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genera. The first of these is Liparis, properly so called, which has 

 tricuspid teeth, less than forty vertebras, and a strong, curved frontal ridge, 

 convex in front, crossing the interorbital space. This division will in- 

 clude L. liparis, L. Montagui, L. calliodon, L. mucosus (Neoliparis of 

 Steind.), and possibly others. In the second group we should place 

 species like L. pulchellus and L. Agassizii, which agree with the pre- 

 ceding in dentition, but differ in having more than forty-five vertebras 

 and broader frontal regions on which the transverse ridge is less or 

 scarcely perceptible. The name Careliparis is applied to this section. 

 Liparis Agassizii lacks the greater development of the anterior ends of 

 turbinals, suborbital chains, and maxillaries brought about in the angular 

 snout of L. pulchellus, but otherwise is closely allied. Careproctus, com- 

 prising species in which the skull is higher, with a moderate frontal 

 ridge, and which have the tail more attenuated, and the teeth simple, in 

 the older individuals at least, is by some authors made a subgenus of 

 Liparis. Characters of particular ones certainly make separation rather 

 difficult, yet from the general average it seems better to regard its species 

 as generically distinct. To this group we should assign L. Eeinhardi, 

 L. gelatinosus, L. micropus, and L. major (Actinochir of Gill). Besides the 

 species enumerated, there are several that cannot be placed on account 

 of the insufficiency of the descriptions. Liparis tunicata Reinhardt, with 

 forty-six vertebras, probably belongs with L. pulchellus ; though differing 

 in proportions, it is evidently closely allied to L. Agassizii. 



Liparis as a genus originated with Artedi, 1738. The diagnosis given 

 by Scopoli, 1777, prevents rejection on account of the early date or of the 

 insufficient characterization. 



LIPARIS. 



Liparis Montagui. 



Plate VII. Fig. 6-20. Plate VIII. Fig. 8-11. 



Cycloptcrus Montagui Don., 1805, Brit. Fish., III. pi. 68; Mont., 1811, Mem. Wern. Soc, 1.91, 

 p. 5, fig. 1 ; Jen., 1835, Brit. Vert., 473; Johnst, 1838, Berw. Nat. Club, I. 175 ; Buckl., 1881, Brit. Fish., 

 96; C. Montacuti Turt., 1807, Brit. Fauna, 115. 



Liparis Montagui Cuv., 1817, R. An., IT. 227, — 1829, R. An., II. 346, — 1836, R. An., I. 573; Flem., 

 1822, Phil. Zool., 387,-1828, Brit An., 190; Yarr., 1836, Brit. Fish., II. 277; Temp., 1837, Ann. 

 Mag. N. H. (2), 1.412; Wilson, 1838, Ichth. in Encycl. Brit.; Thomp., 1839, Charlesw. Mag. (2), 

 III. 586; Val., 1836-50, Cuv R. An., ed. ill., Poiss., 511 : Kroy., 1845, Dan. Fiske, II. 519,-1847, 

 Voy. Scantl., pi. 18, fig. 1, a-f, — 1862, Nogle Bi.lr. til Nord. Ichth., Nat. Tidsskr., 3 R, I. 243, extr. 

 p. 11; White, 1851, Cat. Fish, 110.; Ham., 1854, Brit. Fish., II. 252,404; Thomp., 1856, Hist. Irel., IV. 



