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previouslj^ been described by the writer; tlie latter imder the ^^ery same 

 nauie which is now proposed .by Dr. Giiiither. A detailed description 

 of Belone Joncsii was published in October, 1877, in the American Jour- 

 nal of Science and Arts.* Dr. Giinther's description ot..Belone Jonesii 

 and my own coincide in all essential details, and, furthermore, I had the 

 opportunity of seeing- Mr." Jones's specimens on the day they were col- 

 lected and before they were put. in spirits. My specimens were collected 

 withm a few days of the same time, and from the same locality. 



■ Gerres Jonesii, Gthr., is api^arently identical with the species de- 

 scribed by me in 1874 under the name Biapterus Lefroyi,i and subse- 

 quently referred to in the Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas | as 

 Eucinostomus Lefroyi. 



This species was discovered in Cuban waters at nearly the same time 

 by Prof. Felipe Poey, and was by him named Eucinostomus productus.^ 



DESCRSPTIOIV OF A SPECIES OF I.YCODES (ff.. XITKIVEBS) FROM 

 ALASK-A, iSEILflEVE© TO BE UrSSJESCBUSEBJ. 



By TARLETON IS. BEAN. 



The first species of the genus Lycodes known from the North Pacific 

 is hi the United States National Museum, where it was sent by Mr. 

 Lucien M. Turner, who took it at St. Michael's, Alaska, March 28, 1876. 

 There is no record of the depth at which it was taken. The single speci- 

 men secured is 330 millimetres (13 English inches) in length, and is 

 well preserved. This is one of six species described as scaleless— 29oZ«Hs 

 (Sabine), 1820, length of type 7 English inches; mucosus, Eich., 1855, 

 types 7 and 11 inches; Rossi, Malmgren, 1804, type 32 millimetres; 

 graGilis, M. Sars, 1806, type 43 millimetres ; Barsii, Collett, 1871, type 

 44 millimetres, being the other five. I have brought together iwZaris, 

 mueosus, VerriUii, and Turneri in a table of comparative measurements, 

 so that the relations of the North American species may be seen at a 

 glance. It is difficult to determine the exact relations of all the species 

 tf Lycodea of the Arctic and Subarctic regions, since nearly half of them 

 were described from small individuals ; but, so far as the original descrip- 

 tions and measurements furnish a guide, L. Turneri is quite different 



from all the rest. 



The species is dedicated to ^Ir. Lucien M. Turner, to whose ddigence 

 the Museum is indebted for large and valuable additions to its collections 

 from Alaska. 



'^Preliminary Catalogue of tlie Eeptiles, Fishes and Leptocardians of the Ber- 

 mudas, with Descriptions of four Speciesof Fishes believed to be new. < Amer. Jouru. 

 Sci. and Arts, xiv, 1877, (Oct.), PP- 289-298, (p. 295). 



t Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, vii, 1874, (Aug.), p. 123. 



t Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas, p. 82. 



§ Enumerat-.o Piscium Cubeusium, . . . Madi'id, 1875-76. p. 55. 



