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fins yellow, iinniarked. A brown l)lotch ucross snout and tip of mandible followed 

 by a narrow yellowish bar descending to front of eye. luterorbital space crossed by 

 a broad brown bar with blackish niar<;ins, which becomes much narrower below 

 and traverses the eye ami the cheeks. ]?ehind this is a broader yellow bar margined 

 behind with a narrow brown line. 



Specimens were dredged at stations 3230, 3232, 3233, and 3234, in Bristol Bay; 

 depths 3i to 10^ fathoms. 



114. Pholis ornatus (Girard). 



Taken in the seine at Unalaska and Herendeen Bay, entering fresh water. 



115. Auoplarchus atropurpureus (Kittlitz). 



Found upon the rocks between tide marks at Unalaska. 



116. Stichaeus punctatus (Fabricins). 



Xotogrammiis rothrocki Bean. 



A single specimen, 86 mm. long, was dredged in Bristol Bay, Alaska, station 3239, 

 depth 11^ fathoms. Several larger individuals were seined in Karta Bay, Prince of 

 Wales Island, Alaska, July 12, 1889. 



The position of the lateral line in this species is incorrectly given as "median" by 

 Jordan & Gilbert in the Synopsis, pp. 755 and 775. Cuvier and Valenciennes, in 

 their description drawn from the writings of Fabricius, state that the lateral line 

 runs along the upper fifth of the height of the body and terminates at about the 

 middle of the length. This correctly describes its position in all our specimens, 

 where it originates immediately above the opercle, exhibits at first a rather strong 

 upwardly convex curve, then runs nearly parallel to the back, separated from the 

 base of the dorsal fin by one-fifth the height of the body. It is very distinct 

 throughout its course, and terminates at about the middle of the length. The 

 narrow brown streak described as bounding the lateral line above, in Notogrammus 

 rothrocki, is conspicuous in our smallest specimen (86 mm.). The branchiostegal 

 membranes are very narrowly joined anteriorly, forming a narrow free fold across 

 the isthmus, from which they are entirely distinct. Narrow bands of teeth in the 

 jaws, and on vomer and palatines. The outer series in upper jaw and the inner series 

 in the lower jaw enlarged. 



Dorsal xlvii or XLViii; anal i, 32 to 35. The membrane from last dorsal spine 

 joins extreme base of upper caudal ray ; anal wholly distinct. 



We have not the material for a comparison of Pacific with Atlantic representa- 

 tives of this species, and the published descriptions of the latter lack detail. 



117. Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries). 



A few young specimens of this species, hitherto known only from the North 

 Atlantic, were taken at stations 3223, 3252, 3253, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3279, and 3309. the 

 first one in Unimak Pass, the others in Bristol Bay, depths 294 t( SI fathoms. Having 

 no Atlantic specimens of this species, we are unable to satisfy ourselves of the 

 identity of the two. 



118. Lumpenus anguillaris (Pallas). Seined at Unalaska. 



119. Lumpenus mackayi sp. nov. (Plate 32.) 



Very clongat(>, the depth |V or ,', the length. Head compressed and high, especially 

 anteriorly, the ujiper profile of snout very convex, the upper jaw decidedly longer 

 than the lower. Mouth nearly horizontal. Maxillary reaching vertical from front 

 or middle of pupil, its length 3^ to 3f in head. Teeth small, in a narrow band in 

 jaws. A single series of weak teeth on palatines. Vomer toothless. Gill-openings 

 continued forward to below middle of cheeks, the membranes then narrowly joined 

 to isthmus. Gill-rakers short and weak, about 10 on horizontal limb of arch. Eye 

 small, its horizontal diameter one-half longer than its vertical, slightly longer than 

 interorbital width, 2 in snout, 8 in head. Distance from snout to nape equals length 

 of postorbital part of head. Operdes large, continued to beyond base of pectorals. 



