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Skin transparent, sparsely dotted; flesh dusted with brown dots; 

 chin dusky; gill cavity, mouth, peritoneum, and stomach black. 



• PARALIPARIS LATIFRONS Garman 



Paraliparis laiifrons Garman, 1899, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 118, pis. 

 27-28. 



Types. —Seven; No. 28698, M. C. Z.; Albatross Station 3382, 

 Pacific Ocean, off Panama; depth 1,793 fathoms. Length 145 mm. 

 or less. 



Distribution. — -Known only from the type locality. Types exam- 

 ined. 



Relationship. — -In the shape of the head and body and the enlarged 

 pores P. latifrons resembles P. holomelas; for differences see descrip- 

 tion of the latter species. 



Description of one of the types. — -Dorsal 53 ; anal 47 ; pectoral about 

 23; caudal 6; pyloric coeca 7. Depth 5.1; head 4.3. Ej^e 4.3 in 

 the head. 



Figure 91.— Parauparis latifrons. Teeth from type 



Body heavy and deep at the nape, tapering rapidly into the slen- 

 der compressed tail. Head heavy and deep; depth 5.1; width 6.5; 

 cheeks vertical; occiput high. Mouth broad; the lateral cleft ex- 

 tending beneath the middle of the eye; maxillary extending beneath 

 the posterior margin of the orbit. Teeth simple, slender, not 

 recurved, arranged in narrow bands, the inward diverging rows very 

 oblique; inner teeth longer and comparative}}'" blunt. Snout deep, 

 abrupt, not projecting. Nostril uncertain. Eye large, black; pupil 

 large, round. Gill slit vmcertain, the membrane macerated. Pores 

 on the head enlarged as in P. holomelas; supr abranchial pore uncer- 

 tain. No prickles. Pyloric coeca short, on the left side. 



Origin of dorsal above the base of the pectoral. Caudal slender, 

 of four or six rays. Pectoral divided nearly to the base; the upper 

 edge below the level of the orbit; the two lobes connected by widely 

 spaced rudmientary rays; the lower lobe of five elongate rays; the 

 first ray shorter. In two specimens the eggs are 4 mm. in diameter. 



