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they are not separated by notch. Dorsal and anal free from the caudal, 

 the last rays being rapidly shortened, giving a rounded contour to the 

 posterior portions of the 2 fins. Two styles of coloration are observed; 

 1 plain olive brown, with minute dark points, whitish below; the 

 other, with numerous lengthwise streaks of light olive and dark olive 

 brown, which extends forward on top and sides of head; in both cases 

 the belly is whitish, and the fins dusky, mottled with darker, the mot- 

 tlings forming indistinct cross bars on the caudal fin. Numerous speci- 

 mens dredged by the Albatross in the Straits of Fuca (August, 1891), 

 serve as the types of this species. It is probably the same as that 

 described by Garman as Liparis calliodon, his description being based on 

 specimens "said to have been taken near San Francisco. " It is not evi- 

 dent from the text whether the same specimens served as basis for the 

 figures (pi. 6, figs. 1 to 5), concerning which we have no independent data. 

 This locality may be correct. The numerous types of Dr. Gilbert's exam- 

 ined by us are in a collection made by the Albatross, about Port Angeles 

 in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. It has not been yet recorded from Alaska. 

 Mr. Garman identifies this species with the callyodon of Pallas, but accord- 

 ing to Pallas his species had the gill opening reduced to a lunate spiracle 

 which is not the case in Liparis fucensis. (fucensis, from the Straits of 

 Juan de Fuca.) 



Liparis calliodon, G-ARMAN, Discoboli, 54, 1892, locality unknown, thought to be San 



Francisco ; not Cyclopterus callyodon of PALLAS. 

 Liparis fucensis, GILBERT, Kept. U. S. Fish Comm. 1893 (1896), 447, Port Angeles, Straits 



of Juan^e Fuca, at Albatross Station 3451, in 106 fathoms. (Type, No. 48600.) 



2452. LIPARIS TUNICATUS, Reinhardt. 



D. 39; A. 33; P. 30; V.7; C. 14. Body elongate, subterete ; belly promi- 

 nent. Head thick, obtuse, depressed behind, convex in front. Mouth 

 narrow; the jaws equal; jaws, suborbital region, and gills with small, 

 white points. Eyes small, lateral; nostrils 4, tubulate. Gill opening 

 small, linear. Dorsal fin and anal united to caudal; caudal cuneate. 

 Skin lax, slippery. Color dusky, the flesh reddish, showing through the 

 skin. Length 1^ fingers. (Fabricius.) Coast of Greenland. This descrip- 

 tion differs from later ones in ascribing more rays to the caudal, and tubes 

 to the nostrils. According to Mr. Garman, the description of Liparis fa- 

 bricii, Kroyer, refers to the same species. The following is its substance : 

 D. 13 + 27=40; A. 2 -f 30 = 32; P. 34; C. 9; Vert. 46. Head 4 in length, 

 higher than broad, the snout elevated, truncate, lower jaw shorter; ante- 

 rior nostrils simple, the posterior with raised rim or with very short tube; 

 eye 3 in head ; teeth tricuspid ; ventral disk elliptical, 9 in length of body ; 

 dorsal and anal connate with caudal, which is 6 to 8 in total length. Ashy 

 above, shaded with bluish or orange, spotted with blackish, pale below. 

 Greenland (Kroyer, description of Liparis fabricii). Liparis arctica, Gill, 

 is apparently the same as L. fabricii. The following is the substance of 

 the description: Head 4 in total length; depth 2f; dorsal 42; anal 34; 

 caudal 11; pectoral 35. Forehead depressed, snout rather high and de- 

 curved; the eyes are just within the anterior half of the head; the inter- 



