BE VISION OF THE FISH FAMILY LIPARIDAE 185 



PARALIPARIS ATTENUATUS Garman 



Paraliparis atiemiatus Garman, 1S99, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24. p. 118. 



Type.— 'No 28700, M. C. Z.; Albatross Station 3364, off Panama, 

 Pacific Ocean; depth 902 fathoms. Length 3 inches. 



Distribution. — Kno's\Ti only from the type locaUty. Type examined. 



Relationships. — P. attenautus resembles P. rosaceus in the charac- 

 ters of the head, teeth, and body. It differs from the latter species 

 in the darker coloration and from P. grandiceps apparently in the lar- 

 ger number of dorsal and anal rays. 



Description. — Note on the type which is in a mutilated condition. 

 Body slender, resembling P. rosaceus. Head as in P. copei, the profile 

 evenly rounded; the occiput not swollen; depth of head greated than 

 width. Mouth small, horizontal; maxillary reaching below the 

 pupil. Teeth apparently in single rows as in P. copei and related 

 species. Snout not projecting. Eye moderate, about 4 in the head, 

 black. The character of the gill slit and the pores can not be ascer- 

 tained. No prickles. Pyloric coeca, few, short. Pectoral notched 

 nearly to the base, the two lobes connected by three rudimentary 

 rays; the fin consisting of about 24 rays of which 4 are in the lower 

 lobe. Caudal narrow, acuminate. 



Skin absent, probably dusky or black; mouth, gill cavity, and the 

 peritoneum black; stomach pale. 



Note from the original description: D. 66; A. 57; P. 17-1-1-1-4. 

 Depth 6 in the total length. Head less than 7. Head one-fourth 

 deeper than wide, high at the nape. Mouth medium, horizontal. 

 Teeth small, acuminate, in a single series. Color black, or lightening 

 to brown on the posterior half. Total length 3 inches or more. 



Genus RHINOLIPARIS Gilbert 



Rhinoliparis Gilbert, 1895, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., 1893, p. 445. 



Disk absent; nostril single; teeth simple or trilobed; one supra- 

 branchial pore; pyloric coeca present; barbels on the snout; 

 pseudobranchiae absent; branchiostega rays 6. 



Genotype. — Rhinoliparis harhulifer. 



RHINOUPARIS BARBULIFER Gilbert 



Rhinoliparis harhulifer Gilbert, 1895, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., 1893, p. 445. — 

 Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 379. 



T^/pe.— Female, No. 48576, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 3325, 

 Bering Sea north of Unalaska; depth 284 fathoms. Length 110 mm. 



Distribution. — North Pacific, off California, east coast of Hondo, 

 Okhotsk Sea and Bering Sea; Albatross Stations 3325, 3327, 3329, 

 3331, 4540, 5019, 5028, 5039, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5050; depth 192-551 

 fathoms. Forty specimens examined. 



