42 THE DISCOBOLI. 



Cyclopterichthys amissus 



C. amissus Vaillant, 1SS8, Miss. Sci. du Cap Horn, Poiss , 33 ; GiU, 1891, Pr. U. S. Mus., XIII. 3G6. 



This species was named by Pi'ofessor Vaillant from a sketch. The 

 description gives us no data concerning teeth, fin rays, etc., for compari- 

 son with the Northern species. What was drawn from the sketch is all 

 that is known of it. 



" II represente, vu de cote et de dos, un animal d'une forme assez cavacteristique pour 

 qu'on puisse le rapporter, sans trop de hardiesse, au genre Cyclopterk/ithi/s fondc par 

 M. Steindachner pour le C. glaber Steiud., peche dans la mer d'Okliotsk. Le poisson pris 

 par le Volage est egalement diodoniforme, avec une seule dorsale courte, tri'S recuk-e, 

 repondant a uue auale de meme aspect. Les proportions generales en sent tres exactement 

 donnees : la longueur totale etait de 3G0 mm. ; la hauteur du corps et la longueur de la tete 

 egales, 150 mm. ; celle-ci occnpe done un pen plus des deux einquieraes de la premiere, tandis 

 que dans I'espece tipiqiie ellc n'cn fait que le tiers. Ce caractere parait suflisant pour justlfier 

 une distinction specifique et je proposerais d'ai^peler ce nouveau poisson le Cyclopterichthys 

 amissus. 



" Tout le corps est de couleur lie de vin clair, parseme de tachcs de la meme teinte 

 beaueoup plus foncec, passant sur la joue au brun. Lis jauue dore. 



" II provieut de la bale Tilly (detroit de Magellan)." 



LIPAROPS. 



For the present the charactei-s of this genus are those of the only 

 species that has come to the notice of ichthyologists. It appears to be 

 closely allied to Cycloptericlithys Among the features by which it is to 

 be distinguished are the elongate dorsal, the tubercles, and the dentition. 

 Only one species is known. 



Liparops Stelleri. 



Cyclopterus Stelleri Pall., lS:il, Zongr. Ross.-As., III. 73. 



Cotylis Stelleri Gthr., ISGl, Cat., III. 400. 



Cyclopterichthys Stelleri J. & G., 18S2, Hull. 10 U. S. Mus., 715. 



This species was made known through the description given by Pallas, 

 from manuscripts left by Steller. The Zoographia Rosso- Asiatica is one of 

 the rarer books ; comparatively few libraries possess it. Consequently the 

 student often finds it difficult of access'. Because of this we have repro- 

 duced in this place all that the author has given concerning the .species. 



