GYMNELIS CONORHYNX'IIUS. 131 



Gymnelis conorhynchus sp. n. 



Plate XXXI. fig. 2. 



Br. r. 6 ; D. 89 ; A. 75; V. ; P. 18-19. 



In general the shape of this species is that of the average Lycodes. 

 The hody is compressed and tapering ; its depth is more than one ninth 

 of the total length, or not far from three fifths of the length of the head. 

 Head of moderate length, two elevenths of the total, occiput flattened or 

 slightly convex, sides diverging downward, top in a low arch between 

 snout and occipital region. Snout elongate, twice as long as the eye, 

 subconical, convex above the nostrils, thick and blunt. Nostrils tubular, 

 anterior in position, near the edge of the lip. Eye half as long as the 

 snout, equal to the interorbital space, less than one sixth as long as the 

 head. Suborbital ridge swollen, rather more prominent than the lips, 

 making the mouth appear inferior in position. Mouth cleft short; maxil- 

 lary reaching a vertical from the front edge of the eye ; upper jaws longer ; 

 lower jaws little shorter, included ; intermaxillaries short. Teeth small ; 

 on the upper jaws in a couple of series at the symphysis ; on the lower 

 jaws in bands of several series ; in a bunch on the vomer ; and in a short 

 series on each palatine. Gill openings moderate, extending down as far 

 as lower edge of pectoral. Gill laminaa very short. No pseud obranchiae. 

 Pectoral fins broad, short, two thirds as long as the head, fringed. No 

 ventral fins. Dorsal origin above the middle of the pectoral fin. Origin 

 of the anal distant from the snout two and one fourth times the length 

 of the head. Caudal short, rounded, continuous with dorsal and anal. 



Scales small, not in contact but rather closely placed. Dorsal and 

 anal scaly on their basal halves; head and pectorals naked. 



Head and pectoral fins blackish ; scales lighter, resembling pores. Dor- 

 sal and anal fins blackish. Muscular portion of body dark brown to 

 blackish, with a tint of red. 



Total length nine inches. 



