74 . Clioderma asperrimum (Schlegel) 



This form, armed with bony tubercles, is known from the Sea of Japan and 

 east Sakahlm. The 1931 TIRH expedition found it along western Kamchatka and 

 then at the Commander Ids . (KRASNOARMEIETZ, 1932, st. 5and6). The 

 example I examined from the Commander Ids . does not vary from previous 

 descriptions. 



75 . Glyptocephalus ( Errex ) zachlrus Lockington 



Frequently found in the eastern part of the Bering Sea (at Unimak, Priblov 

 Id. and north to 58° N). Absent in the western Bering Sea and Commander Ids. 



Family Trichodontidae 



76 . Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius) 



A single example m our collection obtained by E. Kardakova (1931) from the 

 littoral of Medni Id. 



DXIV, 20 A 31 P 23 VI, 6 Male 



Last ray of first dorsal same length as previous ones, not longer as indicated 

 by Jordan & Evermann (1900, pt. 4, fig. 806). 



Anal papillae of male flat and thin, beside it is a triangular flap . 



Family Bathymasteridae 



77. Bathymaster signatus Cope 



In our waters known only from the Bering Sea, along the Asiatic coast from 

 Petropalvsk north to Cape Olytorsky (DALNEVOSTOTCHNIK 1932); Commander and 

 Priblov Ids . south to Sitka on American coast . Absent in Okhotsk Sea . 



CXir examples from Cape Olytorsky (depth 142 meters on fine and coarse gravel 

 with sand; 3 examples 92-142 mm TL) and Commander Ids. (PALTUS, 1932 st. 6, 

 1 example 310 mm). 



D 46-47 A 34-35 P 21 LI 100 Gill rakers 6-7 plus 16-17. 



78. Bathymaster caeruleofasciatus (Gilbert & Burke) 



Only one example about 160 mm. long taken by E. Kardakova from Medni Id., 

 from the gullet of a treski (cod) which was caught at 100 meters depth. Gill 

 rakers few (4 plus 10) from which it differs from B. signatus Cope . Gilbert & 

 Burke record this species from Agattu, Petrel Bank, Medni Id. and Bermg Id. 

 A. Y. Taranetz lists it from the Okhotsk Sea. 



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