[113] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



440.— OLIGOCOTTTJS Girard. (377) 

 $ Clinocoitus Gill. 



1362. OligocottUB analis Girard. C. (1102) 



5 OUgocottus. 



1363. OligocottUB macuIoBUB Girard. C. (1103) 



$ Blennicottus Gill. 



1364. OligocottUB globicepa Girard. C. (1104) 



441.— BLEPSIAS Cuvier. (378) 



1365. Blepsias cirrhoBus Pallas. A. (1105) 



1366. BlepBias bilobus Cuv. & Val. A. (1106) 



442.— NAUTICHTHYS Girard. (379) 



1367. NautichthyB oculofasciatuB Girard. A. (1107) 



443.— RHAMPHOCOTTUS Gunther. (380) 



1368. RhamphocottuB richardBoni Giintber. A. (1103) 



Family CXXV— AGONID^ (108 a.) 



444.— ASPIDOPHOROIDES Lac^pfede. (381) 



1369. Aspidophoroides monopterygiuB Bloch. N. G. (1109) 



1370. Aspidophoroides inermis Giinther. A. (1110) 



1371. Aspidophoroides olriki' Liitken. G. 



1372. Aspidophoroides giintheri Beau. A. 



445.— SIPHAGONUS Steindachner. (382) 



1373. Siphagonus barbatus Steindachner. G. (1111) 



446.— BRACHYOPSIS^Gill. (383) 



1374. Brachyopsis rostratus Tilesius. A. (1112) 



' Aspidophoroides olriki Liitken. 



Body short and thick, much less elongate than in the other species of this genus ; 

 head broad, the interorbital space concave, as is the median line of the back ; 

 lower jaw included; snout with a short spine above; no barbels; shields without 

 spines ; breast with about ten conical striate shields. Fins very much larger than in 

 the other species of Aspidophoroides, the dorsal iin about as high as long, but little 

 larger than anal. Ventrals small, 2f in head ; pectorals about as long as head. Head 

 4f ; deptli 6. D. 6 or 7. A. 6 or 7. V. 1, 2. P. 13. C. 10. L. 4 inches. Greenland, 

 from the stomachs of flounders. 



(Liitken, Nordiske Ulketiske, Vidensk. Meddels. naturh. Foren., Kjobenhavn, 1876, 

 385.) 



2 The name Brachyopsis should be retained for this genus, instead of Leptagonus. 

 "Leptagonua" decagonus, lately examined by me in Copenhagen, has the gill mem- 

 branes attached to the isthmus and forming a narrow fold across it. It should, there- 

 fore, be referred to Podotheais, although in some respects approaching J^okms, render- 

 ing a reunion of these genera probably necessary. 



