687 
107 (a). COTTID^E COTTUNCULUS. 
fliittisli QibovGj snout obtusOj rouuded 5 iiitcrociilar space very broad, 
concave, tbe ocular ridges obsolete; lower ja^Y projecting; maxillary 
entirely aduate to tbe skin of the preorbital; jaws with bands of villi- 
form teeth; no teeth on vomer or palatines; no spines or cirri about 
the head; suborbital stay narrow, not reaching preopercle. Gill-mem- 
branes united to the isthmus; gills 3^, no slit behind the fourth. 
Branch iostegals 7. Fins connected; spinous dorsal of short, slender, 
flexible spines, imbedded in the skin and scarcely visible; soft dorsal 
short, the rays close together; anal low; caudal sei)arate; pectoral fins 
long, with a broad, proenrrent base. Ventrals rather long, I, 3, close 
together, distinct, the base adnate to the body. Small fishes, closely 
resembling LiparuUd(e, from which group they are distinguished by 
no character of much importance. {ipuxpoXouzyjq, one who bathes in cold 
water.) 
1043. P. paradoxus Gtbr, 
Dusky, pale below; sides of head with round pale spots (mucous 
pores); top of head with dark obscure streaks. Body almost fusiform, 
tapering from the shoulders to the very slender tail. Head very large, 
depressed, its bones thin; iuterocular space two-fifths length of head. 
IMouth large, the maxillary extending to below posterior margin of eye; 
premaxillary on the level of pupil; two blunt tubercles behind eye; no 
spines about head; processes of premaxillary very prominent; isthmus 
broad. Dorsal long, the spines separated by an emargiuation from the 
soft rays, the spines very slender, weak and wide apart, enveloped in 
thick skin; soft rays close together, much higher than the spines; 
caudal short, rounded; anal fin similar to soft dorsal, but lower; ven- 
trals about half as long as the pectorals, their rays about I, 3. Head 
2f; depth 4^. D. VIII-9; A. 9; C. 12; B. 7. iS^orth Pacific; this 
description taken from a specimen examined by us from Kodiak; the 
original type from the Gulf of Georgia. 
(Giiuther, iii, 516.) 
364.— COTTUNCULUS Collett. 
(Collett, Norges Fiske, 1875, 20: type Coitunculus mio-ops Collett.) 
Tadpole-shaped, the head extremely large, the body tapering rapidly 
from the shoulders to the slender tail; mouth rather large, terminal, 
oblique, the jaws about equal; villiform teeth in the jaws; a double 
patch on vomer; no teeth on the palatines; no spines on the head, the 
tubercular surface of the skull covered by skin ; skull thin, its bones 
