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beginning immediately above upper end of gill slit, the spines short, 

 strong, and pungent, not flexible; some of the anterior spines short, but 

 not free, the fin increasing in height to opposite front of anal, the longest 

 spine equaling length of snout, the membrane of last spine joining base of 

 upper rays of caudal; anal with 2 strong spines similar to those of the 

 dorsal fin, the second twice length of first and f that of highest dorsal 

 spines ; anal rays all forked, the posterior longest, equaling length of snout 

 and eye, free from the caudal ; caudal fin rounded in younger specimens, 

 lanceolate in adults, becoming in the latter f as long as head; ventrals 

 short, of 1 short spine and 3 simple rays, the fin J length of head ; pectorals 

 large, the middle rays longest, length of head. Scales small, smooth, 

 elongate, imperfectly imbricated, partially embedded or altogether want- 

 ing on anterior part of back; cheeks scaled, head otherwise naked; faint 

 traces of a lateral line sometimes visible on middle of sides anteriorly. 

 Color in spirits, light olivaceous (light yellowish in life) ; a continuous 

 jet-black streak from occiput along each side of dorsal to base of caudal, 

 with 2 interrupted black streaks below it, the lowermost running on mid- 

 dle of side ; top and sides of head darker, variously marked with anasto- 

 mosing black lines and spots; opercles blackish; dorsal and caudal fins 

 dusky translucent, without distinctive markings; anal and ventrals 

 white ; pectorals white or dusky ; roof of mouth black ; peritoneum black 

 dorsally, white veutrally. Bering Sea. Several specimens were seined near 

 the mouth of the Nushagak River, Alaska. (Gilbert.) (Named for Charles 

 Lesley McKay, of Appleton, Wisconsin, a very able young ichthyologist* 

 Avho was drowned at Nushagak, in Bristol Bay, in 1883.) 



Lumpenus mackayi, GILBERT, Kept. TT. S. Fish Comm. 1893 (1896), 450, pi. 32, mouth of 

 Nushagak River, Bristol Bay. (Coll. Gilbert.) 



2793. LUMPENUS FABRICII (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 8 or 9; depth 11 to 15. D. LXIII to LXV; A. 41 to 43; V. I, 3; 

 P. 15. Upper jaw scarcely longer than lower; teeth on palatines few and 

 small, often really or apparently wanting, especially in the young; max- 

 illary not reaching eye; vertical fins distinct; pectorals large, ovate. 

 Color light brown, with large pale rounded blotches separated by brown 

 shades; head yellowish; pectorals yellowish mottled, with a dusky spot 

 at base. Arctic seas; recorded from Spitsbergen, Greenland, the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, Wellington Sound, Bristol Bay, and other localities in Bering 

 Sea (Petropaulski and Plover Bay, as L. anguillarte). We have specimens 

 from Bristol Bay, Disco, Upernavik, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. These 

 are apparently identical, and they show clearly the identity of L. nubilus 

 with L. fabricii. 



The following notes are from specimens taken in Bristol Bay, in 4| to 14 

 fathoms: These specimens seem to agree in structural details with 

 specimens of Lumpenus fabricii from the North Atlantic. The Pacific speci- 

 mens are lighter in color, with the dusky mottlings confined to the dorsal 

 region, and with a very distinct series of oblong brown blotches along lat- 

 eral line, alternating with a lower series of small, faint, round spots. 



