380 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.42. 



There is no evidence that this or any closely allied species is pelagic. 

 It has been captured only in the bottom trawl, and its range in depth 

 is such as bottom forms usually exhibit. In Bering Sea it was taken 

 at depths of 225-576 fathoms; in the Japanese waters the depth 

 was found to range from 192 to 359 fathoms. 



Specimens were taken from the following stations: 



Fathoms. 



5019. Off east coast of Sagalin 192 



5028. Off east coast of Sagalin 241 



5039. Off southeast coast Hokkaido 2G9-326 



5043. Off southeast coast Hokkaido 309-330 



5044. Off southeast coast Hokkaido 309-359 



5045. Off southeast coast Hokkaido 359 



5050. Off Matsushima Bay 266 



31. NECTOLIPARIS PELAGICUS Gilbert and Burke. 



Nectoliparis pelagicus Gilbert and Burke, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 30, 1910(1912), 

 p. 82, fig. 27. 



This peculiar pelagic form, which has usually been captured, at 

 intermediate depths of 300 fathoms, is not rare throughout Bering 

 Sea and the northern Okhotsk. The present collection contains one 

 specimen from the extreme southern part of the Okhotsk Sea and 

 another from the southern coast of Hokkaido. The species probably 

 entered the dredge at intermediate depths. 



Specimens were taken from the following stations: 



Fathoms. 



5032. Yezo Suido, southern Okhotsk 300-533 



5039. Off southeast coast Hokkaido 269-326 



