100. LIPAKIDID.E — LIPARIS. 741 



1131. L. major (Wall).) GilJ. 



Dorsal aud aual slightly connected with base of caudal; anterior 

 nostrils tubular; posterior simple. D. 4o; A. 38; P. 42; C. 10. Size 

 very large. L. 10 inches. Greenland. {GilL) 



{Cyclopteruii liparis var. major. Wall). Artcdi Pise. 489, 1792: Liparis tnnicaia Kriiyci, 

 Natnrh. Tidsskr. i, '2:36, 1862: Actinochir major Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 8ci. Pliila. lr<i)4, 

 193.) 



1132. L.. piilcliella Ayres. 



Grayish, usually with wavy purplish stripes, sometimes marbled and 

 spotted with purplish; pectorals spotted or banded with grayish i>uri)le: 

 lateral line with round whitish sj)ots. Snout broad and blunt, project- 

 ing beyond mouth; maxillary reaching nearly to front of eye; teeth 

 short, close-set, a broad band in each jaw, that of ni>per jaw broadest. 

 Body compressed behind, thick in front; head almost globular; ante- 

 rior nostrils tubular; skin very thin and lax. Dorsal tin high, undi- 

 vided, continuous with anal and caudal around the tail; tail tai)ering 

 to a point, appearing isocercal, but the vertebrae essentially as in other 

 species; i)ectorals very broad, the base of lowermost rays under eye: 

 ventral disk small, oval, 2h in head; pseudobranchi;e well developed. 

 Head 5; depth 5. D. 48; A. 39; C. 12; P. 36. L. 10 inches. Pacitic 

 Coast, from Monterey to Puget Sound; not rare. 



(Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 1855, '23; Giintlier, iii, 1(51 ; Steiudachner, Ichth. 

 Beitrii^t', iii, 53, 1875.) 



1133. L.. j?ibba Bean. 



Head and body very pale brown or gray, paler below; head and 

 anterior parts often with concentric brown rings; sides plain or marked 

 with brown stripes and rings; tail sometimes with dark blotches; ver- 

 tical tins usually with dark bands. Body abruptly contracted near the 

 vent, covered with lax skin; interorbital space shallow-concave, the 

 vertex and nape somewhat elevated; snout depressed; head as wide as 

 long, longer than deep; nostrils tubular, the tubes of anterior nostrils 

 longest; eye small, 4 in head; ventral disk nearly circular, 8 in length; 

 vertical tins confluent; dorsal continuous; longest dorsal ray half as 

 long as head; pectorals reaching front of anal; caudal (» iu Itody, 

 Head 3.] ; depth 3A. D. 42 ; A. 30 ; P. 35 ; 0. 12. Bering's Sea, 

 Alaska and Siberia. '•'Distinguished from L. fahricii by its smaller 

 eye and its depressed snout," and from "i. tunicata^^ by the larger 

 eye and fewer rays in dorsal, anal, and pectorals. [Bean.) 



(Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. iv, 148, 1881.) 



