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Dorsal 35; anal 29; pectoral 29; pyloric coeca 39. Depth 5 in 

 length without caudal; head 5.25. Eye 6.2 in head; disk 2.5. 



Body shaped somewhat as in L. mucosus; the depth retained to 

 beneath the second dorsal. Head low, wider than deep; occiput 

 not swollen; profile rising gradually, depressed over the eyes. Mouth 

 wide, terminal; maxillary reaching vertical in front of eye. Snout 

 low, jaws equal. Teeth slender, recurved; the lateral lobes small. 

 Anterior nostril in a prominent tube; posterior nostril with a low 

 rim. Gill slit extending down in front of 5 pectoral rays; 3.8 in head. 

 Dorsal unnotched, originbehind middle of pectoral ; caudal of 10 rays. 

 Dorsal and anal connection to the caudal very short, extending little, if at 

 all, beyond the skin-covered base of the latter. Pectoral notched, the 

 lower lobe of six rays, reaching a little more than halfway between disk 

 and vent. Disk moderate. Vent about midway between disk and anal. 

 Olivaceous above, paler below; body and fins speckled with olive 

 brown. Peritoneum pale, with sparsely scattered black dots. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 35 ; 

 anal 29 ; pectoral 29 ; py- 

 loric coeca 39. Disk 2.5 

 in the head. Gill slit 

 extending down in front 

 of five pectoral rays. 

 Dorsal fin unnotched, 

 the connection with the 

 caudal not extending 



Figure 6.— Lifaris cyclopus. Teeth from a specimen from bevond the skin-COVered 

 PuGET Sound , i- ^ i i ^ ^ -nt 



base 01 the latter. JNo 

 prickles. Body somewhat depressed anteriorly, the greatest depth 

 retained to beneath the second dorsal. Color olivaceous above, 

 paler below; body and fins speckled with light olive brown. A 

 small-sized species. 



RemarJcs. — L. cyclopus is a flabby appearing species with a broad, 

 low head. It is easily recognized at sight in the adult stage. The 

 specimens from Petropavlovsk are immature and may represent an 

 undescribed species. The specimens from Kamchatka may have a 

 smaller gill slit and the snout more evenly rounded than the American 

 specimens of the species. 



The following details are from the larger Kamchatka specimen. 

 Head 4 in length without caudal; depth 4.7. Dorsal 37; anal 30; 

 pectoral 32. Eye 5 in head; snout 3; disk 2; gill slit extending down 

 in front of 3 pectoral rays. 



LIPARIS FRENATUS (Gilber. and Burke) 



Cyclogastcr frenatus Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 356. 



Type.— Female, No. 73329, U.S.N.M. Albatross Station 4809, 

 Japan Sea; depth 207 fathoms. 



