Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2107 



bb. Anterior nostrils with a raised rim, and without distinct tubes ; head short, 

 blunt, 4 in length ; ventral disk very large, 1^ in head ; snout blunt ; mouth 

 very short, its cleft almost entirely anterior, the maxillary scarcely reach- 

 ing eye ; dorsal rays 32 ; anal 26. Color plain rosy or brownish, not spotted. 



MDCOSUS, 2445. 



aa. Gill opening rather large, its base opposite 4 or 5 upper rays of pectoral; body deep 

 posteriorly ; nostrils with raised rim, but without distinct tubes ; ventral disk 

 moderate, 2 to 2 in head; head about 3 in body, depressed above; cleft of 

 mouth broader, partly lateral, nearly 3 in head. Color plain brownish or red- 

 dish. 



e. Dorsal VI, 27 ; anal 21 to 23 ; pectoral 30 ; flesh firm. FLORAE, 2446. 

 ee. Dorsal VI, 34 ; anal 30 ; pectoral 35; flesh lax. GREENI, 2447. 



eee. Dorsal VI, 28 ; anal 26 ; pectoral 36. FISSURATUS, 2448. 



2442. NEOLIPABIS ATLANTICUS, Jordan & Evermann, new species. 



Head4; depth 4 to 4|. D. VI, 25; A. 23; P. 30. Eye 5 in head; snout 

 3 ; ventral disk If to 2. Body widest at gill opening, compressed posteri- 

 orly; deepest below third dorsal spine ; head broader than deep, depressed 

 above the eyes; mouth narrow, its cleft transverse and extending to ante- 

 rior nostril ; lower jaw included; teeth tricuspid, the middle cusps highest; 

 gill openings very narrow, the lower border opposite first ray of pectoral; 

 anterior nostril tubular, the tube of eye; posterior nostril with a low 

 flap ; skin loose, lying in folds. Origin of dorsal not far behind pectoral, 

 its distance from tip of snout its distance to base of caudal. Dorsal 

 with a very shallow notch, the spines nearly continuous with the soft 

 rays; in the males much elevated, the tips thickened and membranes 

 deeply incised; the first or longest spine as long as head; the sixth or last 

 not quite \ head ; middle rays of soft dorsal 2 in head ; dorsal and anal 

 joined to base of caudal; caudal nearly as long as head; pectoral almost 

 reaching anal, slightly longer than head; lower rays exserted, forming a 

 slight lobe. Color reddish brown, with small scattered light or bluish 

 dots over the body; fins darker, clouded with pale, the dorsal broadly 

 edged with darker. The specimen here described, 37215 U. S.Nat. Mus., 

 is about 5 inches long, from Godbout, Quebec. Numerous other specimens 

 from Salein( 20367) and Woods Hole, Massachusetts (40118), agree with this, 

 the females having the first dorsal much lower. It is generally common 

 along rocky shores from Newfoundland to Cape Cod. This species has been 

 repeatedly recorded under the name Liparis montagui, Donovan, but it is 

 not identical with the European species of that name. The published 

 figures of N. montagui show a deeper fish with larger head, and with the 

 spinous dorsal very low, and scarcely distinct from the soft rays. Day's 

 figure looks remarkably unlike our fish. Unfortunately the European 

 specimens of Neoliparis montagui in the National Museum are all too small 

 for satisfactory comparison.* 



Neoliparis atlanticus, JORDAN & EVERMANN, new species, Godbout, Quebec. (Type, No. 

 37215.) 



Liparis montagui, CUVIER. Regne Anim. Ed. i, vol. 2, 227, 1817; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synop- 

 sis, 743,1883, in part; GARMAN, Discoboli, 47, 1892, with plate, and of authors generally. 



* Dr. Boulenger has kindly sent us the following note on Liparis montagui : I have 

 examined about a dozen of our British Liparis montagui. of all sizes up to 5 inches. The 

 anterior dorsal looks very indistinct, has no detached portion, and none of its rays are 

 ever produced into filaments." 



