Jordan and Evermann .—Fishes of North A merica. 2733 



only by a sin^'le long rostral spine, the basal element of wbicb is procum- 

 bent and subVutaneous; the extremity with numerous long filaments. 

 Soft dorsal short, with 9 rays; anal short; pectoral rather broad, with 12 

 rays. Greenland, (///ds, a thong; Aocpos, crest.) 



3114, HIMANTOLOPHUS GRffilVLANDICUS, Reinhardt. 



Depth 2i in total length. D. 1-9; V. 12. Body oblong oval. Cephalic 

 ray provided with about 11 tentacles. (Gill.) Greenland. -Thisspec.es 

 has never been fully described, the only existing example being an imper- 

 fect one, 23 inches long, obtained off the coast of Greenland, about 1837." 



mmantolophm gra-nlandicu., REmHARDT, Da^sk. Vid Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. 1837 74 

 Greenland; GILL, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mua. 1878, 218; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis. 849, 



1883. 



io68. CORYNOLOPHUvS, Gill. 



Corynolophun, Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 219 (reinhardti) . 



This crenus is scarcely distinct * from Himantolophns, differing in the 

 short o^^al form, the short dorsal of about 5 rays, and the broader pectoral 

 with about 17 rays each. {Hopvvrj, club ; Aocio?, crest.) 



3115. CORYNOLOPHUS REINHARDTI (Liitken). 

 Depth H D-I-5; P-17. Body short, oval; cephalic r.iy f length of 

 head with about 8 tentacles, which branch out forming a brnsh at tip; 

 skin 'sparsely covered with thorn-like prickles. Greenland. One speci- 

 men known,' 14 inches long. (Named for Prof. Johann Heiuhardt, natu- 

 ralist at the University of Copenhagen.) 



Himantoloplms reinhardti, LCtken, Kong. Uansk. Vidensk. Selsk. 1878, 321. Greenland. 

 Corynolophus reinhardti, Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18,8, 219. 



1069. LIOCETUS, Giinther. 



LioeetuB, Gunther, Challenger Report, xx.., 57, 1887 (mitrraiii). 



Mouth enormous, the cleft nearly vertical; pectorals small, in advance 

 of dorsal and of gill opening; second dorsal spine wanting; gil « '"i^i 

 pairs; no gular tentacle. This genus is similar to MeUnoceins, diftermg 

 in havino- no teeth ou the vomer, a greater projection of the mandible, 

 and a smaller mouth. Deep sea. (AsZo?, smooth; ny'^oi, whale.) 



3116. LIOCETUS MURRATI (Giinther). 



D 1-13- \ 4- C 9- P.14. (Giinther.) Extremely similar to .Ve/rt«ocef«8 

 ,o;i«sonii,'but without trace of vomerine teeth, while there is no distinc- 

 tion between the two species as regards dentition of jaws; posterior angle 



Srr?tra«a'SatVetVA^^^^^^^ 

 hardt's observations." 



