115. LYCODID.^ LYCODES. 785 



1201. L.. pacificiis Collett. 



Light-reddish olive, becoming lighter below 5 vertical fins margined 

 with black; the scales i)aler than skin, forming light spots; i)ectorals 

 dusky. Head comparatively short ; orbital region not constricted, nor 

 cheeks tumid; month comparatively small, the maxillary reaching cen- 

 ter of pupil; head, nape, and axil of pectoral naked. Dorsal and anal 

 tins enveloped in thick skin, which is covered with imbedded scales like 

 those on the body ; pectoral half the length of head ; ventrals half 

 length of orbit; mandible half length of head; distance from snout to 

 base of dorsal, 4^ in length. Head 5i; depth 8^. D. 100; A. 83. L. 

 12 inches. San Francisco to Puget Sound; rather common iu deep 

 water; the original type said to be from Japan. 

 {Lycodes paeificus Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1871), 381.) 



Iti02. Li. paiicideBBS (Lockiugton) Gill. 



Very similar to L. paclficus, but larger, with larger head and mouth; 

 snout very broad ; orbital region constricted; cheeks tumid; maxillary 

 extending about to posterior edge of orbit. Pectoral two-flfths length 

 of head; ventrals half orbit; mandible three-fifths length of head; dis- 

 tance from snout to base of dorsal, 3f in length. Head 4.4 ; depth 10. 

 Ofi:" San Francisco in deep water; possibly a variety or state of the pre- 

 ceding, corresponding to the '•variety" ciliatus of Zoarces anguillaris. 



{Leunjnnis paucidena Lockiugton, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 326; Gill, Proc. U.S. 

 N;it. Mus. 1880, 248.) 



427.— I.YCODES Reinbardt. 



(Rfcinliardt, Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. vii, 153, 1838: type Li/codes vahli 

 Rcinli.) 



Body elongate, more or less eel-shaped, tapering behind. Head ob- 

 long ; mouth nearly horizontal ; lower jaw included ; conical teeth on 

 jaws, vomer, and i)alatines, those on jaws and palatines mostly iu a sin- 

 gle series. Dorsal fin beginning behind bases of pectorals, without 

 spines; pectorals moderate, inserted rather high; ventral fins small, 

 of 3 or 4 rays. Scales small and imbedded, present on part or all of 

 the body, the scaly area more extensive in the adult than iu the young. 

 No air-bladder nor pyloric coeca. Spe(5ies numerous, chiefly of the 

 Northern seas. (/Szwoy;?, wolfish.) 



a. Body elongate, its depth 12-24 times in length. 



1203. L-, paxillus Goode and Beau. 

 Color probably light brown. Body very elongate; head broad, flat 

 Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 10 50 



