109. LIPARIDID.E LIPARIS. 743 



D. about 48; A. about 48; V. 27; V. 14 (papilliii). {Goode d: Bean.) 

 Halifax. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc.U. S.Nat. Mns. 1879, 4G.) 

 hb. Dorsal s»^paratcd from caudal by a uotcb. 



113S. L.. inoittag'Bli (Donov.) Cnv. 



Yellowisli, the vertical fius biij^hter, with darker margins. Trunk 

 thick; head broad; skin thin, loose; head flat above the nape, slightly 

 prominent; snout very broad; maxillary not reaching eye; posterior 

 nostrils simi)le; eye 9 in head, half length of snout or interorbital 

 space; pseudobranchite none; posterior nostril not tubular; pectorals 

 notched; dorsal continuous, not joined to the caudal; anal not con- 

 nected with caudal; ventral disk circular, not quite half as long as 

 head. Head 4 in total length; depth 5. D. 28; A. 24; C. 14; P. 30; 

 vert. 10 + 25. {Gunther.) Massachusetts to Greenland and Northern 

 Europe; not rare. 



(Cyclopterus montagui Donovan, Britisli Fishes, iii, pi. 08; Gunther, iii, IGl: CoUett, 

 Norges Fiske, 1875, 67.) 



1139. L,. caSliodoii (Pallas) Gthr. 



Olivaceous, punctate with black dots, light below. Body depressed 

 forwards, compressed and tapering behind; head narrowed forwards; 

 shout rounded; eye small; interorbital space broad and nearly flat; 

 maxillary not reaching eye; teeth small, evidently tricuspid, in broad 

 bauds; skin hix, thickish. Gill-openings very small. Dorsal and anal 

 barely joined to base of caudal rays; edge of disk with 12 i)ai)ill;t!; 

 diameter of disk about one-half length of head. D. 28; A. 2G. Alaska; 

 abundant. 



(Cycloplents caVi/odon Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. iii, 75, 1811; Giinther, iii, 1G2. ) 



1140. L.. cyclopsis Gthr. 



Keddish olive, with darker sjjecks, most conspicuous on the fins; a 

 dark bar at base of caudal; a dark streak below eye; a pale streak 

 along sides. Skin not very thick, adherent. Body everywhere com- 

 pressed, even the head being deeper than bro::d; head scarcely convex 

 above, the nape not prominent ; jaws (jqual ; maxillary reaching to 

 o])posite middle of the small eye; teeih small, three lobed; ventral 

 disk oval, three-fifths length of head. Dorsal tin sc^arcely emarginate, 

 the spines rather stiff, the first spine in front of vent; pectorals reach- 

 ing vent; caudal entirely free from dorsal and anal. Head 4; depth 5. 

 D. VII, 23; A. 27; C. 12. Monterey to Puget Souml. (Here described 



