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Genus 727. ZESTICELUS ' Jordan & Evermann, 

 Zesticclus Jordan & Evermann, new genus (profiindorum). 



2371. Zesticelus profundorum (Gilbert). 



Beriufjj Sea, north of Unalaska. 



Acanthocoitus ^;co/»Ji(fori(m Gilbert, Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 423, 



pi. 26, iig. 1, Bering Sea, north of Unalaska, at Albatross Station 3329, in 



399 fathoms. 



Genus 728. ONCOCOTTTJS Gill. 



Oncocottiis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 13 {quadricornis) . 



2372. Oncocottus labradorlcus (Girard). 



York Factory, Hudson Bay. 



Acanthocottns lahradoricus Girard, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., vi, 1850, 247, York 

 Factory, Hudson Bay. 



2373. Oncocottus quadricornis (Llnna'us). 



Arctic America to Baltic Sea, chiefly northward ; abundant in eastern Baltic 

 and in Lakes Ladoga and Onega; north to White Sea and Nova Zembla; 

 rare in England and eastern Greenland ; unknown in western Greenland. 



CotUis quadricornis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 264, 1758, Baltic Sea. 



2374. Oncocottus laticeps (Gilbert). 



Alaska, from Nushagak River near its mouth; one from Herendeen Bay on 



the northern side of Alaska Peninsula. 

 Acanthocoitus laticeps Gilbert, Kept. U. S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 422, pis. 26 



and 27, Nushagak River and Herendeen Bay, Alaska. 



Genus 729. TRIGLOPSIS Girard. 



Triglopsis Girard, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., iv, 1851, 18 (fhompsoni). 



2375. Triglopsis thompsoni Girard. 



Deep waters of Great Lakes; known from Lakes Michigan and Ontario. 

 Triglopsis thompsoui Girard, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., iv, 1851, 19, Lake 

 Ontario, olf Oswego, New York. 



Genus 730. DASYCOTTUS Bean. 



Dasijcolfus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1890, 42 (setiger). 



2376. Dasycottus setiger Bean. 



North Pacific, off Sitkalidak Island; Puget Sound. 



Dasycottus setiger Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 42, off Sitkalidak Island, 

 57-- N., 153^ 18' W., at Albatross Station 2855, in 69 fathoms. 



Genus 731. COTTUNCULUS Collett. 



Cottunculus Collet, Norges Fiske, 20, 1875 (microps). 



2377. Cottunculus microps Collett. 



Deep water, off coasts of Norway and Rhode Island. 



Cottunculus microps Collett, Norges Fiske, 20, pi. i, figs. 1-3, 1875, Hasvig, 

 near Hammerfest, Norway, in 200 fathoms. 



2378. Cottunculus thomsonii (Giinther). 



North Atlantic, in deep water. 



Cottus thovisonii (Jiinther, Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, xi, 1882, 679, Faroe 

 Channel, in 535 fathoms. 



Genus 732. MALACOCOTTTJS Bean. 



Malacocottus Bean, Proc. IJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 42 (conurua). 



2379. Malacocottus zonurus Bean. 



Coast of Alaska, off Trinity Islands. 



Malacocottus znnurua Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890. 4.3, off Trinity Islands, 

 Alaska, 56^^ N., 154^ W., at Albatross Station 2853, in 1.59 fathoms. 



^Distinguished from Acanthocoitus by its cavernous skeleton; associated with its deep-water habitat. 



