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as in L. pulchellus. A small to medium sized species, reaching a 

 length of 187 mm. 



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Figure 18.— Liparis tessellatus. Ttpe. A spehes that in respect to the unnotched dorsal, 



UNION OF DORSAL, ANAL, AND CAUDAL AND IN APPEARANCE APPROACHES THE CaREPROCTUS TYPE 



Remarks. — In specimens less than 135 mm. in length the head is 

 not so pointed and the snout does not project so for beyond the lower 

 jaw. 



LIPARIS MAJOR (Gill) 



Cyclopterus liparis major Fabricius, 1780, p. 136. 



Actinochir major Gill, 1864, p. 193; 1873, p. 193. 



Liparis fabriciiLvTKF.N, 1886. — Gunther, 1887, p. 66. — Gill, 1891, p. 376, pi. 29. 



Careprodus major Garman, 1892, p. 72 



Cyclogaster fabricil LoNNBTURG, 1899, (part). 



Distrihution. — Greenland and the Arctic Ocean to the eastward, 

 probably circumpolar. Recorded by Liitken to range in depth from 

 46 to 106 fathoms, by Lonnberg from 14 to 140 meters. Ten speci- 

 mens examined. 



Figure 19.— Liparis major. Teeth from several specimens 



Relationships. — L. major is not closely related to any other known 

 species. In the appearance of the heavy head and body this species 

 somewhat resembles L. megacephalus though the head is much 

 narrower. L. major differs from all the other species of Liparis in 



