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BULLETIN OF THE BUKEAtJ OF FISHERIES. 



141. Thecopterus aleuticus Smith. 



Described from .\lbatross station 3785, in Bering Sea, 150 miles nortli nf Rat Islands, at a depth of 

 270 fathoms. Only the type known. 



Fig. 7ii.— Thccopterus aleuticus Smith. Type, 



142. Dasycottus setiger Bean. 



One specimen 3.25 inches long, collected by the Albatross at station 3602, Bering Sea; 36 specimens 

 from 1,2 to 8 inches in length from stations 4223 in 48 fathoms; 4237 in 194 fathoms; 4248 in 71 fathoms; 

 42.50 in 66 fathoms; 42.54 in 45 fathoms; 4275 in 35 fathoms; 4280 in 32 fathoms; 4281 in 42 fathoms: 4286 

 in 57 fathoms; 4287 in 66 fathoms; 4288 in 67 fathoms; 4290 in 99 fathoms; 4295 in 92 fathoms; 4296 

 in 35 fathoms. Besides the above, specimens were seen at stations 4191, 4220, and 4298. 



Fig, 77, — Dasycottus setiger Bean, 



In the young (1 inch) the eye is round, not elongate; spines on head not sr) prominent, color darker. 



Originally descrilied by Bean (1891) from Albatross station 2855, off Sitkalidak Island. Recorded 

 from stations 3216, 3257, 3310, 33II, and 3324, north and south of the Alaskan Peninsula and north of 

 Unalaska Island (Gilbert 1895), and off Karluk (Jordan & Gilbert 1899). 



143. Malacocottus zonurus Bean, 



The collection contains the following specimens of this species: 4 from station 4253, 1 from station 

 4232, 3 from station 4230, 1 from station 4198, and 1 from station 4292. Others were seen at St. Mary's 

 Mission, mouth of Oat Bay, at Boca de Quadra, and at Kasaan Bay. These specimens range in length 



