Jordmi and Evermann. — Fishes of North Amej'ica. 2475 



die teeth being almost canine-like; behind the latter, a short inner series 

 of small teeth directed backward ; teeth on vomer and palatines in a sin<rle 

 series. Gill slits continued forward to slightly beyond bases of ventrals 

 and to level of lower edge of base of pectorals; width between gill slits \ 

 diameter of eye; pseudobranchiie well developed; posteriorline of occiput 

 midway between origin of dorsal and front of pupil or front of eye ; origin 

 of anal fin at end of first third of length of body ; pectorals broad, with the 

 posterior edge emarginate, some of the upper and the lower rays longer than 

 the intermediate ones. Scales showing traces of definite arrangement in 

 series, widely separated anteriorly, becoming crowded toward end of tail, 

 continued up on the vertical fins, but not on head, on anterior half of nape, 

 nor on the pectoral fins ; lateral line very faintly shown, and for only a short 

 distance behind head, where its course is obliquely downward ; the usual 

 series of mucous pores present, but uot conspicuous. In spirits this species 

 has an olive-brown ground color, becoming white on underside of head 

 and on abdomen; a series of 8 or 9 brown spots \ as large as eye, along 

 middle of sides, those posteriorly continued downward onto base of anal, 

 the last 2 or 3 reaching edge of fin and there developing into intense black • 

 blotches; a similar series of smaller spots corresponding in position to 

 those just described occurs along the base of dorsal, these continued as 

 faint bars on the fin, at the margin of which they develop iuto a black 

 blotch, those posteriorly wider and more intense; an intermediate series 

 of spots alternating with the 2 Just described; an elliptical jet-black spot 

 occupies the greater part of caudal fin, and is narrowly margined all 

 around Avith white; peritoueum jet-black; the mouth and gill cavities 

 white. Coast of Alaska, in rather deep water; known from 12 speci- 

 mens, the longest 6^ inches; depth 204 fathoms, (barbatus, bearded.) 



Li/conema barbatuin, Gilbert, Kept. U. S. Fish Comm. 1893 (1896), 471, coast of Alaska, at 

 Albatross Station 3129, lat. 36° 39' 40" N., long. 122° oi' W., in 204 fathoms. 



941. BOTHROCARA, Bean. 



Bothrocara, Bean, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 38 (mollis). 



Body elongate, compressed, semitranslucent, covered with small scales; 

 small teeth in jaws and on vomer and palatines ; mucous pores about head 

 largely developed. No ventral fins; dorsal and anal joined to caudal. 

 Deep-sea fishes, allied to Lycodes, but lacking ventrals. The species have 

 been referred to the Antarctic genus Maynea, Cunningham. From the 

 latter, however, Bothrocara moUis seems to be distinct, differing in the 

 larger mouth, more cavernous head, and lower dorsal. In some regards 

 />. puaiUa is intermediate, and it may belong to Maynea. {ftd^ipo'i, cavity; 

 Kcifia, head.) 



a. Body elongate, with the head short, 6 in length; depth 9; mouth small; mucous cavi- 

 ties small; color light brown, the dorsal dark-edged. pusilla, 2838. 



aa. Body deeper and more compressed ; the large head 4J in length (5^ in young) ; 

 depth 63; mouth large; mucous cavities large ; color uniform brown, the vertical 

 fins dark-edged. Size large. mollis, 2839. 



