2. LIPARrS. I go 



a little behind the .^-o.^^''^^,^ :'TSi:rZS. 

 from the upper jaw through the eye aud opercles. ^ ^^ 



5. Liparis cyclopus. 



D. 35. A. 30. C. 12. 



Caudal fin entirely free from dorsal and anal; the latter com 

 mences in the vertical from the seventh dorsal ray pe' tm^al mar^^n 



o" e'i;" fn:.^:?'-'^' ^ ir"- ^-^^^ ^^^»^ l--od'u;erv"ntSk 

 ovate, Its length being less than one-half of that of the head. 



"'^EurU™'''- ^«^l"i^^"lt Harbour. Presented by Lord John 



This species agrees in nearly every respect with Liparis imlaari, 

 from^^vhich It diifers in the folio Jng p^oints besides thoJIS 



f], J^ ^T^'ll^^'f' ?^ *^^ ^^'^y i« nearly one-sixth of the total 

 the length of the head nearly one-fifth. The skin is 7J^LT \ 

 more firmly- adherent to the bLy. The head is fla? above 'thoVape 

 of he neck being scarcely prominent. The nostril is a iiort S 

 situated nearly midway between the eye and the upper ipTh; 

 pectoral extends only to the vertical from the anal paUla Ld the 

 dorsa fin commences yet more backwards. The tee h am sm.l] 

 with three lobes Infraorbital extending to the pra^opScXm ' 



The colour is brownish-olive, with darker spots, more conspicuous 

 on the fins than on the body. BeUy reddish. '-conspicuous 



Ihe length of the specimen described is 45 lines. 



The following species require fiirther examination :_ 



6. Liparis gelatinosus, 



Cycloptenis gelatiuosiis, P««. Spicil. vii. p. 19. tab. 3; Bl Sch, u iqq 

 Lipans gelatinosus, Cnv. Regne An!m. ' P' ^^^• 



B. 7? D. plus quam 50. A. ca 45. C. G. Ctec. pylor 48 

 Vert. 64. ' " 



Vertical fins contiguous. Ventral disk smaU, supported bv a hi 

 lamellated cartilage, which descends from the throat ^ 



PaUas has given a description and figure from the MS. of Steller 

 and from a specimen in the St. Petersburg Museum :_ ' 



-Body oblong, compressed, thicker towards the bend nn^ +;,• 

 towards the tail, semitransjiarent, exceedSgJy tft Hke jdly ''s^d 

 thick, somewhat depressed, flat on the vertex, and convex between 

 the orbits. Eyes directed upwards ; nostrils in the middle between 

 he margm of the mouth and the orbit, with a small tubular aplnd 

 age : a series of pores along the upper lip towards the giU o,Snt 



