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to the anal. Pectoral divided to the base; the lobes far apart, sepa- 

 rated by nearly the diameter of the eye; the upper lobe reaching 

 nearly to the anal, of 13 or 14 well-developed rays and two or three 

 rudimentary, widely spaced rays, these not bridging the gap between 

 the two lobes ; lower lobe of four rays, short, (variable in the co types, of 

 three or four rays, sometimes elongate, as long as the upper lobe ; the 

 rays sometimes half free, 

 not graduated in length), 

 the anterior ray shorter. 

 Vent tar lorward on tne figure los.— nectoliparis pelagicus. teeth from type 

 chin; snout to vent 2 in 



the head; vent in front of the base of the lower pectoral lobes, above a 

 horizontal forward projecting fold with the anal papUla at the tip, 

 this fold filled by the rectum and the oviduct. In one specimen 18 

 rays in the dorsal and 12 in the anal are unsegmented. 



Color pale, heavily pigmented with black dots; skin transparent, 

 dotted on the head and the posterior part of the body; flesh more 

 heavily pigmented, sometimes very dark; abdomen and the cheeks 

 sometimes silvery; stomach and coeca pigmented, mouth, gill cavity, 

 and the peritoneum black. Reaching a length of 64 mm. 



APPENDIX 



Included in the appendix is one species which is doubtfully placed 

 with the Liparidae and a number of species described since the present 

 report was completed. The writer deems it advisable not to attempt 

 to include these species in the body of the text because in some cases 

 the descriptions are incomplete and specimens are not available for 

 examination. Attempting to determine the relationships of the 

 Liparids with incomplete descriptions and without specimens is a 

 hopeless task. 



LIPARIS OSBORNI Townsend and Nichols 



lAparis osborni Townsend and Nichols, 1925, p. 14, fig. 4. 

 Described from California. 



GYMNOUCODES EDWARDSI Vaillant 



Gymnolicodes edwardsi Vaillant, 1888, pp. 313 and 387, pi. 26, fig. 3. — BotrL- 

 ENGER, Zool. Record, 1888, Pisces, p. 18. — Goode and Bean, 1895, p. 281- 

 fig. 254. 



The relationships of this species are unknown. I do not believe 

 that it belongs with the Discoboli. It differs from any known deep- 

 sea Liparid in having the vent far back near the anal fin. The pectoral 

 fin also differs widely from that of any known Liparid. 



CAREPROCTUS DUBIUS Zugmayer 



Careproctus dubius Zugmater, 1911, p. 9. 

 Described from Spitzbergen. 



