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may be broader and ma}" have more than one point, but none is ciren- 

 lar with a rosette of short spinous points, as is the case with the dorsal 

 series. Lower jaw" inchided; top of head covered Avith small warts; 

 scapular spine short and sharp; humeral spine obscure; upper pre- 

 opercular spine ver}' long, nearly as long as e3"e, low, sharp, 3 tmies 

 length of next spine, not quite reaching tip of opercular spine. 

 Occipital crests long, gentl}" converging l)ehind, suddenly diverging 

 near theii posterior ends. Distance from supraorl^ital to occipital 

 tubercle li times the distance between the 2 supraor])ital tubercles 

 (the 2 measurements about equal in 2f. j>o/f/ac((Nf/i(K'r'p//(/lu>t)\ 2 or 3 

 low digitate ridges l)ehind supraocular spine; a sliarp ethmoidal ridge 

 extends Ijackward from level of small spines to a])ove front of pupil; 

 mouth very large, the maxillarj" extending to posterior ))order of eye:, 

 the pore always present behind last gill arch; spinous dorsal low, the 

 interval between dorsals unusually long; tins moderate: pectoral 

 barely reaching anal; vcntrals not to vent. Color olive grayish, 

 mottled with darker, paler than in related species; back with 4 dark 

 cross bands, made u[) of ])lackish spots; lower side of head and belly 

 plain white; mem])rane of upper jaw unspotted; tins, all except the 

 ventrals, with ol)lique dark bars, fainter than in most species. In 

 the adult, tlie dark cross bands break up into sharply defined Ijlack 

 spots, with vermiculating blotches and lines which closely cover the 

 back. Length 12 to 18 inches. (Jordan and Gilbert.) Bering Sea, 

 shallow water; everywhere common on both coasts, extending into 

 the Arctic and south to the Amur River and LTnalaska. Our speci- 

 mens from Unalaska. Bristol Ba}". Petropaulski, Robben Reef. Port 

 Clarence, and Grantle}' Harbor; one of th(^ most characteristic tishes 

 of Bering Sea. 



(jaok, the vernacuhir name in Kamchatka.) 



23. MYOXOCEPHALUS EDOMIUS Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head 2i in length, without caudal; depth 5i|. Dorsal VIII or IX- 

 14 to 1(5; anal 13. Lateral line 41. Eye 51 in head; interobital 7^; 

 snout 3|; maxillary 2|; upper preopercular spine 5; pectoral If ; first 

 dorsal spine 4|; third dorsal spine 3^; longest dorsal rays 2^; longest 

 anal rays 3f ; ventral- 2i; caudal 2. 



Head and anterior part of body depressed ; l)ody round posteriorly, 

 nowhere compressed. Interorbital space uniforml}" concave, a very 

 slight median ridge anteriorly. Mouth large; lower jaw included; 

 maxillary reaching to under posterior orbital margin. Very small 

 conical teeth in bands on jaws and vomer; the band on mandible not 

 widened anteriorly; the vomerine patch rather strongly curved, the 

 greatest width across is greater than the vertical diameter of eye, 

 scarcely equal to horizontal diameter. Nasal spines strong Ridges 

 on each side of vertex high and rather broken up, converging back- 



