REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 171 



Color pale, pigmented with brown dots; these gathered about the 

 mouth, along the back and toward the caudal and causing these regions 

 to become duskj^; peritoneum black; stomach pale. 



From the .type description: Dorsal 67; anal 54; pectoral 23; 

 caudal 6. Depth 5.5, head 6.7. Orbit 5; snout 3.7. 



PARALIPARIS ULOCHIR Gilbert 



Paraliparis ulochir Gilbert, 1896, p. 441; 1915, p. 354. 



Type. — Lost, U. S. National Museum Collection. Albatross Sta- 

 tion 3010, Gulf of California; depth 1,005 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Gulf of California and Bering Sea; Albatross Stations 

 3010 and 3332; depth 406 to 1,005 fathoms. 



Relationships. — The distinguishing characters of the species are 

 the liigh pectoral, large number of pectoral rays, the gill slit above 

 the pectoral, and the black coloration. 



Description oj No. 48699 U. S. N. M. — A poorly preserved speci- 

 men from Station 3332, Bering Sea. 



Figure 89.— Paraliparis ulochir. Teeth from specimen No. 48699, U.S.N.M. 



Body tapering rapidly into an attenuate tail. Head short; inter- 

 orbital flat; occiput slightly swollen, prominent. Teeth simple, 

 short, conical, with a broad base, strongly recurved, sharply pointed, 

 in narrow bands, arranged in oblique rows. Snout abrupt, deep. 

 Nostril without a tube. Eye medium. Gill sUt above the pectoral. 

 One suprabranchial pore present. No prickles. Pyloric coeca on 

 the left side, about 8. The upper edge of the pectoral on a level with 

 the upper margin of the eye; the fin apparently not divided to the 

 base; the lower lobe of short rays, bound in membrane nearly to 

 the tip; the two lobes connected by four more widely spaced rays. 

 Skin absent; thebody pigmented with brown dots; mouth, gill cavity, 

 peritoneum and the stomach black. 



From the original description: Dorsal about 65; anal about 60. 

 Head 5 in the length. Eye 3 to dji in the head. Upper lobe of the 

 pectoral extending beyond the anal origin; four or five somewhat 

 widely spaced, well-developed rays connecting with the lower lobe; 



