Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of N'orth America. 2471 



extending upon base of dorsal; very few scales upon lower fialf of body, 

 none on anal lin. Upper jaw far overlapping the lower; gape reaching 

 orbit. A series of 6 large pores on each sido, extending backward from 

 nostril toward angle of opercle, the fourth of the series under center of 

 orbit; a similar series, 7 on each side, along line of lower jaw from its 

 symphysis to angle of opercle, all slit-like, the others circular. Nostrils 

 at extremities of fleshy tubes. Teeth in lower jaw in 2 rows, nearly uni- 

 form in size; teeth of upper jaw in a single series, somewhat enlarged 

 near the symphysis; patches of smaller teeth behind; about 7 teeth on 

 vomer; a single row on palatines; all the teeth curved. Gill opening nar- 

 row, the membranes attached to the isthmus. Color, body above lateral 

 liue light grayish brown witli numerous minute circular dots marking the 

 position of the scales; pearly white below lateral liue; brown irregular 

 patches upon sides, bisected by lateral line, the lower half color of dorsal, 

 that above darker and with the white dots, these brown patches 7 to 10 

 in number; a brown spot on tip of tail; abdominal region livid blue. 

 Coast of Massachusetts, in deep water; a dwarf species very small iu size. 

 (Named for Prof. Addison E. Verrill of Yale University.) 



Lyeodes verrillii, Goode & Bbax, Anier. Journ. Sci. Arts, xiv, 1877, 474. off coast of New 

 England in the Gulf Stream; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 786, 1883. 



Lycenchehjs verrilli, Jordan, Cat., 124, 1885; GoODB & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 309, 

 figs. 277 and 277 A, 1896. 



2833. LYCENCHELYS PAXILLUS (Goode & Bean). 



Head 8; depth 16; eye Z^ to 4 in head, equal to snout, which is 4 times 

 interorbital width. D. (withi of caudal) 118; A. 110; P. 16; V. 3. Body 

 attenuate, head broad, flat above, with declivous profile; cheeks full 

 and protuberant; teeth stout, recurved, and sharply pointed, in a single 

 series in each jaw, except at the symphysis; a few teeth clustered at 

 the head of the vomer; palatines with a single series; the tu])ular nos- 

 tril much nearer tip of snout than eye. Lateral line median, foint and 

 short (in specimens examined by us). Dorsal beginning <tver tip of pec- 

 toral; ventral little longer than pupil. Scales very small, present every- 

 where except on head and pectorals, nearly covering vertical fins. Light 

 brown, the head somewhat darker. Gulf stream, lat. 35° to 41° N., in deep 

 water, 263 to 904 fathoms. (Goode «fe Bean.) {paxillus, a peg.) 



Lyeodes paxilhis, Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 44, between LaHave and 

 Sable Island Banks (Type, No. 22177. Coll. Capt. J. W. Collins), a male in breeding 

 form ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 785, 1883. 



Lyeodes paxilloides, Goode &. Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x. No. 5, 207, 1883, off New- 

 foundland (Type in M. C. Z. Coll. The Blake); a normal, not sexually distorted 

 individual. 



Lycenchelys paxillus, Jordan, Cat., 124,1885; Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 311, 

 figs. 279 and 282, 1896. 



2S34. LYIEXCHELYS PORIFER (G Ibert). 



Head 5g ; depth 14. Body very slender. Head much contracted oppo- 

 site orbits, the snout expanded, as in Lycodopsis paucidcns. Mouth mod- 

 erate, the maxillary reaching vertical from front of pupil, 3i in head; eye 

 5j; snout 3|; iuterorbital width ^ eye. Teeth in front of premaxillaries 



