REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 



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anal; the dorsal connection less, notched. Pectoral notched; the 

 lower lobe reaching halfway from disk to vent. Disk large, 2.6 in 

 the head; the posterior margin under the gill slit; the flap thick 

 and broad, equal to the center of the disk. Vent close behind disk. 



Color gra3''ish purple, probably translucent and pinkish in life, 

 and with the dorsal region marked with large round reddish spots 

 as described; the type is discolored and no spots are visible. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 53; anal 44; pectoral 30-33; caudal 12; pyloric 

 coeca 40. Depth 3.7 in length without caudal; head 4.7? (snout 



Figure 73.— Cbystallichthys cyclospi- 

 Lus. Teeth from type 



Figure 74.— Crystaluchthys cyclospilus. Teeth 

 from specimen 130 mm. in length, from alba- 

 TROSS Station 4779, Bering Strait 



injured). Eye 5-5.5; disk 2.6-3. Body deep, greatly compressed. 

 Head much compressed. Snout conical, piojecting, the lower sur- 

 face cleft longitudinally. Teeth blunt, distinctly trilobed. Gill slit 

 above the pectoral fin. Pupil as in C. cyclospilus. Disk normal, large. 

 Suprabranchial pores 1 or 2. Color graj^ish or whitish, translucent 

 pinkish in life, pinkish blotches on head, body, and fins, these not so 

 rounded as in C. cyclospilus, some irregular, other barlike. 



Remarks. — Note on a small specimen from Albatross Station 

 4794. Head 3.5; depth 3.7. Dorsal 53; anal 44; pectoral 30; pyloric 

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