ill6 Bulletbi ^7, United States National Mziseum. 



ee. Gill opening rather large, extending downward to about fourth ray of 

 pectoral; nostrils with short tubes; lower lobe of pectoral long, reach- 

 ing much beyond disk, nearly to vent; color brown, the body and fins 

 mottled and clouded. . dennyi, 2455. 



dd. Pectoral rays 42 ; gill opening large, its lower edge below upper part of pec- 

 toral; body robust, translucent, covered with round crimson spots. 



CTCLOSTIGMA, 2456. 



aaa. Vertebrje about 52 ; dorsal rays 45 to 48 ; anal rays 38 to 40 ; pectoral rays 34 to 37 ; 

 dorsal and anal largely joined to caudal ; gill opening large, about ^ its length 

 before pectoral ; anterior nostril tubular. 

 Ltoliparis (Aiioj, to loosen ; Liparis) : 



h. Head broad, flattened above ; body rather elongate; skin usually with wavy 

 concentric longitudinal streaks, sometimes spotted. pulchellus, 2457. 

 &.CTINOCHIB (aKTi's, ray ; x^ 'p, hand ; from the broad pectoral) : 



hh. Head high, boldly rounded, with prominent nape; color olivaceous, clouded 

 and dotted, but without wavy streaks. major, 2458. 



Subgenus LIPARIS (Artedi) Scopoli. 



244i). LIPARIS LIPARIS MLinmeus). 



(Sea Snail.) 



Head Si; depth 3^; D. 33 to 35; A. 27 to 29; pectoral 34 to 37; 

 caudal 12 to 14; vert. 38 or 39; ca?ca 10 to 13; brauchiostegals 6. Body 

 moderately stout, somewhat high on the .shoulders, compressed behind the 

 body cavity in the caudal portion, which is deep and rather thick ante- 

 riorly, tapering rapidly. Body proper about i of the entire length to the 

 base of the tail. Length of the head little less than its width, a little 

 more than its depth. Snout short, broad, blunt, nearly 3i times in the head, 

 very convex in the internasal region. Mouth moderate, maxillary reach- 

 ing a vertical from the eye, lower jaw shorter. Teeth small, paved, 

 alternating in the different rows, tricuspid. Lower lip interrupted in the 

 middle, ^ or more of its length. The fold above the upper lip with 6 to 8 

 notches below the opening of the pores. A series of 6 pores on each side, 

 from the middle of the fold above the upper lip passes backward and 



* Prof. Robert Collett (Christiania Vidensk. Selsk. Fijrh., 1879, No. 1, 42), defines the chief 

 color varieties of this species as seen in Xorway, as follows : 

 Var. a. assimilig, Collett: uniform light reddish gray, the dots microscopic. Christiania, 



Bukn, Sravanger, Lofoten; scarce. 

 Var. b. stellatus,M.a]m: uniform light gray brown, the fins with vertical dark cross 



bands; dots larger. Christiania, Vadso, etc. Liparis stellatiis, Malm, Forh. Skand. 



Nat.,9, 1863, 412. 

 Var. c. subfuscus, Collett: almost uniform ground color, with dark points: light red cross 



hands on fins; body faintly marbled. Christiania, Farsund, Varaiiger. 

 Var. d. scorpioides, Collett: color pale, with large, irregular, dark spots. VaranMr. 

 Var. e. mixtut,Col\ett: spotted and striped; dark spots on fins; along sides and on fins 



interrupted dark stripes: ring like lines on head. Lofoten. 

 Var. f. decoru.t, Collett: striped and spotted; fins spotted; notable stripes on sides. 



Christiansund and Lofoten. 

 Var. g. scriptus, Collett: striped, the dark stripes larger and more conspicuous, the 



streaks of ground color fainter. Bukn, Christiania. 

 Var. h. lineatun, Kriiyer : striped with 8 to 10 violet longitudinal .'strii)es, alternating with 



pale streaks ot the ground color. Liparis lincatitu, Kriiyir, Nat. Tid.skr. 1847, 284. 

 Var. i. arctieus, Collett: uniform brown; grayish golden brown with many dark points, 



which make the surface dark. Tromso, iSpitzbergen, Magdalene Bay, in Greenland. 

 Var. k. fuscu.i, Collett: uniform blackish brown, very dark. North Cape, Spitzbergen, 



Greenland. 

 As noticed under Neoliparis montagid, these variations seem to have no taxonomic 

 value, being products of the immediate surroundings. 



