﻿NO. 
  1963. 
  TWO 
  NEW 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  GENUS 
  TRIGL0P8— 
  GILBERT. 
  467 
  

  

  young 
  males. 
  Soft 
  dorsal 
  in 
  males 
  with 
  wide 
  oblique 
  or 
  nearly 
  

   horizontal 
  bars, 
  in 
  females 
  with 
  narrow 
  dotted 
  lines. 
  Other 
  fins 
  

   unmarked. 
  

  

  In 
  10 
  cotypes 
  from 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Maine 
  (Cat. 
  No. 
  45547, 
  U.S.N.M.), 
  

   from 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  (Cat. 
  No. 
  43067), 
  from 
  George's 
  Bank, 
  and 
  from 
  

   Gloucester, 
  Massachusetts, 
  the 
  fin 
  rays 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  are 
  

   numerous 
  specimens 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  off 
  the 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Newfoundland 
  and 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  which 
  agree 
  with 
  typical 
  

   ommatistius 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  coast 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  save 
  the 
  

   armature 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  In 
  the 
  northern 
  specimens, 
  without 
  excep- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  primary 
  folds 
  only 
  are 
  developed, 
  and 
  agree 
  in 
  number, 
  

   therefore, 
  with 
  the 
  scutes 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

   connected, 
  while 
  in 
  ty^^ical 
  ommatistius 
  many 
  secondary 
  folds 
  are 
  

   intercalated. 
  In 
  the 
  northern 
  specimens 
  again 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  naked, 
  

   or 
  contains 
  few 
  partial 
  cross 
  folds, 
  the 
  postpectoral 
  area 
  is 
  widely 
  

   naked 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  portion, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  is 
  

   also 
  frequently 
  naked 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  The 
  lateral 
  folds 
  do 
  not 
  meet 
  

   across 
  the 
  median 
  line 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  fin. 
  

  

  In 
  aU 
  other 
  respects 
  of 
  shape, 
  fin 
  rays, 
  and 
  color, 
  including 
  the 
  

   oceUate 
  spots 
  on 
  dorsal 
  in 
  the 
  males, 
  the 
  two 
  forms 
  agree, 
  but 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  distinguished 
  at 
  a 
  glance, 
  and 
  being 
  geographically 
  separate 
  

   are 
  worthy 
  of 
  recognition. 
  The 
  northern 
  form 
  would 
  seem 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  specific 
  rank 
  were 
  it 
  not 
  that 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  collection, 
  one 
  

   from 
  off 
  Chebucto 
  Head, 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Georges 
  Bank, 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  seem 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent 
  intermediate. 
  Also, 
  among 
  

   perfectly 
  tj'T^jical 
  examples 
  of 
  om'matistius 
  from 
  Gloucester, 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  

   young 
  specimen 
  typical 
  of 
  the 
  north. 
  For 
  these 
  reasons, 
  with 
  the 
  

   probability 
  of 
  further 
  intergradation 
  being 
  fouTid, 
  I 
  propose 
  to 
  recog- 
  

   nize 
  the 
  northern 
  form 
  as 
  a 
  subspecies. 
  

  

  TRIGLOPS 
  OMMATISTIUS 
  TERRiENOV.S;, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  46063, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  a 
  male 
  specimen 
  95 
  mm. 
  long 
  

   to 
  base 
  of 
  caudal, 
  110 
  mm. 
  in 
  total 
  length, 
  from 
  Fisheries 
  steamer 
  

   Albatross 
  Station 
  2445, 
  oft' 
  Newfoundland 
  (lat. 
  45° 
  09' 
  30" 
  N; 
  long. 
  

   49° 
  48' 
  30" 
  W.); 
  depth, 
  39 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  XI, 
  21; 
  anal 
  21; 
  pectoral 
  18; 
  ventrals 
  I, 
  3. 
  Scutes 
  in 
  

   lateral 
  line 
  47, 
  diminishing 
  greatly 
  in 
  size 
  on 
  caudal 
  peduncle, 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  ones 
  lacldng. 
  No 
  intercalated 
  secondary 
  folds, 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  those 
  terminating 
  immediately 
  above 
  base 
  of 
  anal 
  fin 
  

  

  