KEVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 81 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 45; anal 36-38; pectoral 39-42; pyloric coeca 

 23-38; posterior nostril without a projection in front. Jaws about 

 equal. Teeth not so slender or recurved as in L. ingens, arranged 

 in 14-25 oblique rows in the half of each jaw, the number in upper and 

 lower jaws about equal. Disk 2.5-2.6 in head. Gill slit extending 

 down in front of from 12 to 18 pectoral rays. Dorsal fin unnotched. 

 Dorsal connected to near the middle of the caudal. Prickles some- 

 times present. A large-sized species, reaching a length of 465 mm. 



LIPARIS INGENS (Gilbert and Burke) 



Cyclogaster ingens Gilbert and Burke 19126, p. 360. 



Type.— Msde, No. 73330, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 4863, 

 southern part of the Japan Sea; depth 250 fathoms. 



Relationships. — L. ingens appears to be most closely related to L. 

 ochotensis. It can be distinguished by the teeth, the projecting upper 



Figure 12.— Liparis ingens. Teeth from type 



jaw, and the slenderer body. The coloration of the type is distinct 

 but this character is a variable one among the species of Liparis. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 45; anal 37; pectoral 42; pyloric cocea 37. 

 Posterior nostril without projection in front. Upper jaw projecting, 

 exposing nearly all the upper band of teeth; about 20 oblique rows in 

 the half of the lower and 30 in the half of the upper jaw; the inner 

 teeth slender and strongly recurved. Gill slit extending down in 

 front of 16 pectoral rays. Dorsal fin unnotched. Prickles present, 

 A large-sized species, reaching a length of 485 mm. 



LIPARIS RHODOSOMA, new species 



Cyclogaster ochotensis Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 359 (part). 



Type.— Male, No. 22271, S.U.Z.M. Okhotsk Sea, off Saghalin, 

 Albatross Station No. 5023; depth 75 fathoms. Length 200 mm. 



Distribution. — Southwestern part of the Okhotsk Sea off the coast 

 of Saghalin, Albatross Stations 5016, 5017, 5020, 5021, and 5023; 

 depth 64 to 75 fathoms. Five specimens examined. 



