3-iU BrLLETIX OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



229. Lumpenus anguillaris I Pallas). 



This pperii'.'j was found to be quite common. It was taken at various jioints and seen at many othci's 

 from Seattle to Atka Island. One hundred and fifty-two specimens, ranging from 1.7-5 to 14.5 inches 

 in lengtli, were secured from the following jilaces: Seattle; Kilisut Harbor; Duncan Canal; Loring; 

 Ankau River; Nevv Morzhovoi; Pablof Harlior; .\kutan Bay; Makushin Bay: Uiialaska; Atka; and 

 stations 4214, 4218, 423G, 4272, and 429C. 



Recorded (Bean 1882) from Port Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay; Chugachtk Bay, Cook Inlet; Port Leyas- 

 hef, Iliuliuk and Chemofski, Unalaska; Wrangell and Sitka, and, in ci^uise of the Corwin. from l^fel" 

 Belcher. Also from Norton Sound (Nelson 18S7). Nakat HarVior and Boca de Quadra (Bean 1884'i; 

 Unalaska (Gilbert ISf.SV -,■ 



230. Lumpenus mackayi Gilbert. 

 Originally descrilie 1 liy G ill)ert (18i).5 ) from mouth of Nushagak River. 



231. Luiupenus fabricii iCuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Recorded from Uristi 1 Bay at stations 3241 to 3244 (Gilbert 1S95) as Leptohlcnnius nuhUus. 

 232. Lumpenus lonfjirostris Evermann ct Goldsborough, new species. 



Head ■5.25 in length; depth 8.2; eye 4.75 in head; snout 2.S; dorsal Lxni (L.xni to lxxii; anal iii 

 (tn to V), 39 (38 to 42); inteiorbital 1.2 in ej-e. 



Body elongate, compressed; head long, compressed, interorbital slightly convex; eye large, elon- 

 gate, median, high; .snout long, blimt, and projecting, mouth small, nearly horizontal, lower jaw included; 

 maxillary not nearly reaching eye, reaching halfw-ay from tip of snout to posterior edge of eye; teeth in a 

 single crowded row on each jaw, crowded and more or less in a patch anteriorlj-, no teeth on vomer or 

 palatines; gill-openings continued forward to below anterior edge of pupil, the membranes then narrowly 

 joined to isthmus. 





Fig. 1 !.'>. — Lumpenus longirostris Evcrnianu i (ioldsborougti, new species. Type. 



Dorsal fin beginning immediately above upper end of gill-opening, the spines short, strong, and pun- 

 gent, none of them flexible, the anterior ones very short, less than width of pupil, the fin gradually 

 increasing in height to opposite front of anal, thence decreasing very slowly to posterior end. the longest 

 spine about 1.3 in snout, the third ray from last two-thirds height of longest ray, the tips of the spines 

 naked for about one-quarter of their height; anal with 3 (in most examples 4) strong spines similar to 

 those of dorsal fin, the first half as high as second, which equals third, soft rays all forked and of about 

 equal length, the last 3 free for upper third of their length; caudal rounded, 1.9 in head; ventral short, 

 of 1 short sharp strong spine, equal to perpendicular diameter of eye, and 3 simple rays, the fin 2 in snout; 

 pectoral large, rounded, the middle rays longest, 1.5 in head. 



Scales small, smooth, rounded, co\-ering entire body and head, those of head smaller and more 

 closely imbricated. 



The foregoing description from the U^pe no. 57827 U. S. National Museum, a specimen 9.3 inches 

 long, taken in Lynn Canal, July 16, 1903, at Albatross station 4255. The Bureau of Fisheries cotype is 

 no. 5232; Stanford University Museum, no. 20013; Field Museum of Natural History, no. 0116; 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, no. 33005. 



Life colors of one example; Back and upper side light olivaceous with darker brownish blotches; 

 middle of side and underparts sooty blue; middle part of belly blackish; pectoral and ventral dark; 

 dorsal pale yellowish at base, a narrow dark line near edge." 



o Not necessarily color of type, it not being known Jrom wliich specimen tha note was taken. 



