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imd ()S mm. in Iciioth. A laro-(> imiiil)er of niuoh .smaller cotypeH 

 were collcclcd at li:ik()dat(\ and a couple at Same. 



The (\ |)(' is mimlxMcd 7711, Iflithyological Collections, Leland Stan- 

 ford Junior I'nivcrsity Museum. Cotypes are No. 50922, U.S.N.M. 



(Named Toi- Kdward I'lielps A His, of Milwaukee.) 



27. COTTIUSCULUS Schmidt. 



('Dllliisriihis SciiMini', M;iiiuscrii)t {(joiic:). 



This <4'enu> reseml)l(>s (i ijiinKx-d nflnu^ in the armature of the j)re- 

 operele. luit has a dei)ressed heail and body; teeth on vomer and pala- 

 tines: skin on head and lunly entindy naked: no concealed lateral line 

 plates; no supcu-orhital tulxu'cles: no external intromittent organ. 

 \'(MUi'aI rays I. ;>. 



(Nam«' a quasi ilinunuti\'e of Coitus?) 



<i. (iill nuMtiltrancs hii-niiiiir a broati \oV\ aiToss tlie isthimis: nasal spine simple. 



'jonez, 38. 

 (hi. (iill nirinl uaiii's I'mininu' a iiaiTiiw fuM acruss tlie isthmus: nasal spine forked. 



^chmidti, 39. 



3> COTTIUSCULUS GONEZ Schmidt. 

 Oatti»sfnltis jgatii^ ^rmtiDT, Jilanoscript: Tlaiiivostok. Aniva Bay, Sakhalin. 



Head if in length without caudal: depth 5. Dorsal VII-13; anal 

 IS; lateral line with 31 pores. Eye 4 in head; snout 4; maxillaiy ii; 

 interorbital space 3 in eye. 



Head and anterior part of hody depressed; body nowherie eom- 

 presssed; as wide as deep posteriorly. Small viUifomi teeth in narrow 

 l^nds on jaws, vomer, and palatines;. Maxillary reaching to Wlow 

 anterior margin of pupil: jaws even, or the lower very slightly 

 included. Eyes very narrowly separated; interorbital space concave. 

 Nasal spines simple, small, and sharp, not double as in CbffHMcm/m 



