Jordan and Evcrmann. — Fishes of North America, 2461 



The genus is tlaus intermediate between Lycodes and Liicodopsis. {a, with- 

 out; Ttpo, before; 68ov(;, tooth.) 



2816. APRODOX CORTEZIAXUS, Gilbert. 



Head ^l to*4^; deptli 7^ to 9 in length; liead higli and narrow, snout 

 broader, but h)ug and very convex. Mouth hirge, maxillarj' reacliiug ver- 

 tical from middle of orbit, 2J in head; eye 4*; snout 3; deptli of head 2. 

 Teeth in preraaxillaries strong, conical, in a single series; lower jaw with 

 the teeth mainly in 2 series, an outer row of slightly enlarged teeth, and 

 an inner row directed backward, a wide intei'space between the two series 

 with occasional scattered teeth only posteriorly ; on sides of mandiltle a 

 single series of teeth similar to those in upper, jaw; vomer toothless; 

 I*alatinc8 with a single series of strong conical teeth. Head without con- 

 spicuous mucous pores; a strong ridge on middle of occiput anteriorly; 

 gill slit wide, continued forward to vertical from preopercle, the width of 

 isthmus 5 times in length of slit; gill rakers short, better developed than 

 usual, 15 on horizontal limb of outer arch. The vertical limb of arches 

 joined to gill cover by a fold of th(^ lining membrane of the latter, as in 

 Macrourus. Pseudobranchia' well developed. Origin of dorsal but little 

 behind base of pectorals; the hinder margin of occiput midway between 

 dorsal and front or middle of eye ; distance from snout to origin of anal 

 2| in total length; ventrals inserted under front of opercles, their length 

 about 3 of orbit; pectorals very large, broadly rounded, the upper por- 

 tion of fin longest, the lower rays rapidly shortened, the lowermost with 

 broad, fleshy tips; rays 20 or 21 in number; scales of the usual type, those 

 on al>domcn so deeply embedded as to be almost invisible; head, anterior 

 half of nape, breast, and base of pectorals naked; pectorals and ventrals 

 not scaled, other tins partly covered; lateral line little developed, running 

 along middle of sides and tail. Color light brownish, lighter ])elow; ver- 

 tical fins broadly margined with black, becoming almost wholly black 

 behind; pectorals light at base, black distally, with a conspicuous white 

 edge; ventrals white; lining of mouth white, of gill cavity dusky; peri- 

 toneum black. Cortez Banks, near San Diego, California. The types, 

 6 specimens, the longest 1.5 inches, from Albatross .Stations 2925 and 2948, 

 in 339 and 266 fathoms. Dr. Gilbert also records 1 specimen from Albatross 

 Station 3349, oif the coast of northern California, dei)th 239 fathoms. 

 {cortesianus, from Cortez Banks.) 



Aprodon corteziana, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 107, Cortez Banks, off San Diego. 

 (Type, No. 46457. Coll. Albatross.) 



935. LYCODES, Reinhardt. 



Lycodes, Reinhardt, Kongl. Dansk. Vldensk. Selsk. Natiirv., vii, 1838, 153 (valdi). 

 Lycias, Jordan & Everjiann, new subgenus (semimidus). 



Body moderately elongate, more or less eel-shaped, tapering behind, the 

 depth from 6 to 10 times in the length; head oblong; mouth nearly hori- 

 zontal; lower jaw included; conical teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines, 

 those on jaws and palatines mostly in a single series. Dorsal fin beginning 

 behind base of pectoral, without any spines; the rays all soft and articu- 



