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opening; body otherwise naked. All the spines, with the exception 

 of those noted as simple, are long sharp spines in groups of from 3 to 

 6 with a common base, generally the length of each spine exceeding 

 length of the base. No lateral line. Spinous dorsal reaching to the first 

 ray of soft dorsal when fin is depressed, higher than soft dorsal ; anal and 

 soft dorsal similar; caudal small, truncate or slightly rounded; pectorals 

 very short, reaching to the posterior edge of ventral disk. Color bright 

 wine red, slightly lighter below, without markings, sides dusted over 

 with very small dark points; spinous dorsal dusky; other fins colorless. 

 Colors disappear in alcohol. One specimen \ inch long, dredged in Puget 

 Sound. If the adult shows the same characters, it must become the type 

 of a distinct genus, (vinolentus, wine-colored.) 



Letholremus vinolentus, JORDAN & STARRS, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 827, pi. 94, Puget 

 Sound, near Seattle, Washington. (Type, No. 3131, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. Coll. E. 

 C. Starks.) 



781. CYCLOPTEROIDES, Garinan. 



Cyclopteroides, G-ARMAN, Mon. Discoboli, 37, 1892 (gyrinops). 



Body short, thick, slightly depressed anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. 

 Head broad, short; snout short, obtuse; subordital produced to connect 

 with the preoperculum, widening backward. The bases of both dorsals are 

 thickly enveloped in skin and flesh. Ventrals united, forming a large 

 adhesive disk. Chin with tubular pores, or barbels. Teeth small, sub- 

 conical. Gtll openings narrow; gill membranes united and attached to 

 the isthmus. Gills 3|. Pseudobranchiye present. Six branchiostegal rays. 

 Intestine long. Like Cyclopterm, to which it is closely allied, the species 

 of this genus appears to derive a portion of their food from vegetation. 

 (Cyclopterus; si8o<z, resemblance.) 



2439. CYCLOPTEROIDES GYRINOPS, Garman. 



Head 3 in total length; D. 8 or 9; A. 9; pectoral 24; caudal 10; 

 caeca 10 or 11; branchiostegal 6. Body oblong, compressed toward the 

 dorsals, broad toward the belly, subtriangular in transverse section, 

 abruptly compressed in the posterior portion between the second dorsal 

 and the anal, deep near the abdomen, and tapering rapidly to the caudal 

 fin. Belly flattened, as wide as long. Head short, as long as high, 

 wider than long; interorbital space concave transversely and slightly so 

 longitudinally, steeply inclined on snout and sides; cheeks swollen; 

 mouth anterior, somewhat oblique, little wider than interorbital space, 

 not reaching a vertical from front of eye; lower lip interrupted for a short 

 distance at the symphysis ; chin with a series of 4 barbels 011 each side 

 formed by tubular prolongations of the pores similar to those of the 

 nostrils. Teeth very small, conical, slightly hooking backward, in 5 rows 

 at the symphysis, some of which are shorter and do not extend so far 

 toward the sides as the others. Nostrils small, tubular, the posterior 

 between the eyes, and the anterior halfway between the posterior and the 

 mouth. Eye moderate, lateral, as long as the snout,- more than 4 in 



