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the hand lens but under the microscope the lateral lobes are seen 

 to be weakly developed. Eye large, prominent; pupil large, round. 

 Snout deep, abrupt. Nostril tube little more than a raised rim. 

 Gill-slit wide, extending down in front of 10 pectoral rays. Thumb- 

 tack prickles present on the lower lobe of the pectoral fin; the epi- 

 dermis is absent from the remainder of the body and may have con- 

 tained prickles. 



Anterior dorsal rays increasing rapidly in length; the anterior ray 

 short, little greater than the diameter of the pupil. Caudal trun- 

 cate, of 4 rays, connected for nearly half its length to the anal fin. 

 Pectoral fin notched; the rays opposite the notch widely spaced, not 

 rudimentary; the lower lobe of 4 elongate, nearly equal rays, 1.2 

 in the head, not reaching the anal fin. 



Body pale, with scattered brown dots; mouth pale, dusky in the 

 throat; gill cavity dusky; peritoneum silvery, dotted below, dusky 

 above; stomach black. 



Remarks. — The remaining specimens examined vary somewhat 

 from the type. The gill-slit extends down in front of from 10 to 13 

 pectoral rays. The eye varies from silvery to black. The absence 

 of sUvery pigment in the eye may be due to the preserving fluid. In 

 the two cotypes, as in the type, the lower lobe of the pectoral fin re- 

 tains the epidermis in which are found thumb-tack prickles. None 

 of the specimens have prickles scattered over the body. As the 

 epidermis is absent from the bodies of all the specimens pricldes may 

 have been present on the sides of the body in life and lost with the 

 epidermis. The caudal fin is either truncate or slightly concave. 

 Specimens No. 60671 differ from the other specimens and may repre- 

 sent another species. They are larger with shorter, deeper bodies 

 and a paler coloration. 



Specimens examined. 



Museum No. 



60570, U.S.N. M 



64113 (cotypes), U.S.N.M. 

 60569, U.S.N. M 



60571, U.S.N.M 



60508, U.S.N.M 



60590, U.S.N.M 



60589, U.S.N.M 



60670, U.S.N.M 



60671, U.S.N.M 



Specimens. 



Locality. 



Station 4253 



do 



Station 4194 

 Station 4253 

 Station 4203 

 Station 4292 

 station 4255 

 Station 4251 

 Station 4293 



Collector. 



Albatross. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



PARALIPARIS GASMANI Burke, new species. 

 Amitra liparina Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 1895, p. 278 (in part). 



Type.— Cat. No. 64129, U.S.N.M. Off New England, Albatross 

 station 2586; depth, 328 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Atlantic Ocean off New England, Albatross stations 

 2212, 2561, 2586, 2676; Fish Hawk stations 898, 937, 952, 994, 997, 

 and 1093; depth, 300 to 542 fathoms. 



