KE VISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 121 



larger but not especially prominent. Snout low, broad. Nostril in 

 a tube in front of eye. Eye moderate; pupU large, round. Gill slit 

 above the pectoral. No pricldes. Pyloric coeca 9 or more, 2.7 in 

 the head. 



Anterior dorsal rays free beneath fin membrane, increasing gradually 

 in length. Caudal of 8 or 10 slender rays, connected with its basal 

 half to the anal. Pectoral with a shallow notch; the lower lobe 

 hardly differentiated, of six rays, reaching slightly past the disk, 1.5 in 

 the head; upper edge of pectoral on a level between eye and angle of 

 mouth. Disk moderate, flat. Vent close to the disk. 



Color pale; coeca, stomach, and peritoneum pale. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 53; anal 49; pectoral 28; pyloric coeca about 9. 

 Depth of body less than length of head. Eye 3.4 in head; disk 3.2. 

 Teeth simple, rather slender and elongate, sometimes a light shoulder 

 near the tip or the lateral lobes distinct. Gill slit above the pectoral. 

 Pectoral with a shallow notch, the lower lobe hardly differentiated, 

 reaching slightly past the disk, 1.5 in the head. Color pale, including 

 peritoneum and stomach. 



CAREPROCTUS REINHARDI (Kroyer) 



Liparis gelatinosus Reinhardt, 1842, p. 82, pi. 10. 



Liparis reinhardi Kroyer, 1862, p. 252. — Collett, 1905, pi. 2, fig. 8. (part, 



confused with C. longipinnis) . 

 Careproctus reinhardi Kroyer, 1862, p. 257. — Collett, ISSO, p. 57, pi. 2, figs. 



15-16. — Garman, 1892, p. 78, (part, confused with C. ranula). — Jordan 



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

 Liparis gelatinosus GtJNTHER, 1887, p. 67, (part, not of Pallas). 



Distribution. — The types are from Greenland, Arctic Ocean; 

 recorded from about Jan Mayen and Bear Island and off Arendal 

 and in the Kara Sea; depth 263-658 fathoms. 



Relationships. — C. reinhardi appears to be closely related to C. 

 ranula and C. micropus. For a comparison of these species see 

 description of C. ranula. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 54-55; anal 45-46; pectoral 32-33; depth of 

 body less than length of head. Eye 5-6 in the head. Disk httle 

 larger than the eye. Teeth simple. Pectoral notched ; the lower lobe 

 shorter than the head. Color reddish or whitish. 



CAREPROCTUS MICROPUS (Gunther) 



Liparis micropus Gxjnther, 1887, p. 66, pi. 12, fig. B. — Lutken, 1898, p. 14. 

 Careproctus micropus Garman, 1892, p. 72. — Goode and Bean, 1895, p. 277. 



Distribution. — Giinther's specimens come from the Faroe Channel, 

 depth 540 to 608 fathoms. Lutken records specimens from west of 

 Greenland and Iceland, north of Iceland, and south of the Faroe 

 Islands. No specimens examined. 



