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the lower lobe 2 in head, reaching midway between disk and vent. 

 Vent nearer the anal fin than the disk; disk to vent 2.4 in the head. 

 Color probably pale. One specimen, 50 mm. in length. 



CAREPROCTUS LONGIPINNIS Burke 



Liparis reinhardi Lutken, 1898, p. 14, pi. 3, fig. 3.3a, (part, not of Kroyer). — 



CoLLETT, 1905, p. 97, pi. 2, fig. 7, (part, not of Kroyer). 

 Careproclus longipinnis Burke, 19126, p. 509. 



Distribution. — Arctic Ocean, Faroe Islands to Beeren Island. 

 Type from "Ingolf Station 139, north of the Faroe Islands; depth 

 702 danish fathoms." Figured by Liitkin as L. reinhardi in "Danish 

 Ingolf Expedition, vol. 2, pt. 1, The Ichthyological Results, pi. 3, 

 figs. 3-3a." 



Figure 54.— Cabepboctus pellucidus. Teeth fbom type 



Relationships. — C. longipinnis differs from all the other species of 

 the genus from the same region in the deeper body, the longer lower 

 lobe of the pectoral, and the more deeply cupped disk. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 53; anal 44; pectoral 30-31; caudal 10. Body 

 gelatinous, deep; depth of body greater than length of head. Head 

 4.9 in total length. Eye 5 in head. Disk 4.6. Gill slit above the 

 base of the pectoral fin. Pectoral fin unnotched; lower lobe elongate, 

 exceeding the length if the head by a little more than the diameter of 

 the eye. Disk small, cupped and triangular; posterior margin folded 

 over. Vent close to disk. 



CAREPROCTUS PELLUCIDUS Gilbert and Burke 



Careproclus pellucidus Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 366. 



Ty^pe.— Female, No. 73335, U.S.N. M.; Albatross Station 5048, 

 off Kinka San, Japan; depth 129 fathoms. Length 128 mm. 



Distribution. — Northeast coast of Hondo, Japan, Albatross Stations 

 5048 and 5049; depth 129-182 fathoms. Seven specimens examined, 

 reaching a length of 128 mm. 



