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flere Henseender været uheldigt, fornemmelig, fordi Pecto- 

 ralerne ere ai en særegen Bygning, somdet havde røret af 

 særdeles [nteresse at komme til fuld Klarhed om. Frem- 

 deles manglede hele "Sugeskiven, medens dog dens Plads 

 sandsynligvis endnu kan sees: og da Bugen paa Siderne 

 og Qærmest Ajialen var opreven, kan heller ikke Beliggen- 

 heden at Anus med Sikkerhed angives. Endelig vare ( )j- 

 neiie adfaldne; derimod vare saagodtsom alle Finnestraaler 

 bibeholdte, ligesom Legemet iøvrigt paa intet Sted var af- 

 brudt eller defect. 1 )en etterfølgende Beskrivelse tiltrænge* 

 derfor i hoj Grad at suppleres, ihvorvel den maaske i det 

 væsentlige \il vise sig at være correct. 



Endskjønt saaledes Individet mangler et af de for 

 Familien væsentligste, OrganBr, nemlig Sugeskiven, kan det 

 dog paa Grund af Legemets almindelige Bygning ikke be- 

 tvivles, at det tilkorer Liparidernes Familie, .medens det 

 ikke er klart, hvilken af de hidtil beskrevne Arter det 

 kommer Qærmest. 



Til Underslægten Careprodus, . Kr., kan forhaanden- 

 værendé Art ikke vel henregnes, uagtet den har det hos denne 

 optrædende betydelige Antal Straaler i Dorsalen og Ana- 

 len, samt det relativt lille Hoved. Hos Careprodus reinhardt 

 ere de mellemste Rectoralstraaler vistnok korte, men dog 

 fuldstændig normalt udviklede; Legemet aftager hos denne 

 Art hnrtigt i rfojde bag Nakken, og ender i en lang og 

 smal Hale. Hos L. bathybii ere de nederste Pectoral- 

 straaler næsten af samme Længde, som de ovre, men ad- 

 skilte fra disse ved et Mellemrum, der er opfyldt af nogle 

 faa og ganske rudimentære Straaler. ' Legemshøjden er 

 fremdeles den samme omtrent fra Nakken indtil Analens 

 Begyndelse, og senere ligeledes forlioldsvis hoj lige til hen- 

 hnod Halespidsen, der aftynder jevnt og hnrtigt. Endelig 

 rindes intet Spor -af, at Analaabningen har siddet i kort 

 Afstand fra Sugeskiven. idet Partiet bagenfor det Punkt, 

 hvor denne sidste har siddet. er uskadt indtil henimod 

 Analen; Analaabningen maa saaledes have ligget forholds- 

 vis langt trlbage. maaske næsten henimod Analens Begyn- 

 delse. 



Det er en Selvfølge, at Charactererne for den nye Art 

 ikke med det forhaandenværende Materiale lade sig tilfreds- 

 stillende udvikle. Dog synes Pectoralernes Bygning at 

 være saa væsentlig afvigende fra. hvad der rinder Sted hos 

 de øvrige kjendte Liparider, at ( )prettelsen af en ny Under- 

 slægt vistnok alene af Hensynet hertil kunde forsvares; hertil 

 komme andre mindre væsentlige Afvigelser. ligesom det er 

 sandsynligt, at disse yderligere ville foroges med et fuld- 

 stændigere Materiale. For det Tilfælde, at et nyt Slægts- 

 navn skulde blive nødvendigt, har jeg allerede i den 

 forelobige Oversigt over Expeditioneus Fiske (1878) som et 

 saadant foreslaaet Navnet Paraliparis. 



surface almost, or depended in loose strips. This proved 

 in several respects most unfortunate, chiefly, however, owing 

 to the peculiar structure of the pectoral lins. which it 

 would have been of considerable interest to have deter- 

 mined. The 'ventral disk. too. was wanting, hut the spot 

 where it occurs could. 1 think, lie detected: ;md the 



abdomen having been crushed, the position of the vent can- 

 not he given. Both the eyes. too. were gone, whereas the 

 fin-rays were nearly all perfect: nor did the hotly proper 

 exhibit any other traces of mutilation. The following de- 

 scription, therefore, stands greatly in need of supplementary 

 revision, though, perhaps, in all essential particulars, it will 

 he found correct.- 



One of the organs characteristic of the family, viz. 

 the Ventral disk, is indeed wanting in the specimen acquired, 

 yet from the general structure of the body there can he 

 little doubt that it belongs to the family LiparididcB, 

 whereas it is by no means clear to which of the species 

 as yet described it presents the closest resemblance. 



Under the sub-genus Careprodus, Ivr., the species in 

 question cannot be classed, notwithstanding it is charac- 

 terised, in common with the species of the former, by a 

 large number of rays in the dorsal and anal tins. and. a 

 head proportionately small. In Careprodus reinhardt, the inter- 

 mediate rays in the pectorals, though short, exhibit a devel- 

 opment in every respect normal ; in this genus, too, the body 

 posterior to the nape decreases, rapidly in height, termin- 

 ating in a long and narrow tail. L. bathybii has the low- 

 est of the. pectoral rays nearly equal in length with the 

 uppermost, but separated from the latter by a space on 

 which are disposed a few rays, quite rudimentary. More- 

 over, the depth of the body is very nearly the same from 

 the nuchal region to the commencement of the anal, the 

 posterior portion likewise being proportionately deep almost 

 to the- tip of the tail, which rapidly becomes slender and 

 tenuous. Finally, there was no trace of the vent having 

 been in close proximity to the ventral disk, the region 

 posterior to the point where the latter was situated having 

 been wholly uninjured to within a short distance from the 

 anal fin; hence the vent must lie comparatively far behind, 

 perhaps in close proximity to the anal. 



From a specimen in so mutilated a condition, it is 

 obvious that the characters of the new species cannot all 

 of them be accurately determined. Meanwhile, the struc- 

 ture of the pectoral tins is to that extent divergent ' from 

 that distinguishing the other known forms of the family 

 of Suckers, that, for this renson alone, the •introduction of 

 a new suh-genus may be defended; other less important 

 deviations also occur, the number of which will doubtless 

 be found to increase with further examination of perfect 

 examples. To meet the case of a new generic designation 

 becoming needful. I took occasion, in my preliminary report 

 (1878). to suggest the name Paraliparis. 



