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Color: Remnant of skin black, apparently uniformly black; flesh 

 pigmented; mouth, gill cavity, and the peritoneum black; stomach 

 pale. 



From the original description: D. 55; A. 47-49 P. 18-1-1-4 or 5. 

 Head nearly 6 in the total length. Eye 3.3 in the head. Bones 

 of the head thin and fragile. Upper portion of the pectoral with 

 about 18 rays, separated from the lower lobe by two short rays; the 

 longest rays nearly as long as the head; the majority of the rays have 

 filamentous tips. Black on the side, abdomen, fins, and the lower 

 surface of the head; remainder blackish to clouded brownish. Length 

 5 inches or more. 



PARALIPAEIS HOLOMELAS Gilbert 



Paraliparis holomelas Gilbert, 1895, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., 1893, p. 441. — 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, p. 2140.— 

 EvERMANN and GoLDSBOROUGH, 1907, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 26. 

 p. 334, (part). 



FiGURK 92.— PARAUPARIS HOLOMELAS. TEETH FROM TYPE 



Type.— Female, No. 48637, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 3332, 

 north of Unalaska, Bering Sea; depth 406 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Bering Sea; Albatross Stations 3332 and 3308; depth 

 406 to 1,625 fathoms. Type examined. 



Relationships. — Apparently closely related to P. latifrons; possibly 

 distinguished by the black stomach and the larger number of fin rays. 



Description of type. — Mutilated. Body deepest at the nape, slop- 

 ing rapidly to the elongate slender tail; the trunk short, not equal 

 to the head. Head heavy, deep, occiput high, swollen; profde not 

 concave over the eyes; interorbital high; cheeks nearly vertical; 

 mouth broad; the lateral cleft extends nearly to the posterior margin 

 of the eye, maxillary reaching a vertical from behind the posterior mar- 

 gin of the orbit. Teeth as in P. latifrons, simple, not recurved, few, 

 moderately elongate, bluntly rounded at the tip, in narrow bands; the 

 oblique rows obscure; inner teeth prominent. Snout abrupt. Nostril 

 close in front of the eye ; the character of the tube uncertain. Eye large, 

 black, 4 in the head. Gill slit large, 2.4 in the head, extending down 

 in froHt of 13 pectoral rays. Pores on the head enlarged, oval; one 



