742 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



1134. r<. arctica Gill. 



Unilbrm dark rusty-brown or chestuut. Snout rather liijjb. and 

 (locurved; interorbital space 3 in head; forehead dei)ressed; anterior 

 iu)strils simple, posterior tubuhir. Vertical fins confluent; caudal con- 

 vex, 7 in total length; pectoral 5J; ventral disk 10. Head 4 in total, 

 its width 6i; depth 2f.- D. 42; A. 34; C. 11; P. 35. Port Foulke, 

 Greenland. [Gill.) 



(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 191.) 



1135. li. tiinicata Reinh. 



Yellowish, mottled with brownish. Eye nearly 3 in snout or inter- 



orbitill space; posterior nostril not tubular: pseudobranchiie reduced 



to two lamella?; vertical fius continuous; anal beginning below tenth 



dorsal ray; ventral disk longer than broad, half length of head; skin 



thin, loose. D. 42: A. 34; 0.12; P. 34. Coasts of Greenland. [Giiii- 



ther.) 



(Liparis tunicata Reinbardt, Overs. Kong. Dan&kc Vidensk. Selsk. vi, cxi, 1836, " D. 

 39; A. 33; P. 30; C. 14": Liparis fabricii Kroyer, Natiirh. Tidsskr. ii, 21 A, 1847: Lijiaris 

 fabricii Gunther, iii, 161: Lipario fabncii Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 19ii.) 



1136. L.. lincata (Lepecliin) Kroyer. 



Yellowish, striped with dark brown or purplish; the color very v^ari- 



able. Body thick, covered with thin, loose, slippery skin; head obtuse, 



the nape swollen; snout broad, not depressed; lips thickish; posterior 



nostril tubular; eye 7 in head; gill-openings reduced to a vertical slit 



extending to upper part of root of i)ectoral ; pseudobranchiai obsolete ; 



tiiil truncate at base of caudal. Dorsal and anal fins united with the 



caudal; ventral disk rather longer than broad, half length of head, its 



margin with about 13 papillae. ' Head 4; depth 3 J. D. 33; A. 28; P. 



34; C. 13. L. 5 inches. Northern Europe and America, south to Cai)e 



Cod. 



{Cijclopierus liparis L. Syst. Nat. i, 414: Cyclopferus- liiieatus Lepecliin, Nov. Comm. 

 Petropol. xviii, 522 : Liparis rulgaris Giinther, ii, ir>9 ; Liitken, Natnrli. Foreu. Vidensk. 

 Meddcls. 1860 and 1861, 243; Collott, Norges Fiske, 1875, 65.) 



1137* Li. ranula Goode & Bean. 



Color uniform whitish, translucent in life. Body thick, subcylin- 

 drical anteriorly, rapidly tapering to the tail; skin thick, lax: snout 

 broad, with prominent vertical profile, its length 4 in head; maxillary 

 3 in head, not reaching front of orbit; ventral disk nearly round, its 

 length half its distance from snout. Head 4; depth 4. Pectoral 5. 



