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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [124] 
  

  

  Family 
  CXXXIX.— 
  LYCODID^. 
  (115) 
  

  

  500— 
  ZOARCES 
  Cuvier. 
  (425) 
  

  

  1503. 
  Zoarces 
  auguillaris 
  Peck. 
  N. 
  G. 
  (1200) 
  

  

  501.— 
  LYCODOPSIS 
  Collett, 
  (426) 
  

  

  1504. 
  Lycodopsis 
  pacificus 
  Collett. 
  C. 
  A. 
  (1201) 
  

  

  1505. 
  Lycodopsis 
  paucideus 
  Lockiugtou. 
  C. 
  (1202) 
  

  

  502— 
  LYCODONUS 
  l 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  1506. 
  Lycodonus 
  mirabilis 
  Goode 
  & 
  Beau. 
  B. 
  

  

  503.— 
  LYCENCHELYS 
  2 
  GUI. 
  

  

  1507. 
  Lycenchelys 
  pazillus 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  (1203) 
  

  

  1508. 
  Lycenchelys 
  paadlloides 
  3 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  1509. 
  Lycenchelys 
  verrilli 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  504.— 
  LYCODES 
  Reinhardt. 
  (427) 
  

  

  1510. 
  Lycodes 
  vahli 
  Reinhardt. 
  B. 
  G. 
  (1205) 
  

  

  1511. 
  Lycodes 
  esmarki 
  Collett. 
  B. 
  G.Eu. 
  (1206) 
  

  

  1512. 
  Lycodes 
  reticulatus 
  Reinhardt. 
  B. 
  G. 
  (1207) 
  

  

  1513. 
  Lycodes 
  seminudus 
  Reinhardt. 
  B. 
  G. 
  (1208) 
  

  

  1514. 
  Lycodes 
  nebulosus 
  Reinhardt. 
  G. 
  (1209) 
  

  

  1515. 
  Lycodes 
  coccineus 
  Bean. 
  A. 
  (1210) 
  

  

  1 
  Lycodonus 
  Goode 
  &. 
  Bean. 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp., 
  Zool., 
  XIX, 
  1883, 
  208; 
  type 
  Lycodonus 
  mirabilis 
  

   Goode 
  & 
  Bean.) 
  

  

  Body 
  elongate, 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  Lycenchelys. 
  Scales 
  small, 
  circular, 
  imhedded 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  skin; 
  lateral 
  line 
  very 
  short, 
  obsolete 
  posteriorly. 
  Jaws 
  without 
  fringes, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  

  

  included. 
  Fin 
  rays 
  all 
  articulated, 
  each 
  ray 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  supported 
  laterally 
  

  

  by 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  sculptured 
  scutes. 
  Caudal 
  distinct, 
  not 
  fully 
  connate 
  with 
  dorsal 
  and 
  

  

  anal. 
  Ventrals 
  present. 
  Gill 
  opening 
  narrow. 
  Teeth 
  as 
  in 
  Lycodes. 
  Deep 
  water 
  

  

  (Lycodes; 
  Onos). 
  

  

  Lycodonus 
  mirabilis 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Form 
  of 
  Lycenchelys 
  verrilli, 
  very 
  slender 
  ; 
  head, 
  nape, 
  and 
  fins 
  scaleless; 
  maxillary 
  

   reaching 
  front 
  of 
  pupil. 
  Dorsal 
  inserted 
  slightly 
  behind 
  base 
  of 
  pectorals. 
  Length 
  

   of 
  pectorals 
  3 
  times 
  snout. 
  Eye 
  2£ 
  in 
  head, 
  3^ 
  times 
  interorbital 
  width. 
  Head 
  7 
  ; 
  

   depth 
  16. 
  D. 
  80 
  +. 
  A. 
  70 
  +. 
  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  lat. 
  40°. 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  XIX, 
  1883, 
  208.) 
  

  

  2 
  Lycenchelys 
  Gill. 
  

  

  (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci., 
  Phila., 
  1884, 
  180 
  ; 
  type 
  Lycodes 
  murcena 
  Collett.) 
  

  

  This 
  name 
  Lycenchelys 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  Collett's 
  second 
  group, 
  which 
  have 
  the 
  body 
  

   elongate; 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  contained 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  24 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  length 
  (Gill). 
  

   (AvHoi, 
  wolf 
  ; 
  dyx^Xvi, 
  eel.) 
  

  

  3 
  Lycenchelys 
  paxilloides 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Light 
  brown, 
  the 
  head 
  somewhat 
  darker. 
  Form 
  of 
  L. 
  paxillus, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  smaller 
  

   month 
  and 
  less 
  prominent 
  cheeks. 
  Dorsal 
  beginning 
  over 
  tip 
  of 
  pectoral 
  ; 
  ventral 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  pupil. 
  Scales 
  very 
  small, 
  present 
  everywhere 
  except 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  

   pectorals, 
  nearly 
  covering 
  vertical 
  fins. 
  Eye 
  3£ 
  in 
  head, 
  equal 
  to 
  snout, 
  which 
  is 
  4 
  

   times 
  interorbital 
  width. 
  Head 
  8, 
  depth 
  16. 
  D. 
  (with 
  half 
  caudal) 
  118. 
  A. 
  110. 
  P. 
  

   16. 
  V. 
  3. 
  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  lat. 
  40°, 
  in 
  deep 
  water 
  ( 
  Goode 
  «/• 
  Bean). 
  

  

  ( 
  Lycodes 
  paxillus 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  XIX, 
  1883, 
  207.) 
  

  

  