REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 89 



Description. — ^A specimen from Point Reyes, Calif. Dorsal 48; 

 anal 39; pectoral 37; pyloric coeca 32. Depth 4.6; head 5.6. 



Body soft, thick, and elongate. Head broad, flat, and blunt; 

 occiput not swollen. Mouth broad; maxillary reaching vertical 

 from front of pupil. Teeth short, strong, slightly recurved, strongly 

 trilobed, widely spaced, about 12 rows in the half of each jaw, the 

 teeth in front appearing little smaller than those behind. Snout 

 broad, bluntly rounded; jaws equal or the upper slightly projecting. 

 Gill slit either above the pectoral or extending down in front of one to 

 four rays, more distinctly down in front of the fin in adults. Prickles 

 absent. 



Dorsal normal, the rays increasing gradually in length. Caudal 

 slender, connected to dorsal and anal for nearly its whole length, the 

 connection gradual, not abrupt as in nearly all the other species of 

 Liparis. Pectoral notched; the lower lobe reaching halfway between 

 disk and vent. Disk large, 2.4 in head. Vent about midway between 

 disk and anal, separated from disk by more than diameter of disk. 



Color light brown. Other specimens have the upper surfaces of 

 head and body covered with narrow, wavj^ lines; lower parts white; 

 in others dark spots and vermiculations replace the lines; vertical 

 fins dusky; dorsal and anal with longitudinal stripes and mottlings; 

 pectoral with crossbars; peritoneum silvery with dark dots. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 48; anal 39; pectoral 37; pyloric coeca 32; disk 

 2.4 in head. Gill slit either above the fin or extending down in front 

 of one to four pectoral rays. Dorsal fin unnotched; dorsal connected 

 to near the tip of the caudal, the connection gradual and obscure. 

 No prickles. A small to medium sized species, reaching a length of 

 123 mm. or more. 



UPARIS TESSELLATUS (Gilbert and Burke) 



Cydogaster tessellatus Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 355. 



Type.— Male^ No. 73328, U.S.N.M.; south coast of Hokkaido, 

 Albatross Station 5042 ; depth 61 fathoms. 



Distribution. — South coast of Hokkaido to coast of Korea, Sea 

 of Japan, Albatross Stations 4867, 5041, and 5042; depth 61-150 

 fathoms. Ten specimens examined. 



Relationships. — L. tessellatus resembles L. pulchellus in the extreme 

 connection between the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, and in the 

 number of fin rays. It can be distinguished from L. pulchellus by 

 the much wider gill slit and the more pointed and compressed head. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 46-48; anal 37-38; pectoral 35-38; pyloric 

 coeca 27-32. Disk 3-3.2 in head. Gill slit extending down in front 

 of 1 6 to 1 7 pectoral rays. Dorsal fin unnotched. Dorsal connected 

 to near the tip of the caudal, the two fins appearing almost continuous 



