Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2461 



The genus is thus intermediate between Lycodes and Lycodopsis. (d, with- 

 out; rtpo, before; 6dov$, tooth.) 



2816. APRODON CORTEZIANUS, Gilbert. 



Head 4 to 4; depth Tito 9 in length; head high and narrow, snout 

 broader, but long and very convex. Mouth large, maxillary reaching ver- 

 tical from middle of orbit, 2 in head; eye 4f ; snout 3; depth of head 2. 

 Teeth in premaxi Hades strong, conical, in a single series; lower jaw with 

 the teeth mainly in 2 series, an outer row of slightly enlarged teeth, and 

 an inner row directed backward, a wide interspace between the two series 

 with occasional scattered teeth only posteriorly ; on sides of mandible a 

 single series of teeth similar to those in upper jaw; vorner toothless; 

 palatines with a single series of strong conical teeth. Head without con- 

 spicuous mucous pores; a strong ridge on middle of occiput anteriorly; 

 gill slit wide, continued forward to vertical from preopercle, the width of 

 isthmus 5 times in length of slit; gill rakers short, better developed than 

 usual, 15 on horizontal limb of outer arch. The vertical limb of arches 

 joined to gill cover by a fold of the lining membrane of the latter, as in 

 Macrourus. Pseudobranchite well developed. Origin of dorsal but little 

 behind base of pectorals; the hinder margin of occiput midway between 

 dorsal and front or middle of eye ; distance from snout to origin of anal 

 2f in total length; ventrals inserted under front of opercles, their length 

 about I of orbit; pectorals very large, broadly rounded, the upper por- 

 tion of fin longest, the lower rays rapidly shortened, the lowermost with 

 broad, fleshy tips ; rays 20 or 21 in number; scales of the usual type, those 

 on abdomen so deeply embedded as to be almost invisible ; head, anterior 

 half of nape, breast, and base of pectorals naked; pectorals and ventrals 

 not scaled, other fins partly covered ; lateral line little developed, running 

 along middle of sides and tail. Color light brownish, lighter below; ver- 

 tical fins broadly margined with black, becoming almost wholly black 

 behind ; pectorals light at base, black distally, with a conspicuous white 

 edge; ventrals white; lining of mouth white, of gill cavity dusky; peri- 

 toneum black. Cortez Banks, near San Diego, California. The types, 

 6 specimens, the longest 15 inches, from Albatross Stations 2925 and 2948, 

 in 339 and 266 fathoms. Dr. Gilbert also records 1 specimen from Albatross 

 Station 3349, off the coast of northern California, depth 239 fathoms. 

 (cortezianus, from Cortez Banks.) 

 Aprodon corteziana, GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 107, Cortez Banks, off San Diego. 



(Type, No. 46457. Coll. Albatross.) 



935. LYCODES, Reinhardt. 



Lycodes, KEINHARDT, Kongl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv., vn, 1838, 153 (vahli). 

 Lycias, JORDAN & EVERMANN, new subgenus (seminudus). 



Body moderately elongate, more or less eel-shaped, tapering behind, the 

 depth from 6 to 10 times in the length ; head oblong ; mouth nearly hori- 

 zontal; lower jaw included; conical teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines, 

 those on jaws and palatines mostly in a single series. Dorsal fin beginning 

 behind base of pectoral, without any spines; the rays all soft and articu- 



