168 TRlGLin^. 



24. Cottus ventralia. 



Cottu3 ventralis, Cm-. Hf Val. iv. p. 194. pi. 79. f. 1 (not good) ; Beech. 



Voy. Zool. Fishes, p. 58. 

 ? Acanthocottus patris, Storer, Bost. Joiirn. vi. p. 250. pi. 7. f. 2. 



D. 10 I 14. A. 16. 



No vomerine teeth. Two spines above the snout ; a small tubercle 

 above the upper posterior angle of the orbit, none on the crown. 

 Four proeopercular spines, the upper as long as the diameter of the 

 eye, with two antler-hke processes. The upper side of the head 

 with granulated tubercles ; lateral line with a series of small elon- 

 gate tubes. Pectoral and ventral very long, reaching beyond the 

 origin of the anal. 



jCoast of Kamtschatka (and of Labrador). 



a. Half-grown. Kamtschatka. Presented by A. Collie, Esq. — 



Type of the species. 

 6. Young. 



2b. Cottus tricuspis. 



Cottus gobio, Fabricius, Faun. Grcenl. no. 115. 



tricuspis, Reinh. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. AfJi. v. p. lii. 



Phobetor tricuspis, Kroycr, Naturhist. Tidsskr.'i. 1844, p. 263. 



D. 10 I 16. A. 18. Ciec. pylor. 6. Ycrt. |. 



No vomeiine teeth. Two veiy small spines above the snout ; a 

 small tubercle above the upper posterior angle of the orbit ; on the 

 crown none, or they arc scarcely visible. Four jiraeopercular spines, 

 the upper as long as the diameter of the eye, \vith two antler-hke 

 processes, the anterior of which is very small. The space between 

 the eyes concave ; its width is much less than that of the cUameter of 

 the eye. Crown of the head and neck with groups of granulations ; 

 lateral line smooth. The pectoral fins reach beyond the origin of 

 the anal, the ventrals to the vent. Dorsal and pectoral fins with 

 brown spots, forming bands. 



Coasts of Greenland. 



a-g. Adult and young. Greenland. 



h. Adult female : skeleton. Greenland. 



i. Adult : Hudson's Bay. From the Haslar Collection. 



h. Young. Hunde Island. Presented by Dr. Sutherland. 



/. Young. Port Leopold. From the Haslar Collection. 



in. Adult: stuffed. 



n. Intestines of specimen /;. 



The liver is large, round, not divided into lobes, and situated 

 principally on the left side of the stomach. The stomach is very 

 spacious and curved ; the pylorus with six appendages ; the intes- 

 tines appear to make one complete circumvolution. The ovaria are 

 separated from each other to their posterior extremity. Tlie urine- 

 bladder is narrow, elongate, situated above the right-hand ovarium. 



Sheleton. — The configuration of the skull is much more similar to 

 C. gohio than to C. srorj>ius or 6w6«/»>. The space between the 



