500 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxv. 



42. LUMPENUS ANGUILLARIS (Pallas). 



Blennim anguilkms Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat., II, 1811, p. 176; Kamchatka 



and Aleutian Islands. 

 Ounnellus anguillaris Cuvier and Valexcienness, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 1836, 



p. 434. 

 Lumpenus anguUlaris Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, 1858, Fishes, p. 123, pi. xxv, 



figs. 1 to 3. — Stoker, Synopsis, 1846, p. 121. — Jordan and Gilbert, Synopsis, 



1883, p. 777. — Jordan and Starks, Fishes Puget Sound, 1895, p. 848. — Jordan 



and Evermann, Fishes N. and M. Amer., Ill, p. 2436. 

 Stichpem anguillaris Gunther, Gat., Ill, 1861, p. 282. 

 LeptoguneUus gracilis Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1, 1S55, p. 26; San Francisco. 



Head 8; depth U; D. LXXI; A. 46 (4:5-50); V. I, 4; B. 7. 



Cheeks .scaly; mouth somewhat of)lique, the lower jaw included; 

 maxillary reaching" front of pupil; teeth on palatines, none on vomer; 

 a single series of rather long, conical, and not very closely-set teeth in 

 each jaw. E3^e rather large, not much shorter than snout. Gill 

 openings prolonged forward a distance greater than length of snout; 

 pyloric caica 4, unequal. Fins all comparatively high, pectorals two- 

 thirds length of head, the middle ra^'s longest; ventrals one-third 

 length of head; dorsal and anal distinct from the pointed caudal, which 

 is nearly as long as the head. Olive green above, pale below; sides 

 mai'ked above with dark olive brown; a series of more or less distinct 

 oblong blotches of olive brown along middle of sides; dorsal barred or 

 spotted and pale; opercle with a dark blotch; head dusky above. 

 Length 18 inches. San Francisco to Alaska; very abundant north- 

 ward to Sitky, and Unalaska; originally recorded from Kamchatka. 

 (Jordan and Evermann.) 



A specimen in the museum at Hakodate from Tarumai near Moro - 

 ran, probably belongs to this species. D. LXX; pectoral longer than 

 head; ventrals -i in head, equal to snout; maxillary 3f in head, reach- 

 ing front of pupil. 



{anguillaris^ eel-like. ) 



43. LUMPENUS FOWLERI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Sdchxus isl'iiidicu.'f Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 35, No. 599; Nemuro. (Not 

 of authors; an Iceland species.) 



Head 7i in length; depth 11; depth of caudal peduncle 1 in head; 

 snout 4i; eye 7; interorbital space 15; D. LXXV; A. II, 17. 



Eyes directed almost laterally, much smaller than length of snout. 

 Maxillary extending to a vertical through anterior edge of pupil. 

 Teeth in narrow bands on the jaws, the outer ones scarcely larger than 

 the others; vomer without teeth; palatines with a small ))and of 

 minute teeth. Gill-membranes narrowly united to the isthmus. 

 Pseudobranchise large; gill-rakers on first arch about 2 + 10, short, 

 pointed. Nostrils with low rims. No tentacles on the head. 



Cheeks with scales, a broad band extending from mouth, backward 



