LYCODES INCISUS. 135 
Lycodes incisus sp. n. 
Plate XXX. fig. 2. 
Br. r.6; D. 100; A. 80-88; V. 2; P. 18-19; C. 10. 
The body is compressed and tapers gradually on upper, lower, and 
lateral outlines. From the snout to the vent is close upon twice the length 
of the head. Head nearly as broad as deep, tapering regularly from nape 
to snout, about one fifth of the total length. Occipital portion of the skull 
flattened, as broad as long, with a faint median ridge. Outline of skull 
straight from snout to nape. Snout not as deep as that of L. cicatrifer and 
others, nearly as wide as the head, rounded in front, prominent behind the 
nostrils at the sides; lower jaw shorter, included. Mouth wide; cleft 
reaching a vertical from the front of the eye; maxillary subtending the 
anterior half of the eye. Eye moderately large, three fifths of the snout, 
less than one sixth of the head. Width of the interorbital space about half 
the length of the orbit. Nostrils small, with short tubes, situated near the 
end of the snout and the edge of the lip. Teeth small, in two series on 
the intermaxillary near the symphysis; in four series on the mandibles; in 
a bunch of two or three series on the vomer; and in a single short series 
on each palatine. Mucous pores and cavities in the bones large. Pectorals 
short, about two fifths of the length of the head, broad, rounded, and 
deeply fringed on the outer margin, bases one diameter of the orbit in 
advance of midway from the snout to the origin of the anal. Origin of the 
dorsal above the axil of the pectoral. Anal origin below the nineteenth 
ray of the dorsal. Ventrals, short, two thirds as long as the eye, with two 
rays, stiff but slender, clubshaped. Caudal short, rounded, continuous with 
dorsal and anal. 
Seales very small, not in contact, smaller on dorsal, anal, and caudal. 
Head and pectorals scaleless. 
Blackish on head, belly, and fins; a little lighter or brown on the 
muscular portions of the body. 
Total length seven inches and a half. 
Station. Latitude, Longitude. Depth. Temperature. Bottom, 
3353 72 6 15” Ne 80° 34’ W. 695 fathoms 39° F. Green mud. 
