Jordan and Evcj-mann. — Fishes of North America. 2107 



66. Anterior nostrils with a raised rim, and without distinct tubes ; head short, 

 blunt, 4 in length; ventral disk very large, li in head; snout blunt; mouth 

 very short, its cleft almost entirely anterior, the maxillary scarcely reach- 

 ing eye ; dorsal rays 32 ; anal 26. Color plain rosy or brownish, not spotted. 



MOCOSUS, 2445. 

 no. Gill opening rather large, its base opposite 4 or 5 upper rays of pectoral ; body deep 

 posteriorly; nostrils with raised rim, but without distinct tubes; ventral disk 

 moderate, 2^ to % in head; head about 3J in body, depre.ssed above; cleft of 

 mouth broader, partly lateral, nearly 3 in head. Color plain brownish or red- 

 dish. 



e. Dorsal VI, 27 ; anal 21 to 23 ; pectoral 30 ; flesh firm, flor^, 2446. 

 ee. Dorsal VI, 34; anal 30; pectoral 35; flesh lax. oreeni, 2447. 



eee. Dorsal VI, 28; anal 26; pectoral 36. fissueatus, 2448. 



2442. XEOLIPARIS ATLAiVTICUS, Jordan & Evermann, new species. 



Head 4f ; depth 4 to 4^. D. VI, 25; A. 23; P. 30. Eye 5 in head ; snout 

 3 ; ventral disk If to 2. Body widest at gill opening, compressed posteri- 

 orly; deepest below third dorsal sjiine ; head broader than deep, depressed 

 above the eyes; month narrow, its cleft transverse and extending to ante- 

 rior nostril ; lower jaw included ; teeth tricuspid, the middle cusps highest ; 

 gill openings very narrow, the lower border opposite iirst ray of pectoral; 

 anterior nostril tubular, the tube f of eye ; posterior nostril with a low 

 flap; skin loose, lying in folds. Origin of dorsal not far behind pectoral, 

 its distance from tip of snout \ its distance to base of caudal. Dorsal 

 with a very shallow notch, the spines nearly continuous with the soft 

 rays; in the males much elevated, the tips thickened and membranes 

 deeply incised; the first or longest sjjine as long as head; the sixth or last 

 not quite ^ head; middle rays of soft dorsal 2 in head; dorsal and anal 

 joined to base of caudal; caudal nearly as long as head; pectoral almost 

 reaching anal, slightly longer than head; lower rays exserted, forming a 

 slight lobe. Color reddish brown, with small scattered light or bluish 

 dots over the body; fins darker, clouded with j)ale, the dorsal broadly 

 edged with darker. The specimen here described, 37215 U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 is about 5 inches long, from Godbout, Quebec. Numerous other specimens 

 from Salem (20367) and Woods Hole, Massachusetts (40118), agree with this, 

 the females having the first dorsal much lower. It is generally common 

 along rocky shores from Newfoundland to Cape Cod. This species has been 

 repeatedly recorded under the name L\]^aris montagui, Donovan, but it is 

 not identical with the European species of that name. The published 

 figures of N, montagui show a deeper fish with larger head, and with the 

 sijinous dorsal very low, and scarcely distinct from the soft rays. Day's 

 figure looks remarkably unlike our fish. Unfortunately the European 

 speciraei^s of NeoUparis montagui in the National Museum are all too small 

 for satisfactory comparison. * 



NeoUparis atlanticus, Jordan & Evermann, new species, Godbout, Quebec. (Type, No. 

 37215.) 



Liparis montagui, CuvTEE, Efegne Anim. Ed. i, vol. 2, 227, 1817 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synop- 

 sis, 743, 1883, in part ; Garman, Discoboli, 47, 1892, with plate, and of authors generally. 



*Dr. Boulenger has kindly sent us the following note on Liparis montagui: I have 

 examined about a dozen of our British Liparis montagui. of all sizes up to 5 inches. Tlie 

 anterior dorsal looks very indistinct, has no detached iiortion, and none of its rays are 

 ever produced into filaments. 



