THE DISCOBOLI. 



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GENERA AND SPECIES OF LIPARIDIDiE. 



L1PARINJE. 



Disk present ; 



caudal more or less distinct ; teeth tricuspid, 

 vertebrae less than 40, 



D. and A. scarcely reaching C. ; 



D. notched ; fin rays, approximately, 

 D. 30, A. 24, 

 D. 36, A. 27, 

 D. and A. confluent with less than half of C. ; 

 D. without a notch ; 

 D. 33, A. 24-29, 

 D. 32-36, A. 28-32, 

 D. 28, A. 24, 

 vertebrae more than 45, 



D. and A. confluent with half or more of C. ; 

 D. 41-44, A. 32-35, 

 D. 39, A. 33, 

 D. 44-45, A. 36, 

 D. 47-49, A. 39-40, 

 vertebrae ? 



D. and A. confluent with C. ; C. acuminate, 

 caudal indistinct, tenuous ; teeth simple, in adults, 

 D. 35-37, A. 35-36, 

 D. 40, A. 33, 

 D. 50, A. 45, 

 D. 54-55, A. 45-46, 



AMITR1NM. 



Disk absent, no ventrals, 



D. 58, A. 53, 

 D. 59, A. 51, 

 D. 67, A. 54, 



D. 70±, A. 70±, 



LIPARINuE. 



LIPARIS. 



The fishes placed in this genus are mostly small; in general their 

 outlines resemble those of larval anurous batrachians. The anterior por- 

 tion of the body, containing the abdominal chamber, is usually short, 

 broad, flattened beneath, and somewhat angular toward the dorsal fin, 

 while the hinder part is elongate, much compressed, and tapering. The 



