NO. 135S. ,/^ I PA XESE SCIJLPINS—J()RI>. 1 X AND STARRS. 259 



D. VII-14; A. 10; C. 12; P. 17; V. I, 3. The head lar^c, wider 

 than deep or long; the ridges higher and ver}- rough; oihitul ridges 

 elevated, eontinued l)ack\vard toward t\\o. nape, the oecipital rid<»-es 

 sluirp l)ehind; upper prcopercular si)ine \vv\ long, rough, nearly two- 

 thirds as long as head, reaching middle of spinous dorsal, with t; or 

 7 strong recurved hooks or serrations on the upper edg(>: lower 

 prcopercular spines strong; opercle with a longitudinal ril)and no dis- 

 tinct spine; lateral line with a row of rough, bony scutella, each with 

 a niijuite central spine; skin on sides, more or less villous or pi'icklv, 

 witli lunnerous fleshy slips, elsewhere smooth. Isthnms Avidc; a slit 

 behind last gill; vomer with teeth; anal papilla very large. Bering 





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Fig. 12. — Oekatocottfs dicer.^us. 



Sea, rather common from Alaska to Kamchatka and Saghalin. One 

 specimen examin(Kl by us from Koblx'n Island. It has lieen also taken 

 by Dr. Schmidt off Pestschuzotf, coast of Korea. 

 (<^z«r, two; Kspavg^ horned.) 



14. CERATOCOTTUS NAMIYEI Jordan and Starks. 



Head 2i in length without caudal; depth Hf; dor.sal A'll-lo; anal 11. 

 eye 5 in head; interorbital 4; maxiilar}- 2^^; snout 4. 



Protih^ of head very uneven; the parietal spines are produced, leav- 

 ing a deep notch betw(>en th(>m and first dorsal spine; the profile is 

 tlieiu'(> straight and sloping to the greatly j)r()duced superorbital 

 rims; ii\ front of eve is a notch formed by nasal spines and produced 

 premaxillarv ])rocesses, in front of which snout is steep and straight. 

 Lower jaw projecting; mouth large and little oblique, tlie maxillary 

 reaching to posterior margin of pupil. Teeth rather coarse, villiform, 

 in broad ])ands on jaw and vomer, palatines toothles.s. liitcroi-])ital 

 broad and deeply concave; no ridges along its middle^; its width a little 

 greater than distance between parietal ridges, nearly equal to })ost- 

 orbital ])art of ci-anium in a median lin(> on top, greater than length of 

 snout measured straight on a median line, and ('(jual to snout measur- 



