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Family LiPARiDiDyT; 

 TRISMEGISTUS OWSTONI Jordan and Snyder, new genus and species 



(Plate LVIII and Figure 29) 



The new genus Trisinegistiis differs from Liparis in having the 

 skin rough with prickles, with broad, rounded bases, like thumb- 

 tacks. Size over-large for a Liparid. 



Fig. 29. — Trisinegistiis otvstoni Jordan and Snyder. (Section of the epidermis, 

 from the under side, showing the peculiar prickles.) 



The species is known from a single specimen 1 1 inches long. The 

 species according to Mr. Owston is quite unknown to Japanese 

 fishermen. It resembles L. agasskii Putnam, differing in the 

 generic character of small epidermal plates or shields. Type No. 

 8385, Ichthyological collection, Leland Stanford Junior University, 

 from Enoshima, Sagami bay, Japan. Length 44 cm. 



Head 4^ in length, measured to base of caudal fin ; depth 4 ; 

 eye 11 in length of head ; snout 2>^ ; width of mouth 1^2 ; width of 

 interorbital space iV^; dorsal 43; anal 36; pectoral 40; caudal 10. 



