115. LYC0DIDJ3 LYCODES. 
785 
1201. pacificus Collett. 
Liglit-reddisli olive, becoming lighter below; vertical fins margined 
with black; the scales paler tliaii skin, forming light spots; pectorals 
dusky. Head comparatively short ; orbital region not constricted, nor 
cheeks tumid; month comparatively small, the maxillary reaching cen- 
ter of pupil; head, nape, and axil of pectoral naked. Dorsal and anal 
fins enveloped in thick skin, which is covered with imbedded scales like 
those on the body; pectoral half the length of head; ventrals half 
length of orbit; mandible half length of head; distance from snont to 
base of dorsal, in length. Head 5i; depth 8^. D. 100; A. 85. L. 
12 inches. San Francisco to Paget Sound ; rather common in deep 
water; the original type said to be from Japan. 
(Lijcodes pacificus Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1879, 381.) 
1202. li. paiicidCDis (Lockiiigton) Gill. 
Very similar to L. pacificus, but larger, with larger head and mouth; 
snont very broad; orbital region constricted ; cheeks tumid; maxillary 
extending about to iiosterior edge of orbit. Pectoral two-fifths length 
of head; ventrals half orbit; mandible three-fifths lengtli of head; dis- 
tance from snout to base of dorsal, 3f in length. Head 41 ; depth 10. 
Off San Francisco in deep water; possibly a variety or state of the pre- 
ceding, corresponding to the ‘‘variety’’ ciliatusoi Zoarces anguillaru. 
{Leunjnnis paucidens Lockiugidn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 326; Gill, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1880, 248.) 
427.— L-YCOOES Keiutardt. 
(Reinhardt, Kongl. Danske Videusk. Selsk. Naturv. vii, 1.53, 1838: type Lycodes vahli 
Reiuh.) 
Body elongate, more or less eel-shaped, tapering behind. Head ob- 
long; mouth nearly horizontal ; lower jaw included; conical teeth on 
jaws, vomer, and palatines, those on jaws and iialatiues mostly in a sin- 
gle series. Dorsal fin beginning behind bases of pectorals, without 
spines; iiectorals moderate, inserted rather high; ventral fins small, 
of 3 or 4 rays. Scales small and imbedded, i)resent on jiart or all of 
the body, the scaly area more extensive in the adult than in the young. 
No air-bladder nor pyloric coeca. Species numerous, chiefly of the 
Northern seas. [iPy.codyj^, wolfish.) 
a. Body elougate, its depth 12-24 times in leugth. 
1203. E. paxillus Goode and Beau. 
Color probably light brown. Body very elongate ; head broad, fat 
Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 16 50 
