378 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL 2IU8EU2I. tol. 42. 



First dorsal rays short, increasing gradually in length. Caudal 

 consisting of eight slender rays, its basal third apparently jomed to 

 anal. Pectoral consisting of two elongate lobes connected by short 

 widely spaced rays; the upper lobe reaching slightly past origin of 

 anal; lower lobe mutilated in the type, its shape not to be determined. 

 Vent under upper base of pectoral. 



Coloration apparently black or dusty, the integument largely lost; 

 snout dusk}^; abdomen and peritoneum black. 



Not closely related to any known species, differing widely from all 

 others in the character of the teeth. 



Only the type taken. 



28. PARALIPARIS MELANOBRANCHUS, new species. 



Plate 48, fig. 2. 



Type.— C&t. No. 73346, U.S.N.M. A male, 83 mm. long, from sta- 

 tion 5029, in the southern part of the C khotsk Sea; depth 440 fathoms. 



Measurements in hundredths of length without caudal (76 mm.): 

 Length of head 22; of snout 6; of maxillary 9.5; diameter of eye 6; 

 length of gill slit 3; interocular width 8; distance from tip of snout to 

 anus 16; to front of anal 30; to front of dorsal 25; greatest depth 21; 

 length of base of pectoral 13; longest pectoral ray of upper lobe 13; 

 of lower lobe 11; shortest ray in notch 7.5. 



Dorsal 60; anal 53; pectoral 17; caudal 4. 



Body moderately deep and compressed, the upper profile rising in 

 a strong convex curve to occiput, thence decUning rapidly ui a straight 

 line to nostrils; snout bluntly rounded; interorbital flat and broad; 

 eye large; jaws even; nostril in front of middle of eye, with a slightly 

 raised rim. Mouth broad, angle under pupil; maxillary reaching ver- 

 tical from posterior margin of eye. Teeth rather stout, m broad 

 bands, the inner teeth not enlarged or caninehke, m about 12 oblique 

 rows. Gill slit small, wholly above pectoral. 



Anterior dorsal rays short and increasmg veiy gradually in length. 

 Caudal slender, truncate, of four slender rays, joined to anal for 

 about one-third its length. Pectoral notched, upper rays on level 

 of pupil, close set, the intervals between the rays increasing down- 

 ward, those in the notch very distant, but the membrane extending 

 from tip to tip, not cleft to base of fin; upper lobe reachmg a little 

 past front of anal. Vent close behmd base of pectorals. 



Skin transparent, with a few scattered dots; body dusted mth dark 

 brown dots; chin dusky; abdomen, gill cavity, and mouth black. 



Only the type taken. 



29. PARALIPARIS ENTOCHLORIS, new species. 

 Plate 48, fig. 3. 



Type.—Csit. No. 73347, U.S.N.M. A male, 98 mm. m total length, 

 from station 5018 in the southern part of the Okhotsk Sea; depth 100 

 fathoms. 



