118 



BULLETIN 150, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



diameter of disk. Color paie to dusky; dusky toward the caudal, 

 peritoneum pale; stomach appearing black through the abdominal 

 wall. Only the type specimen known. 



CAREPROCTUS RHODOMELAS Gilbert and Burke 



Careprodus rhodomelas Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 365. 



Type.— M&le, No. 73334, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 4958, off 

 the Bungo Channel, Japan; depth 405 fathoms. Length 123 mm. 



Distribution. — Southeast coast of Japan; Albatross Stations 4958 

 and 4980; depth 405-507 fathoms. Two specimens examined. 



Relationsliips. — C. rhodomelas is not closely related to any known 

 species. The heavy crushing teeth and the long lower pectoral lobe 

 distinguish this species from all others with which it ma}^ be confused. 



FiGUEE 36.— Caeepeoctus homopteel's. Teeth feom ttpe 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 56; anal 48; pectoral 31; caudal 9; pyloric 

 coeca 12. Body slender; depth 5.5 in length without caudal; head 

 5.4. Teeth coarsely trilobed, the lateral lobes nearly as large as the 

 central lobe. Gill slit extending down in front of three pectoral rays. 

 Anterior dorsal rays increasing gradually in length. Lower lobe of 

 the pectoral elongate, reaching past the origin of the anal fin, four- 

 thirds times the head. Disk small, triangular; 8.3 in the head. 

 Color blackish; peritoneum and stomach black. Only two speci- 

 mens known. 



CAREPROCTUS RANULA (Goode and Bean) 



Liparis ranula Goode and Bean, 1879, p. 46. 



Careprodus ramda Goode and Bean, 1895, p. 275, fig. 251. — Jordan and 



EVERMANN, 1898, p. 2134. 

 Careprodus reinhardi Garman, 1892, p. 78, (part, not of Kroyer). — Jordan and 



EvERMANN, 1898, p. 2133, (part, after Garman). 



r7/2?e.— Female, No. 22310, U.S.N.M.; Speedwell Station 117, off 

 Halifax Harbor; depth 52 fathoms. Length 56 mm. 



