THE FISHES OF ALASKA. 



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102. Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert). 



One specimen 2.5 inches long dredged at station 4193, off St. Mary Mission. Not before recorded 

 north of southern California. 



Eye rather larger than given in current descriptions, being scarcely 3 in head; filaments on pre- 

 opercle not evident. 



103. Tarandichthys tenuis (Gilbert). 



Two examples, 2 and 2.5 inches long, from station 4204, near Fort Rupert, and two, 2.1 and 3.75 

 inches long, from station 4193, in the Gulf of Georgia. Not previously recorded from north of San 

 Francisco. 



In our specimen.s the maxillary reaches anterior edge of pupil; gillrakers small and tuliercular; 

 peritoneum dusky; 2 parietal spines; first 2 or 3 scales of lateral line enlarged, the first with a distinct 

 spine; pearly patches on base of pectoral. 



The larger specimen from (julf of Georgia had its stomach filled with shrimps and its abdominal 

 cavity full of thread-like worms. 



104. Icelinus burchami Evermann & Goldsborough, new species. 



Head 2.S in length; depth 4.G; eye 3.25 in head; snout 4.5 in head; maxillary 2.2; mandible 2; 

 interorbital 2.25 in eye; dorsal i.\-16; anal 14; pectoral 18; lateral line 38. 



Body comparatively slender, tapering rapidly backward to caudal fin; head rather large; mouth 

 moderate, low, terminal, nearly horizontal, the lower jaw slightly included; maxillary rather short, 

 reaching posterior edge of eye; eye moderate, somewhat ovate; nasal spines short and obscure; nasal 



Fig. 48. — Icelinus tmrchami Evcrinann & Goldsborough, new species. Type. 



tentacle obsolete; supraorbital with a flat, black, bifid cirrus po.steriorly, its length about ecjualing the 

 pupil; a .slender black occipital filament; a small white filament near tip of maxillary; occipital 

 ridges not prominent, the included space flat, not pit-like; interorbital space flat, the median ridge 

 very faint; preopercular .spine rather strong, its length about 1.5 in orbit, three sharp spines on its 

 upper edge directed upward, a short, sharp spine at the tip; under edge of peropercle with 3 short, 

 stout, triangular spines, the first and second directed backward and slightly downward, the third, 

 which is longest and sharpest, directed downward and forward; opercidar spine flat and obscure; a 

 double row of scales or plates along upper part of side, beginning under about the fifth dorsal spine 

 and ceasing under the last dorsal ray but one, the row double throughout its entire length except 

 posteriorly, where the lower row ceases three scales in advance of the upper row; upper edge of 

 caudal peduncle, narrow space between the double row of scales, just described, and the dorsal fin, 

 and broad space between it and the lateral line, naked; entire body below lateral line naked; no 

 postpectoral plates. Fins well developed; spinous dorsal with the spines slightly filamentous, the 

 longest about 2.75 in head; longest dorsal ray 3 in head; anal similar to soft dorsal ; caudal somewhat 

 rounded, its length 1.8 in head; pectoral broad, reaching past front of anal; ventrals very short and 

 inconspicuous, their length scarcely exceeding diameter of pupil. 



