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BULLETIN 150, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Table of measurements of Liparis rhodosoma 



Locality — stations 5016 5021 



Length 144 191 



Depth of body 4.3 4.0 



Snout to disk 7.0 6.6 



Disk to anal 5.9 6.2 



Depth, head 4.7 4.5 



Width, head 4.7 5.0 



Head 3.6 3.6 



Eye in head 6.0 6.5 



Snout 2.3 2.6 



Internostril 3. 6 4. 2 



Gill slit 2.5 2.3 



Disk 2.1 2.5 



Disk to vent 2.3 2.6 



Pyloric coeca 44 39 



Dorsal 45 45 



Anal 37 37 



Pectoral 7-35 8-34 



Pectoral rays behind gill slit 14 15 



Sex Female. Female. 



Specimens examined 



LIPARIS STEINENI Fischer 



Liparis steineni Fischer, 1885, p. 63. — Garman, 1892, p. 66. 

 Enaniioli parts steineni Gill, 1891, p. 365. 

 Cyclogasier steineni Bxjrke, 19126. 



Types. — Two, No. 3945, Fisch sammlung Naturhistorischen 

 Museum, Hamburg; Royal Bay, South Georgia. 



Distribution. — Tide pools or shallow w^aters of South Georgia. 

 Not seen by the writer. 



Relationships. — The large disk and habitat suggest that Fischer is 

 correct in placing this species in the genus Liparis. However, if the 

 nostrils are correctly described it is a true Careprodus. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 44-45; anal 36; pectoral 32. Dorsal not 

 notched. Disk 2 in head. Dorsal distinctly connected with the 

 caudal. Pectoral unnotched. Only two specimens known, reaching 

 a length of 70 mm. 



