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the sides of the jaw they grow more and more oblique till they are nearly 

 parallel with the jaw at the sides; superior pharyngeal teeth conical and 

 sharp, slightly longer than the teeth in the jaws, arranged in a single 

 round patch on each side; inferior pharyngeals separate, with small teeth. 

 (Teeth probably tricuspid in the young.) Posterior nostrils in a short, 

 wide tube; cheeks well rounded; gill rakers short and thick, no longer 

 on the outer side of the first arch than on the other arches, fourth 

 arch not free ; gill slit short, its length contained about 3 times in head, 

 its lower edge extending in front of pectoral to about the third ray; 

 opercles with a blunt spine which is covered by the skin. Dorsals 2, con- 

 nected by a low membrane; first dorsal about twice as high as anterior 

 part of second dorsal ; the first rays of pectorals inserted under eye and 

 in front of disk; the anterior rays short, graduated to the sixth ray, 

 which is about 4 times longer than the first, the next few rays again short 

 and gradually lengthening posteriorly ; posterior rays \ longer than ante- 

 rior, fin broadly rounded behind; ventral disk nearly round, its posterior 

 edge reaching the vertical from gill slit, its distance from tip of lower jaw 

 \\ times its length; caudal truncate or slightly rounded; vent under ends 

 of pectorals. Color, in alcohol, uniform brown, breast and lower parts of 

 head creamy, fins slightly darker. When fresh the sides were blotched 

 with pinkish. Esquimault Harbor, near Victoria, Vancouver Island; 

 known only from the type, 10 inches long. (Named for Mr. Ashdown H. 

 Green, of Victoria, president of the Natural History Society of that town.) 



Neoliparis greeni, JORDAN & STARRS, Proc. Gal. Ac. Sci., 1895, 829, pi. 96, Victoria, Van- 

 couver Island. (Type, No. 3010, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. Coll. Ashdown H. Green.) 



2448. NEOLIPARIS FISSURATUS, Starks. 



Head 3J in body ; depth 4|. D. VI, 28 ; A. 2*6 ; P. 36 ; C. 14 ; eye 7 in head ; 

 maxillary 2; ventral disk 2. Body moderately elongate, not produced 

 at nape ; mouth rather large, the maxillary extending to below middle of 

 eye; jaws subequal; teeth tricuspid, arranged in about 10 oblique series 

 in each jaw ; nostrils ending in short, wide tubes ; gill openings wider than 

 in any other known Neoliparis, commencing a distance above pectoral about 

 equal to the diameter of eye, ending about opposite the fourteenth ray ; ven- 

 tral disk a little longer than wide, its distance from chin equal to 1| its long- 

 est diameter, its posterior edge about the same distance from front of anal; 

 vent nearer anal than ventral disk, its distance from anal equal to ven- 

 tral disk. Origin of spinous dorsal at the vertical from midway between 

 vent and ventral disk ; dorsal scarcely joined to caudal, anal very slightly ; 

 front of anal nearer chin than base of caudal by a distance equal to ven- 

 tral disk ; pectoral rather short and wide, reaching to opposite front of 

 anal, the lower lobe very narrow and long, much longer than upper lobe, 

 but not reaching so far posteriorly on account of the oblique position of 

 the fin; tip of lower lobe reaching to vent; length of caudal If in head. 

 Color dusky, darker above, sides with fine punctulations ; belly and under 

 parts of head, except chin, white; lips dusky; dorsals and anal darker 

 than body; pectoral dusky at base, the lower lobe dark; caudal crossed 

 with wavy dark lines. This species differs from the other species in this 



