1925] Toicnsend and Nichols, Fishes from Lower California 15 



Named for President Henry Fairfield Osborn of The American 

 Museum of Natural History, a promoter of the 'Albatross' Expedition 

 of 1911. 



Careproctus melanurus Gilbert 

 Plate III, Figure 1 

 One from station 5693, off the Santa Barbara Islands, approximate 

 latitude 33°, in 451 fathoms. 

 Color, fresh, pink. 



Paraliparis cephalus Gilbert 

 One from station 5696, approximate latitude 35° (north of Pt. 

 Conception) in 440 fathoms. 



Embryx crassilabris (Gilbert) 

 Plate III, Figure 2. 

 A specimen ten inches in length from station 5694, approximate 

 latitude 33° (off the Santa Barbara Islands) in 640 fathoms. 

 Color, fresh, black. 



Bothracara mollis Bean 

 Plate I, Figure 2 

 A small specimen from station 5699 in 475 fathoms south of Mon- 

 terey (approximate latitude 36°), and one ten inches long from station 

 5697, 485 fathoms, a few miles farther south. 



Melanostigma pammelas Gilbert 

 One from station 5693 off the Santa Barbara Islands (approximate 

 latitude 33°) in 451 fathoms. 

 Color, fresh, jet-black. 



Lepophidium emmelas (Gilbert) 



Numerous specimens representing four stations off the west coast of 

 Lower California as follows: 5675, 5679, 5680, 5681. Approximate lati- 

 tudes range from 27° (in 284 fathoms) to 24° (in 325 to 405 fathoms). 



Color, fresh, pink above, belly bluish, iris whitish (station 5681). 



Lycodapus dermatinus Gilbert 

 One from station 5696 north of Pt. Conception, California (approxi- 

 mate latitude 35°) in 440 fathoms. 



