PHUCOCCETES SUSPECTUS. 137 
Phucocetes suspectus sp. n. 
Plate XXX. fig. 3, 3a. 
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Like most of the Lycodes this one has the head and body compressed 
and elongate much as in the cases of certain eels. Head short, about 
one sixth of the total length, nearly as wide as high, flattened on the 
crown; cheeks a trifle swollen; snout short, broad, blunt. Mouth wide; 
maxillary subtending half of eye, or a little more. Eyes medium in 
size, two thirds as long as the snout, less than the interorbital space, 
rising slightly above the superior outline of the top of the head. Chin 
prominent; jaws equal. Teeth small, conical; a band of several rows 
on the lower jaws, a single row on intermaxillary or palatine, and 
apparently but one tooth at each side of the vomer. The palatine teeth 
are the stronger. Gill opening medium, extending downward to the 
lower edge of the base of the pectoral fin. Distance from snout to vent 
equal to twice the length of the head. Pectorals short, wide, half as 
long as the head. Ventrals little more than half as long as the eye, 
with two rays, smaller than those of Phucocetes latitans. Dorsal and anal 
long, low, not distinct from the caudal; dorsal origin above the base of 
the pectoral; anal origin distant from the chin twice the length of the 
head. Caudal short, subacute, rounded. Lateral line rudimentary. Mu- 
cous pores on the face small, not prolonged in tubes; mucous chambers 
apparent in the bones of the lower jaws. Scales small, separate, absent 
from head, fins, and a space near the bases of dorsal and anal anteriorly ; 
posteriorly they reach the base of the fin in the hinder third of the total 
length. 
Blackish ; somewhat lighter on the upper surface and backward. 
This fish differs considerably from the typical Lycodes with narrow 
interorbital space shorter lower jaw and thick lips, as will be seen from 
the figure. There is some resemblance to Phucocetes latitans of Jenyns, 
though differing in the strong teeth, canines, and prominent tubes of that 
species. It may be the best place for the new species is by the side of 
P. latitans, of which a short description is here given for comparison. 
Station. Latitude. Longitude. Depth. Temperature. Bottom. 
3418 16° 33) N. 99° 52’ 30 W. 660 fathoms 39° F. Br. S. bk. Sp. 
