2. LIPARIS. 161 



teriorly, terminating in the single ureter at the extremity of the 

 abdomen. The ureter is bent upwards, and widens into a urine- 

 bladder of moderate size. 



2. Liparis fabricii. 



Cyclopterus liparis, Fabr. Faun. Grotil. p. 135. 



? Liparis communis, Sabine, App. Par ri/'s First Voy. p. 212; Richards. 



Faun. Bur. Amer. Fishes, p. 2(53 

 ? Liparis,- Reinh. in Vidensk. Schk. Naturv. Skr. vii. p. 116. n. 41. 

 ? Liparis tunicata, Reinh. in Vidensk. Sehk. Naturv. Afh. 1835 & 1842. 

 Liparis fabricii, Kroyer, Naturh. Tidskr. ii. 1847, p. 274 ; Gaitn. Voy. 



Scand. Poiss. pi. 13. tig. 2. 



B. 5. D. 42. A. 33-35. C. 12. 



Vertical fins contiguous ; the anal commences in the vertical from 

 the tenth dorsal ray ; pectoral margin with a notch, the lower rays 

 being produced ; ventral disk rather longer than broad, half as long 

 as the head. 



Coasts of Greenland and Spitzbergen. 



a-b. Fort Leopold. From the Haslar Collection. 

 c. Greenland. From Hr. HolboU's Collection. 

 d-e. Siikkertoppen. From Hr. HolboU's Collection. 

 f-g. Baffin's Bay. Presented by Captain E. Sabine. 

 h. Not good state. 



This species is closely allied to Lipai'is vulgaris, from which it 

 differs in the following points, besides those mentioned : — 



The width of the orbit is nearly one-third of that of the inter- 

 orbital space and of the extent of the snouts Nostril terminating in 

 a short wide tube, which is rather nearer to the orbit than to the 

 upper Up. The pseudobrsmchiae are present, but reduced to two very 

 smaU lameUae. Dirty yeUowish, irregularly mottled Avith brownish, 

 more distinctly on the fins than on the body. 



The lai'gest of the specimens from which these notes are taken is 

 46 Unes long. 



3. Liparis montagoi. 



Cyclopterus montagiii, Donor. Brit. Fishes, iii. pi. G8; 3Iont. in Wern. 

 Mem. i. p. 91. pi. 6. fig. 1; Penn. Brit. Zool. (ed. 1812) iii. p. 183. 

 Gobius, Zool. Dan. iv. p. 16. tab. 134. 



Liparis montagui, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 2nd edit. ii. 

 p. 374, Sxd edit. ii. p. 352 ; Gaitn. Voy. Scand. Poiss. pi. 13. fig. 1 ; 

 Niks. Skand. Faun. F'sk. p. 239. 



gobius, Schayerstr. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1838, p. 248. 



Cyclopterus montacuti, Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 1 15. 



liparoides, Nilss. Prodr. p. 62. 



B. 6,. D. 26-30. A. 24. C. 14. Vert. 10/25. 

 Vertical fins not contiguous ; the anal commences in the vertical 

 from the seventh dorsal ray ; pectoral margin lightly notched, the 

 lower rays being somewhat produced ; ventral disk circular, not quite 

 half so long as the head. 

 a-c. Adult. Falmouth. Presented by W. C. Co^, Esq. 



