ICHTHYOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE ALBATROSS. 447 
which equal the length of head without the snout. Dorsal 44; anal 34; pectoral 42; 
caudal 14. 
Colors in life: Olivaceous above, overlaid with light grayish. Belly and lower 
side of head hght yellow. Body and fins with large brownish-red spots and blotches, 
usually roundish, each having a darker margin surrounded with a light ring. 
A single specimen, 360 mm. long, from Bristol Bay (statiori 3252), in 294 fathoms. 
105. Liparis fucensis sp. nov. 
LTiparis calliodon Garman, The Discoboli, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. x1v, No. 2, 
p.54; not Cyclopterus callyodon Pallas. 
Numerous specimens dredged by the Albatross in the Straits of Fuca on a subse- 
‘quent expedition (August, 1891) serve as the types of this species. It is probably the 
‘same as that described by Garman as Liparis calliodon, his description being based 
/on specimens ‘‘said to have been taken near San Francisco.” It is not evident from 
‘the text whether the same specimens served as basis for the figures (plate v1, figs. 
1-5), concerning which we have no separate data. 
Following is a description of the types from Albatross Station 3451, Straits of 
Fuca, depth 106 fathoms: Moderately elongate, compressed; head depressed, with the 
_gibbous snout and occiput separated by the depressed interorbital area which forms 
-ashallow transverse groove. Snout not blunt, the mouth terminal, nearly horizon- 
‘tal, with included mandible, the maxillary reaching to or nearly to the vertical 
from front of pupil, 3in head. Teeth all tricuspid. Eye of moderate size, contained 
5? in length of head, 1 to 14 times in bony interorbital width, 1% times in snout. The 
/posterior nostril without tube, the anterior with a short tube, less than diameter of 
|pupil. Gill-slit comparatively wide, its width equaling length of snout and half 
\eye, overlapped by a conspicuous triangular prolongation of the opercle. The slit 
_extends down to opposite the upper third of the pectoral fin. 
Disk circular, of rather small size, distant from tip of snout 1} times its own 
diameter, from vent 1} times. Diameter of disk, 2?timesin head. Distance from tip 
‘of snout to vent, 1? to 13 in distance from tail. 
Pectorals extending to a vertical midway between vent and front of anal. Lower 
(rays produced, forming a narrow distinct lobe. The first 5 dorsal rays spinous, 
/unsegmented, shorter than the succeeding segmented rays, from which they are not 
‘separated by notch. Dorsal and anal free from caudal, the last rays being rapidly 
‘shortened, giving a rounded contour to the posterior portions of the two fins. 
Head 3} to 34 in length; depth 4 to 42; dorsal v, 30; anal 28 or 29; caudal 18 or 
.20; pectoral 38 or 39. 
Two styles of coloration are observed: One, plain olive-brown, with minute dark 
|points, whitish below; the other, with numerous narrow lengthwise streaks of 
light olive and dark olive-brown, which extend forward on top and sides of head; 
iin both cases the belly is whitish and the fins dusky, mottled with darker, the 
(mottlings forming indistinct crossbars on the caudal fin. 
'106. Neoliparis callyodon (Pallas. ) 
Liparis mucosus Garman, The Discoboli, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. xiv, No. 2, p. 
52; p. 52; not of Ayres. 
Several young specimens were taken from under stones between tidemarks at 
Unalaska May 24 and June 16, 1890. 
BATHYPHASMA gen. nov. 
A deep-sea Liparid, differing from typical members of the genus Liparis in having 
(the teeth long and slender, acuminate, sharp, with no trace of lateral lobes. The 
ventral disk is large, amd occupies the position usual in Liparis. An approach 
‘to the condition here found is evident in Actinochir major, in which, according to 
Liitken, the teeth are at first tricuspid, becoming mostly simple with age. In 
Bathyphasma the ventral disk is simple, without the intramarginal papille which 
‘are usually present in Liparis and correspond to the tips of the spines and rays. 
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