REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 131 



the middle of the upper pectoral ray. Disk small, cupped; about 

 equal to the eye, 4.5 in the head; the flap narrow, suspended as in 

 C. colletti; anterior edge of the disk under the posterior margin of 

 the eye. Vent distant a little less than the diameter of the disk. 



Color black; peritoneum black; stomach absent. 



The following note is extracted from the orignal description. 



Dorsal 54; A. 49; P. 13 + 4 + 4; C. 9. Head less than one-fifth the total 

 length. Gill opening narrow, as wide as the eye, above the pectoral fin. Dorsal 

 and anal overlapping the caudal for more than half its length. Longest pectoral 

 ray at the upper edge of the fin, equal to four-tenths the total length of the speci- 

 men; the upper lobe of 13 rays, graduated in length, connected with the lower 

 lobe by four shorter, widely separated rays; the lower lobe contains four separated 

 ra5's, of which the third and fourth, provided with long filaments, are nearly 

 three-tenths of the total length; the rays are more rigid than those of the species 

 of Paraliparis and the ends are slender and flexible. Intense black, uniform 

 over head, body, and fins. Total length 3M inches. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 54; anal 49; pectoral 21; caudal 9. Head 

 heavy and broad, less than one-fifth the total length. Eye about 

 4.7 in the head; disk 4.5, cupped. Gill slit above the base of the 

 pectoral fin. Pectoral fin divided to the base; the middle rays 

 rudimentary; the upper lobe equal to half the length of the body 

 without the caudal; the lower lobe about one-third the body length. 

 Color black; peritoneum black. One specimen, length 3^ inches. 



CAREPROCTU3 OVIGERUM (Gilbert) 



Bathyphasma ovigerum Gilbert, 1896, p. 448. — Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 

 2128, fig. 767. 



Type.— Male, No. 48622, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 3342, off 

 British Columbia; depth 1,588 fathoms; temperature 35.3° F. 

 Length 318 mm. 



Distribution. — Off British Columbia, Albatross Station 3342; depth 

 1,588 fathoms. One specimen known. 



Relationships. — C. ovigerum does not appear to be closely allied to 

 any Itnown species. It is distinguished by the simple, slender, 

 lanceolate teeth, the heavy body, the gill slit extending down in 

 front of the pectoral fin, and the large disk. In the width of the 

 head, the size of the eye, the large disk, and the shape of the body 

 this species bears a close resemblance to the typical species of 

 Liparis. The simple, slender, teeth, the single nostril, the anterior 

 position of the disk, and the coloration indicate a close kinship with 

 Careproctus with which we place the species. Gilbert, (1896, p. 448), 

 proposed the genus Bathyphasma to include this species and based 

 his genius upon the simple, lanceolate teeth which he believed to 

 have been derived along a different line of development from that 

 which gave rise to the simple teeth of Careproctus. At present we 

 are not justified in recognizing the genus Bathyphasma as the denti- 



