This new species was found in large numbers by the TIRH and GGI expeditions 

 in 1931-33 in the Okhotsk, Bering and Chukchi Seas. To this form undoubtedly 

 belong some previously reported examples, namely; Lye odes sp. (P. Y. Shmidt, 1904 

 p. 199, off Cape Rimnik, 1899) erroneously identified as L. schmidti by V. K. 



Soldatov, and A. M. Popov's material (1931, pp. 139-140) re- 

 corded as "L. knipowitschi varieties and juveniles" .1/ 



Localities: 



1. Chukchi Sea. DALNEVOSTOTCHNIK expedition, Aug. 17, 1932. 

 St. 35 (29), 25 miles SE of Cape Tompson, 53 meters, sandy 

 clay, small gravel and calcareus ooze, bottom Temp. 4.9°, 



1 ex. A. Andriashev. 



2. Chukchi Sea. DALNEVOSTOTCHNIK expedition, Aug. 17, 1932. 

 St. 32 (26), 66° 45.5' N, 169° 35.5' W (24 miles SE of Cape 

 Unimark), 47 meters, clay mixed with sand, bottom temp. 

 0.4°, 2 ex. A. Andriashev. 



3. Bering Sea. DALNEVOSTOTCHNIK, Aug. 3, 1932, St. 21(15), 

 65° 08' N, 171° 04' W (off Mechigmensky Bay), 42 meters, sandy 

 clay, bottom temp. 0.6°, 1 ex. A. Andriashev. 



4. Bering Sea, KRASNOARMEIETZ, July 27, 1933, St. 6, 61° 52' N, 

 Matthew Id), 66 meters, clay, bottom temp. 1.5°, 2 ex. K. Panin 



Fig. 15, Lye odes 

 raridens Tar anetz 

 & Andriashev. 



173° 11' W (NWof St 

 (Type). 



5 . Okhotsk Sea, GGI and TIRH expedition on trawler GAGARA, June 4, 1932, St 

 210, 49° 00' N, 144° 40' E (East of Cape Terpeniy), 74 meters, clay & sand, 1 ex. S 

 Generozova . 



6. Okhotsk Sea TIRH expedition on trawler PLASTUN, Aug. 13, 1932, Western 

 Kamchatka, trawl 142, 130 meters, I. Polutov, 



7. Okhotsk and Bering Sea (definite locality unknown). 5 ex. 



D 83-93 A 72-76 P 18 



■19 Gill rakers ^ plus 10-12 

 plus 13-14 



Head 19.5-24. 1%TL, eye small 14.6-19.3% head, twice in snout, snout 27.0- 

 31.7%head. Inter orbital wide (1 .6) 1 .7-1.9% L, 7.4-8.3% head. Mandibular flaps 

 free, not high anteriorly with rounded edges. Lower lip adnate anteriorly; forming 

 a wide lobe posteriorly. Distance between free portions of lower lip is equal or 

 less than its free portion (measurement of gape?). 



1/ 



No. 23757 Zool. Inst. Acad. Sci. SSSR, as examined by us . 



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