REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 143 



branchial pores 2. No prickles. Pyloric coeca 8, nearly equal to the 

 eye, on the left side of the body cavity. 



Dorsal rays slender; the anterior rays not buried in pseudotissue, 

 not projecting above the fin membrane. Caudal slender, truncate, 

 connected for one-sixth its length to the anal, the connection gradual, 

 without a notch. Upper lobe of pectoral reaching anal; the rays 

 slender at the tips, partly free and coiled; the lower lobe of five rays 

 graduated in length, free nearly to the base, coiled at the tips, reaching 

 the anal, 1.1 in the head. In a small specimen the lower lobe does not 

 reach beyond the vent. Disk oval, cupped, the margin stiff and 

 suspended; tip of mandible to disk 9 in length without caudal. 

 Vent distant from disk by two-thirds diameter of disk. 



Coloration dusky; snout, lips, abdomen, gill cavity, and tongue 

 dusky; caudal and dorsal and the anal black posteriorly; peritoneum 

 black; coeca pale. 



Synopsis.— Dorsal 54-57 ; anal 49-o2 ; 

 pectoral 27-29; caudal 8; pyloric coeca 

 8-18. Depth 3.6-6 in the length with- 

 out the caudal, depending upon the 

 size of the specimen; head 4.2-4.8. 

 Eye 3.4-5 in the head; disk 3.2-5.3; 

 lower lobe of pectoral 0.8-1.2. Body 

 elongate. Teeth simple, elongate, dis- 

 tinctly recurved ; the bands horizontal. 

 Gill slit above the base of the pectoral 

 fin. Lower lobe of pectoral elongate, 

 about equal to the head, reaching back- 

 ward to the anal fin in adults, in some ^"^"^^ 'te"eth™""e """"' 

 of the small specimens not extending 



beyond the vent. Disk small, oval, deeply cupped. No pricldes. 

 Color dusky or gray, darker posteriorly; lips, mouth, and gill cavity 

 dusky or black; caudal, margin of dorsal and anal, and the peritoneum 

 black. Seventeen specimens, attaining a length of 248 mm. 



Remarks. — In 1906 the Albatross collected a number of specimens 

 of C. coUetti in the Okhotsk and Japan Seas. These specimens differ 

 somewhat from the types as evidenced by the following notes. 



Note on small specimens less than 100 mm. in length from the 

 Okhotsk Sea. Body elongate; depth more than 5 in the length. 

 Teeth lanceolate, strongly recurved, the cutting surface of the bands 

 horizontal; about 15 oblique rows in the half of each jaw; teeth in 

 front appearing little or not at all shorter than the inner teeth. Nos- 

 tril in a short tube. Snout short, bluntly rounded, slightly project- 

 ing; jaws equal. Pores 2-6-7-2; the 2 suprabranchial pores close 

 together, the tubes of equal length; the upper pore on the snout at 



