512 Mr. C. V. Burke on the Cyclogasteridae. 



Liparis antarctica, Putnam, = Cyclogaster antarclica. 



Gill (1891, p. 365) places this species with EnanlioJiparis, 

 Vaillant (1888). Vaillant based this genus upon the con- 

 tinuous veitical fins and tlie unnotched pectorals. In the 

 writei-'s opinion neither of these characters is of sufficient 

 value to justify the formation of the genus. The vertical 

 fins of Enantioliparis pallidas find their counterpart in 

 Cyclogaster pulchellus and other species. The pectoral notch 

 is absent or nearly so in Cyclogaster oiostoni, Careproctus 

 furcellus, and Careproctus cypselurus. As will be seen 

 below, I place pallidus, Vaillant, with the genus Careproctus. 

 Gill's suggestion that the three species, antarctica, Putnam, 

 steiiieni, Fischer, and pallidus, Vaillant, may be one is very 

 doubtful. The first two species differ widely in the number 

 of fiti-rays, and do not appear to be closely related. It seems 

 unlikely that sieineni and pallidas are identical. I place 

 them in different genera. Lonnberg (1905, p. 19) has called 

 attention to the differences between these species. 



Liparis steineni, Fischer, = Cyclogaster steineni. 



Fischer describes tlie nostril of tiiis species as " Hintereg 

 Nasloch in einer weiter ziemlich kurzen liohre, die ebenso 

 weit vom Auge, wie nom Lippenrande entfernt ist ; vorderea 

 ziemlich nahe vorjenem, einer Schleimpore ahnlich." The 

 posterior nostril in these fishes is never in a projecting tube; 

 at least, it is not so in the ninety species I have examined. 

 It seems likely that Fischer described the anterior nostril as 

 the posterior nostril and one of the pores on the snout as the 

 anterior nostril. If there is no pore behind the nostril-tube 

 in this species it belongs with Careproctus. The fact that 

 the specimens were collected in very shallow water " in der 

 Royal Bai mit der hand gegriffen " suggests that they are 

 typical Cyclogaster, as none of the species of Careproctus are 

 known to inhabit such shallow water. 



Enantioliparis pallidas, Vaillant, = Careproctus pallidus. 



As stated above, I do not consider tlie genus Enantioliparis 

 worthy of recognition. The figure and coloration oi pallidus, 

 Vaillant, bear a closer resemblance to the typical species of 

 Careproctus than to the species of Cyclogaster, and for this 

 reason we place pallidus, Vaillant, with the former genus. 

 The disk of this species is large and the teeth trilobed, but 

 these characters are common to a number of species of 

 Careproctus as well as typical of Cyclogaster. 



