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BULLETIN 150, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



the skin. Eye moderate, black; pupil large, round. Gill slit large, 

 above the pectoral, extending obliquely forward and downward; the 

 opercular arm supporting the gUl flap directed downward. Pores 

 uncertain. No pricldes. Pyloric coeca 8, on the left side. 



Origin of dorsal above the gill slit; the anterior rays not buried in 

 tissue. Caudal very slender, connected for one-half its length to the 

 anal. Pectoral very low, the upper edge below the angle of the 

 mouth; the base of the pectoral almost horizontal, the middle under 

 the pupil; the pectoral symphysis under the chin; the lower lobe of 

 elongate, partly free rays, coUed at the tips; the longest ray 0.9 in 

 the head; the anterior ray one-half the longest; the rays not regularly 



Figure 96.— Parai.ipakis MtiNio. Teeth from type 



graduated in length as in Liparis; the upper lobe very slender, 

 reaching the anal, the shortened rays widely spaced, distinct. Snout 

 to vent 9.8 in the length; vent below the pupil . 



Color: Skin absent; flesh pinkish; peritoneum black; color prob- 

 ably pale or pinkish in life. 



PARALIPARIS ATRAMENTATUS Gilbert and Burke 



Paraliparis atramentatus Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 377. 



Type.—Mede, No. 73345, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 4971, east 

 coast of Hondo, Japan; depth 649 fathoms. Length 76 mm. 



Distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 



RelationsJdp. — Apparently with the branch ending in the P. rosaceus 

 group in which the teeth are stout and in a single row; dift'ering from 

 all the species with the teeth in bands by the extremely heavy teeth. 



