REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 125 



4; smaller than eye. Body heavy, deep, short. Head heavy; in- 

 terorbital region broad and flat. Teeth simple or with a slight 

 shoulder. Snout blunt, not projecting. Gill slit extending up from 

 base of the upper pectoral ray. Anterior dorsal rays increasing 

 gradually in length. Lower lobe of the pectoral reaching the origin 

 of the anal fin, about equal to the head. Disk somewhat triangular. 

 Vent close to the disk. Color pale, little or no dark pigment any- 

 where. Four specimens known, reaching a length of about 100 mm. 



CAREPROCTUS MELANURUS GHbert 



Careproctus mclanurus Gilbert, 1890, p. 56. — Jordan and Evermann, 1898, 

 p. 2135. 

 Type— Male, No. 44285, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 2925, off 

 southern California; depth 339 fathoms. Length 179+ mm. 

 (Caudal absent.) 



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Figure 45.— Caheproctus melanurus. Teeth from type 



Distribution. — British Columbia to southern California, Albatross 

 Stations 2860, 2892, 2925, 3112, and 3186; depth 284 to 876 fathoms; 

 temperature 36.5° to 44.1° F. Eleven specimens examined. 



Relationships. — See description of C. spectrum. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 54; anal 47; pectoral 31; pyloric coeca 20-27. 

 Depth 4.2-4.5 in length without caudal; head 4.3-4.5. 'Eye 3.5-4 in 

 head; disk 6.4-6.9. Body rather deep and compressed. Head 

 heavy; interorbital broad and flat. Teeth rather stout, simple or 

 with the lateral lobes faintly developed. Snout blunt, not projecting. 

 Gill slit sbove the pectoral fin. Disk small, less than the eye, cupped. 

 Lower lobe of the pectoral 1.3 in the head, reaching more than half 

 way to the orgin of the anal fin. Color pinkish or whitish ; pertioneum 

 mouth, gill cavity, caudal, and neighboring portions of dorsal and anal 

 and the posterior surface of the pectoral black or dusky; posterior 

 part of the body more or less dusky; peritoneum rarely whitish with 

 scattered black dots. Eleven specimens, reaching a length of about 

 200 mm. 



