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The head aud body suborbicular ; the body posteriorly is abruptly 

 compressed. The mouth is moderate, the jaws with narrow bauds of 

 villiform teeth. The maxilla reaches to below the auterior margiu of 

 the eye, its length being contained 2^ times in that of the head. The 

 gill opening is small, as long as the diameter of the eye, which is con 

 tained 3 times in the length of the head. The disc is about as long as 

 it is broad, two-thirds of the length of the head. The interorbital width 

 is greater than one-half the length of the head, and not quite twice the 

 diameter of the eye. Length of head contained 3 times, greatest height 

 of body 2 times, in total length. The body is covered with conical plates 

 of various sizes, those of the pectoral region being the largest, about as 

 large as the eye. The plates are studded with small tubercles, and the 

 larger ones have the centers elevated and pointed. 



Color, in spirits, light brown, with traces of punctulations on the skin 

 between the plates. 



D. VII, 11 ; A. ca. 10. 



Cyclopterus lumpus L. 



Cycloplerus liiinpus LiNN^, i, 1766, p. 414 ; Gunther, Cat. Fisli, Brit. Mus., iii, 

 1861, p. 155. 



No. 28637 is a small example of this species obtained by Mr. Scudder 

 in Davis Straits. It is only 31 millimeters long. The spinous dorsal is 

 comparative!}' high and is not enveloped in thick skin as in the adults. 

 The abdominal tubercles are the most developed. The gill-opening is 

 as long as the base of the anal fin, which is as long as the disc. D. iv, 

 10 ; A. 10. 



Only one specimen, badly mutilated by the Esquimaux dogs, was 

 seen at Godhavn. The color was a bright olive green, with the belly 

 white. These fish are seldom caught in this harbor after May, during 

 which month they are very abundant. 



CottT.s scorpius L., subsp. grcenlandicus C. & V. 



Cottun griinlandicus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1829, p. 185 ; Guxther, 



Cat. Fish, Brit. Mus., II, 1860, p. 161. 

 Cottus scorpius subsp. gronlandicus, Beax, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., XV., p. 118. 



34386 (a). S Godhavn, Greenland. H. G. Dresel. D. X, 17 ; A. 14. 

 Length, 208 millimeters. Interorbital width equal to diameter of eye. 

 Longest dorsal spine contained 6 times, and longest dorsal ray 5 times, 

 in length to caudal base. 



34386 {!)). $ Godhavn, Greenland. H. G. Dresel. D. X, 16 ; A. 13. 

 Length 254 millimeters. Interorbital width is equal to diameter of eye. 

 Longest dorsal spine contained 8 times, longest dorsal ray 6 times, in 

 the total length to caudal base. 



34386(c). S Godhavn, Greenland. H. G. Dresel. D. XI, 10; A. 

 12. Length, 245 millimeters. Interorbital width contained li times in 

 diameter of eye. Longest dorsal spine contained 6^ times, longest dor- 

 sal ray 6 times, in the length to caudal base. 



