EEVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPAKIDAE 



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nent, black, the lower half probably silvery in life; pupil large, round. 

 Gill slit in front of 12 pectoral rays. Pores 2-6-7-2. Pyloric coeca 

 about 10. No prickles on type; cactuslike pricldes on specimen No. 

 3023, these may be isolated or in groups of 10 or 12 or more. 



Anterior dorsal rays short, buried in tissue beneath the sldn. 

 Pectoral fins very oblique, the symphysis under the front of the eye, 

 the notch broad, bridged by 10 shortened, \videly spaced rays; 17 

 T&js above the notch; the lower lobe of 5 delicate rays, reaching 

 midway to anal fin. Disk absent from the type, in specimen No. 695 

 minute, perfect in structure, hidden between the pectoral lobes. 

 Caudal slender, of eight rays. 



Figure 65.— Carlproctus roseofuscus. Teeth from type 



Color pale; peritoneum silvery with black dots; mouth and gill 

 cavity pale; stomach black. 



Syno2)sis. — Dorsal 54; anal 47; pectoral 32; caudal 8; pyloric 

 coeca 10. Depth 4.5 in length without caudal; head 3.8; lower lobe 

 of the pectoral fin 1.8. Body rather heavy anteriorly, short. Teeth 

 simple, slender, elongate and recurved. Gill slit extending down in 

 front of 12 pectoral rays. Cactuslike prickle present or absent. 

 Disk minute, apparent!}^ perfect in shape and structure, more than 9 

 in the head. Body pale, peritoneum silvery, dotted; stomach black. 



CAREPROCTUS ROSEOFUSCUS Gilbert and Burke 



Careproclus roseofuscus Gilbert and Btjrke, 19126, p. 389. 



Type.— No. 73338, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 5026, southern 

 part of the Okhotsk Sea; depth 119 fathoms; length 91 mm. 



