NO. 1941. 



NEW CYCL0GA8TERID FISHES— BURKE. 



573 



Relationships. — Paraliparis garmani does not closely resemble any 

 known species of the North Atlantic Ocean. It has, however, been 

 confused with Paraliparis liparina by various writers. It can readily 

 be distinguished from the latter species by the oblique mouth and the 

 more elongate, slender, and recurved teeth. In these two charac- 

 ters Paraliparis garmani bears a close resemblance to Paraliparis 

 cephalus of the Pacific Ocean. It differs from the latter species, how- 

 ever, in the larger number of pectoral rays and the rudimentary mid- 

 dle pectoral rays. 



Description of the type. — Dorsal, 54; anal, 49; pectoral, 21; caudal, 

 8; pyloric caeca, 6. Depth, 4.6 in the length of the body without the 

 caudal; head, 4.5. Eye, 5.4 in the head; gUl-slit, 4.2. 



Body deepest at the nape, tapering rapidly for a short distance, 

 not very attentuate, resembling that of P. copei. Head heavy, short, 

 compressed; occiput considerably swollen; cheeks vertical; profile 

 concave over the eyes. Mouth oblique as in P. cephalus. Teeth 

 simple, rather slender and elongate, distinctly recurved, arranged 

 in broad bands. Snout deep, abrupt; symphysis of lower jaw sharp, 

 projecting. Nostril without projecting tube. Eye small, black. 

 Gni-slit small, extending up from the upper pectoral ray. Prickles 

 absent. 



Anterior dorsal rays buried in tissue. Caudal appearing forked, 

 connected for half its length to the anal. Pectoral divided into two 

 distinct lobes; the space between bridged by 4 rudimentary rays 

 hidden beneath the skin; the upper lobe broadly rounded, 2 in the 

 head; the lower lobe of 3 slender rays, 2.9 in the head. 



Remarlcs. — In the young the occiput is greatly swollen as in P. 

 cephalus and the taU appears very slender and attenua,te in contrast 

 to the heavy head and trunk. The maxillary may extend from be- 

 neath the middle of the eye to the posterior margin. 



Spedviens examined. 



RHINOLIPARIS ATTENUATUS Burke, new species. 



Type.— Cat. No. 28377, M.C.Z. Bering Sea, Albatross station 3326; 

 depth, 576 fathoms. Only the type-specimen known. 



Relationships .—Rhinoliparis attenuatus constitutes the second 

 species in the genus. It does not appear to be closely related to 



