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Synopsis. — From the original description: D. 57; A. 53; P. 37. 

 Depth 5.5 in the total length; head 6.5. Eye 3.3 in the head. Pec- 

 toral broad, without a gap at the bases of the rays, but with a notch 

 in the lower half caused by shorter rays ; ends of the rays prolonged as 

 filaments. Head and abdomen black; fins blacldsh; body over the 

 muscular portions somewhat grayish. Total length 4.5 inches. 

 Two specimens. 



PARALIPARIS FIMBRIATUS Garman 



Paraliparis fimbriaius Garman, 1892, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 14, No. 2, 

 p. 9.— 1899, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 116, pi. 29, fig. 1; pi. D. 

 fig. 3. 

 Type.—'No. 28702, M. C. Z.; Albatross Station 3381, off Panama, 

 Pacific Ocean; depth 1,772 fathoms. Length 4 inches. 

 Distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 

 RelationsMps . — P. jimbriatus does not appear to be closely related 

 to any known species. It appears to be distinct from all the species 



Figure 84.— Paraliparis fimbriatus. Teeth from type 



with the exception of P. angustifrons, in having the middle pectoral 

 rays no more widely spaced than those above and below. It is 

 distinguished from P. angustifrons by the smaller number of pectoral 

 rays, the angle of the mouth and in other characters. 



Description of type. — The type is so badly mutilated as to be 

 valueless; what remains appears to agree with the original descrip- 

 tion and the figure. The following notes were taken. 



Body slender ; the dorsal outline not descending rapidly. Head low, 

 broad, the width equal to the depth; profile low, convex; occiput 

 not swollen. Mouth wide; maxillary reaching beneath the posterior 

 margin of the orbit. Snout low, retreating, slightly projecting; 

 the lower jaw included. Teeth slender, conical, simple, not recurved, 

 in very narrow bands, apparently in a few oblique rows; the pulp 

 cavity small. Condition of the nostril, gill slit, pores, and pyloric 

 coeca uncertain. No prickles. 



Pectoral slightly notched; the lower lobe hardly distinguishable; 

 all of the rays evenly spaced on the girdle, elongate, filamentous at 



