109. LIPAEIDID.E — LIPARIS. 
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1131. L,. major (Walb.) Gill. 
Dorsal and anal slightly connected with base of caudal ; anterior 
nostrils tubular; posterior simple. D. 45; A. 38; P. 42; C. 10. Size 
very large. L. 10 inches. Greenland. {GilL) 
(Cycloptenis liparis var. major, Walb. Artedi Pise. 489, 1792; Liparm tinncafa Krbyei-, 
Naturb. Tidsskr. i, 236, 1862: Actinochir major Gill, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila 1?^64 
193.) ■ ' ’ 
1132. L. pialcliella Ayres. 
Grayish, usually with wavy purplish stripes, sometimes marbled and 
sjtotted with purplish; pectorals spotted or banded with grayish ])ur|)le; 
lateral line with round whitish simts. Snout broad and blunt, project- 
ing beyond mouth; maxillary reaching nearly to front of eye; teeth 
short, close-set, a broad band in each jaw, that of upi)er jaw broadest. 
Body compressed behind, thick in front ; head almost globular; aute- 
rjor nostrils tubular; skin very thin and lax. Dorsal tin high, undi- 
vided, continuous with anal and caudal around the tail; tail tapering 
to a point, appearing isocercal, but the vertebrie essentially as in other 
species; i)ectorals very broad, the base of lowermost rays under eye: 
ventral disk small, oval, 24 in head; p.seudobranchiie well developed. 
Head 5; de])th 5. D. 48; A. 39; C. 12; P. 3G. L. 10 inches. Pacific 
Coast, from Monterey to Puget Sound ; not rare. 
(Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 1855, 23; Gunther, iii, 164; Steiudachner, Ichth. 
Beitriigc, iii, 53, 1875.) 
113.3. L,. gibba Bean. 
Head and bodj' very pale brown or gray, paler below; head and 
anterior parts often with concentric brown rings; sides plain or. marked 
with brown stripes and rings; tail sometimes with dark blotches; ver- 
tical fins usually with dark bands. Body abruptly contracted near the 
vent, covered with lax skin; interorbital space shallow-concave, the 
A’ertex and nape somewhat elevated; snout depressed; head as wide as 
long, longer than deep; nostrils tubular, the tubes of anterior nostrils 
longest; eye small, 4 in head; ventral disk nearly circular, 8 in length; 
vertical fins confluent; dorsal continuous; longest dor.sal ray half as 
long as head; pectorals reaching front of anal; caudal G in body. 
Head 3.^ ; dei)th 34. D. 42 ; A. 3G ; P. .35 ; C. 12. Bering’s Sea, 
Alaska and Siberia. ‘‘Distinguished from L. fahricii by its smaller 
eye and its depressed snout,” and from “i. funicatcG^ by the larger 
eye and fewer rays in dorsal, anal, and pectorals. [Bean.) 
(Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv, 148, 1881.) 
