongate body and the 

 greater number of rays in the dorsal and anal fins. When first taken 



