Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2471 



extending upon base of dorsal; very few scales upon lower half of body, 

 none on anal tin. Upper jaw far overlapping the lower; gape reaching 

 orbit. A series of 6 large pores on each side, extending backward from 

 nostril toward angle of opercle, the fourth of the series under center of 

 orbit; a similar series, 7 on each side, along line of lower jaw from its 

 syraphysis to angle of opercle, all slit-like, the others circular. Nostrils 

 at extremities of fleshy tubes. Teeth in lower jaw in 2 rows, nearly uni- 

 form in size; teeth of upper jaw in a single series, somewhat enlarged 

 near the symphysis; patches of smaller teeth behind; about 7 teeth on 

 vomer; a single row on palatines; all the teeth curved. Gill opening nar- 

 row, the membranes attached to the isthmus. Color, body above lateral 

 line light grayish brown with numerous minute circular dots marking the 

 position of the scales ; pearly white below lateral line; brown irregular 

 patches upon sides, bisected by lateral line, the lower half color of dorsal, 

 that above darker and with the white dots, these brown patches 7 to 10 

 in number; a brown spot on tip of tail; abdominal region livid blue. 

 Coast of Massachusetts, in deep water ; a dwarf species very small in size. 

 (Named for Prof. Addison E. Verrill of Yale University.) 



Lycodes verrillii, GOODE & BEAN, Anier. Journ. Sci. Arts, xiv, 1877, 474. off coast of New 

 England in the Gulf Stream; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 786, 1883. 



Lycenchelys verrilli, JORDAN, Cat., 124, 1885 ; GOODB & BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 309, 

 figs. 277 and 277 A, 1896. 



2833. LYCENCHELYS PAXILLUS (Goode & Bean). 



Head 8 ; depth 16 ; eye 3 to 4 in head, equal to snout, which is 4 times 

 interorbital width. D. (with i of caudal) 118; A. 110; P. 16; V. 3. Body 

 attenuate, head broad, flat above, with declivous profile; cheeks full 

 and protuberant ; teeth stout, recurved, and sharply pointed, in a single 

 series in each jaw, except at the symphysis; a few teeth clustered at 

 the head of the vomer; palatines with a single series; the tubular nos- 

 tril much nearer tip of snout than eye. Lateral line median, faint and 

 short (in specimens examined by us). Dorsal beginning over tip of pec- 

 toral; ventral little Jouger than pupil. Scales very small, present every- 

 where except on head and pectorals, nearly covering vertical fins. Light 

 brown, the head somewhat darker. Gulf stream, lat. 35 to 41 N., in deep 

 water, 263 to 904 fathoms. (Goode & Bean.) (paxillus, a peg.) 

 Lycodes paxillus, GOODE & BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 44, between LaHave and 

 Sable Island Banks (Type, No. 22177. Coll. Capt.J. W. Collins), a male in breeding 

 form ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 785, 1883. 



Lycodes paxilloides, GOODE & BEAN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,x, No. 5, 207, 1883, off New- 

 foundland (Type in M. C. Z. Coll. The Blake); a normal, not sexually distorted 

 individual. 



Lycenchelys paxillus, JORDAN, Cat., 124,1885; GOODE & BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 311, 

 figs. 279 and 282, 1896. 



2834. LYCENCHELYS POBIFER (GUbert). 



Head 5| ; depth 14. Body very slender. Head much contracted oppo- 

 site orbits, the snout expanded, as in Lycodopsis paucidens. Mouth mod- 

 erate, the maxiilary reaching vertical from front of pupil, 3^ in head ; eye 

 5|; snout 3-1- ; interorbital width i eye. Teeth in front of premaxillaries 



