REVISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 



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PARALIPARIS COPEI Goods and Bean 



Paraliparis copei Goode and Bean, 1896, Special Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2, 

 p. 279, fig. 253. — Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, 

 p. 2143. 

 Type.— 'No. 35637, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 2237, southeast of 

 Long Island; Depth 520 fathoms. Length 178 mm. 



Distribution. — Atlantic Ocean off the New England coast; Fish 

 Hawk Station 898; Albatross Stations 2186, 2237, 2586, 2722; depth 

 300-594 fathoms. Ten specimens examined. 



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FiGVRE 97.— Paraliparis atramentatus. A typical species of the genus. Type 



Figure 



Paraliparis atramentatus. Teeth from type 



Relationships. — P. copei closely resembles P. rosaceus of the Pacific. 

 The two species appear to differ in the length of the head, size of eye, 

 and the distance from snout to vent. The material is not sufficient for 

 making satisfactory comparisons. 



Description of type. — Dorsal 60; anal 55; pectoral 20; pyloric coeca 

 6. Depth 6.5; head 6.5. Eye 3.6; gill slit 6.8. 



Body comparatively heavy, compressed, elongate^but not attenuate. 

 Head wide, blunt; cheeks nearly vertical; occiput slightly swollen; 

 interorbital comparatively wide; 2.9 in the head. Mouth with little 

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