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of back; pectorals and ventrals well developed. Dorsal moderately 

 high, of spines onh^; gill-openings continued forward below, the mem- 

 branes scarcely united to the isthmus; pyloric caeca present. 



Arctic seas. 



{ffTixtico. to set in rows.) 



39. STICHiEUS NOZAWJE Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 5 in length; depth 61; depth of caudal peduncle oil in head; 

 snout 5i; eye 5^; interorbital space 10; D. LI, A. I, 37. 



Body compressed, head rather small and pointed. Ea'cs large, 

 directed obliquely upward, interorlntal space convex, suborbital area 

 narrow. Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, lips thin, maxilhuy 

 extending to posterior border of ey^e. Teeth in narrow bands in the 

 jaws, the outer ones somewhat enlarged; tips of jaws each with 2 

 canines, those of the lower jaw the larger; vomer and palatines with 

 narrow bands of villiform teeth. Gill-openings forming a V-shaped 

 fold across the isthmus. Pseudohranchiffi large; gill-rakers about 

 3 + 9 yhort, flat. Nostrils with small tubes. No filaments on head. 



Fig. 2G.— STicH.Ki't 



Body coA^ered with small smooth scales; membrane of dorsal and base 

 of caudal with minute scales; head naked. Lateral line simple, extend- 

 ing from upper edge of gill-opening, along upper part of body to 

 near the base of caudal, the pores in 2 rows. 



Dorsal inserted above gill-opening, not united with caudal; the 

 spines stiff, pungent, the middle ones contained about -t times in head; 

 membrane of tin not thickened, not incised between the rays. Anal 

 inserted below fourteenth dorsal spine, the membrane thin, incised 

 between the rays; middle rays 3i in head. Caudal slightly convex, 1^ 

 in head. Pectoral rounded, the lower rays shorter than the upper; 

 length of hn contained about 1\ times in head. Ventrals pointed, 3 

 in head. 



Color in spirits light brown, indistinctly clouded with darker; 

 small, blackish blotches along the lateral line; a brownish band 

 extending downward from eye. A broad band, similar in color 

 extending downwards and backward across cheek. Dorsal with 6 

 large blackish spots, the anterior one distinct, the others growing less 

 detinite posteriorly; .scaled areas between the spines dark. Anal 

 dark toward the edge, the raj's tipped with white. Caudal, pectorals, 

 and ventrals dusky. 



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