Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2731 



1 specimen known. (Named for Dr. Robert W. Shufeldt, United States 

 Army, the well-known ornithotomist.) 



Typhlopsaras thufeldti* GILL, Forest and Stream, Nov. 8, 1883, "Western Atlantic (Type, 



No. 33552) ; JORDAN, Cat. Fishes, 138, 1885. 



Ceratius shufeldti, GUNTHER, Challenger Report, xxn, Deep-Sea Fishes, 54, 1887. 

 Mancalias shufeldti, GOODE & BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 490, fig. 401, 1896. 



1065. CRYPTOPSARAS, Gill. 

 Cryptoptaras, GILL, Forest and Stream, Nov. 8, 1883, 284 (couesii). 



Body shortened; back longitudinally convex, eyes small but conspicu- 

 ous; anterior spine with concealed basal joint and elongated terminal 

 joint; a large intermediate globular and a pair of subpedunculated lateral 

 dorsal appendages or caruncles close to the front of the dorsal fin ; pec- 

 torals well developed, of about 15 rays. Deep seas. (upv-ftroS, concealed ; 

 modern Greek ifxxpaS, fisherman, in reference to the concealed rod bearing 

 the dorsal spine or fishing apparatus.) 



3112. CRYPTOPSARAS COUESII, Gill. 



The basal joint of the rod-like spine is almost entirely concealed and 

 procumbent, and the distal joint alone free, reaching backward to the dor- 

 sal tubercle ; the bulb is pyriform, and surmounted by a long whitish fila- 

 ment; dorsal and anal each with 4 spines, the caudal 8 (the 4 middle 

 dichotomous) and the pectorals each about 15 rays. (Gill.) A specimen of 

 Cryptopsaras (No. 33558, U. S. Nat. Mus.) was obtained, by the Albatross, 

 from Station 2101, in Lat. 38 18' 30" N., Long. 68 24' W., at a depth of 

 1,686 fathoms. The type of Cryptopsaras couesii is only 35 mm. long. The 

 caudal is imperfect. The length without caudal is 30 mm. and contains 

 the greatest height 2 times. The bulb on the dorsal spine when laid 

 backward can be made to reach to the dermal caruncles on the back. The 

 length of the upper jaw is about of the length without caudal; gill 

 opening nearly midway between front of head and root of tail ; mouth 

 placed vertically ; intermaxillary teeth occupying about entire length of 

 bone; inandibulary teeth unequal in size; at symphysis of mandible a 

 pair of minute spines closely connected at base and slightly separated at 

 the extremity. Specimen No. 39483 is 58 mm. long; 47 mm. to base of 

 caudal. Greatest height 2f in length without caudal. Gill opening a 

 little nearer end of caudal than to front of head; distal portion of dorsal 

 spine about length without caudal ; median dermal caruncle very much 



* The following is the original account of Typhlopsaras: 



''Typhlopsaras. Ceratiines with an elongated trunk, rectilinear hack, obsolete or no 

 eyes, far exserted basal joint of the anterior spine and shortened terminal joint, a small 

 intermediate and a pair of pedunculated dorsal appendages some distance in advance of 

 the dorsal fin, and reduced pectoral fin with about 5 or 6 rays. 



" Typhlopsaras shufeldti.The first joint of the rod-like spine reaches to the axil of the 

 dorsal fin, and the bulb to the base of the caudal fin, when the spine is bent backward ; 

 the bulb is pear-shaped and without any appendages ; the dorsal has 4 rays, the anal 4, 

 the caudal 8 (the median 4 of which are forked), and there are 4 or 5 pectoral rays. A 

 single specimen was found. I have dedicated the species to my esteemed friend, Dr. R. 

 W. Shufeldt, U. S. A., the well-known ornithotomist. 



" The name, Typhlopsaras, is a compound from the Greek TV$AOS (blind) and 

 (angler), meaning 'blind angler.'" 



