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suprabranchial pore; snout pores close together; the upper one nearly 

 between the nostrils; the anterior pore reduced in size. No prickles. 

 Pyloric coeca 8, on the left side, short, about equal to the pupil. 



Dorsal rays very slender, the anterior rays increasing gradually in 

 length, apparently not buried in tissue, the membrane absent. Cau- 

 dal absent. Pectoral 23, deeply divided; the two lobes connected 

 by two or three rudimentary, widel}'- spaced rays; the upper lobe 

 long, reaching past the front of the anal; the lower lobe of five fila- 

 mentous rays free to their base, the longest reaching the anal, 1.2 in 

 the head, the shortest not half the longest; the rays not regularly 

 graduated in length as in Xipam. Snout to vent 4 in the head. Th& 

 type is a female with eggs. Color black; peritoneum and stomach 

 black; pyloric coeca white; mouth and gill cavity dusky to black. 



From the original description: Head about 5; depth about 6.. 

 Dorsal 58 to 61; anal 54. Eye 3.7 in the head. Very large mucous 

 slits on head, five forming a series from tip of snout below eye and 

 across cheeks, six along mandible and preopercle. No pseudo bran- 

 chiae. Pectoral inserted low, the upper edge below the level of the eye ,•: 

 the two lobes distinct, the interspace without free membraneous mar- 

 gin, the skin of the abdomen directly continuous at this point with 

 that of shoulder girdle; beneath the integument the interspace between 

 the lobes is provided with two or three short widely spaced rays, as in. 

 all other species examined by us. 



PARAUPARIS GARMANI Burke 



Amiira liparina Goode and Bean. 1895, p. 278 (p.art, confused with P. liparina)^ 

 Paraliparis garmani Burke, 1912o, p. 572. 



Type.— No. 64129, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 2586, off New 

 England; depth 328 fathoms. Length 141 mm. 



Distribution. — Atlantic Ocean off New England. Albatross Sta- 

 tions 2212, 2586, 2676; Fish Hawk Stations 898, 937, 952, 994, 997, 

 1093; depth 300 to 542 fathoms. Fifteen specimens examined. 



Relationships. — P. garmani does not closely resemble any known 

 species of the North Atlantic Ocean. It has been confused with P. 

 liparina by various writers but can readily be distinguished from the- 

 latter species by the oblique mouth and the more elongate, slender,, 

 and recurved teeth. In these two characters P. garmani resembles 

 P. cephalus of the Pacific Ocean. It differs from the latter species, 

 however, in the larger number of pectoral rays and the more rr.di- 

 mentary condition of the middle pectoral rays. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 54; anal 49 ; pectoral 21 ; pyloric coeca 6. Depth 

 of body 4.6 in length without caudal. Mouth oblique, symphysis of 

 lower jaw projecting. Teeth simple, comparatively stout, sharply 

 pointed, recurved, in broad bands. Gill slit above the pectoral. 

 Middle pectoral rays rudimentary, hidden beneath the skin; lower 

 lobe of the pectoral 2.9 in the head. No prickles. Color pale, dusky 



