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Genus 727. ZESTICELUS* Jordan & Evermann. 



Zesticelus Jordan & Everiuaun, new genus (profundorum). 



2371. Zesticelus profundorum (Gilbert). 



Bering Sea, nortli of Unalaslca. 



Acanthocoltiis profundorum Gilbert, Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 423, 



pi. 26, fig. 1, Bering Sea, north of Uualaska, at Albatross Station 3329, in 



399 fathoms. 



Genus 728. ONCOCOTTTJS Gill. 



Oncocottus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 13 (quadricornifi). 



2372. Oncocottus labradoricus (Girard). 



York Factory, Hudson Bay. 



Acanthocottns labradoricus Girard, Bost. .Tour. Nat. Hist., vi, 1850, 247, York 

 Factory, Hudson Bay. 



2373. Oncocottus quadricornis (Linnteus). 



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

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

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



Coitus quadricornis Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 264, 1758, Baltic Sea. 



2374. Oncocottus laticeps (Gilbert). 



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



the northern side of Alaska Peninsula. 

 Acanthocottus laticeps Gilbert, Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 422, pis. 26 



and 27, Nushagak River and Herendeen Bay, Alaska. 



Genus 729. TKIGLOPSIS Girard. 



Triglopsis Girard, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., iv, 1851, 18 {tliompsoni). 



2375. Triglopsis thotnpsoni Girard. 



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

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

 Ontario, off Oswego, New York. 



Genus 730. DASYCOTIITS Bean. 



Dasijcottus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 42 (setiger). 



2376. Dasycottus setiger Beau. 



North Pacific, off Sitkalidak Island; Puget Sound. 



Vasijcottus 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. COTTTJNCULUS CoUett. 



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



2377. Cottuneulus microps Collctt. 



Deep water, off coasts of Norway and Rhode Island. 



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

 near Hamnierfest, Norway, in 200 fathoms. 



2378. Cottuneulus thomsonii (Giinther). 



North Atlantic, in deep water. 



Coitus thomsonii Giinther. Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, xi, 1882, 679, Faroe 

 Channel, in 535 fathoms. 



Genus 732. MALACOCOTTUS Bean. 



Malacocotius Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 42 {zonnrus). 



2379. Malacocottus zonurus Bean. 



Coast of Alaska, off Trinity Lslands, 



Malacocotius zonurus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 43, off Trinity Islands, 

 Alaska, 56^ N., 154^ W., at Albatross Station 28.53, iu 159 fathoms. 



* Distinguished from Acanthocottus by its cavernous skeleton; associated with its deep water habitat. 



