70 THE DISCOBOLI. 



separated from a lower lobe on the same side by a wide indentation of the 

 posterior margin, and in having a right lobe that is very small and short. 

 There is a small elongate gall bladder. As in Liparids generally, the kidneys 

 are larger forward and fused posteriorly. The bladder has the appearance 

 of being slightly constricted, under the median line of the body, into a right 

 and a left section. In the main, the stomach resembles that of the average 

 species of this genus. The pyloric portion is short ; twenty-seven caaca are 

 present in the specimen under notice. The intestine is of rnore than the 

 average length. One of the stomachs examined contained a large shrimp- 

 like crustacean ; another had some sand fleas, some worms, and a couple 

 of seeds, resembling oats in size and shape ; and two others were filled with 

 worms apparently such as burrow in the mud. In the intestine of each there 

 was a quantity of earthy or sandy matter. 



Liparis pallidus. 



Enantioliparis pallidus Vaill., 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Poiss., 22, pi. 4, figs. 3-3 b; Gill, 1891, 

 Pr. U. S. Mus., XIII. 365. 



Professor Vaillant founds his genus Enantioliparis on a small specimen 

 from Orange Bay, Tierra del Fuego. By the characters published we are 

 unable to separate the species from Liparis. In the original publication 

 there is no mention of one of the most essential characters in the classifica- 

 tion adopted here, the dentition. The Professor, however, kindly informs 

 me the teeth are tricuspid. The prolongation of certain rays of the pec- 

 torals or other fins, very marked in the breeding season, is too variable 

 to be accorded much value in distinguishing the genera unless accompanied 

 by other characters of more importance. 



All that is known of the species is contained in the original description, 

 from which the following portions are reproduced : " Liparidibus persimi- 

 les, nisi impares pinnre continuae sunt et radii inferiores liberi pectoralibus 

 haud reperiuntur. . . . Ces poissons doivent etre distingues des vrais Liparis 

 Art. Chez ceux-ci les nageoires verticales peuvent etre contigues, mais ne 

 sont pas reellement continues et ils presentent des rayons pectoraux infe- 

 rieurs libres et prolonged. Ce dernier caractere se rencontre egalement chez 

 les Carcproctus Kr., lesquels ont les nageoires verticales continues comme les 

 Enantioliparis. . . . Les nageoires impaires sont completement unies, sans qu'il 

 y ait de caudale distincte ; leur etat ne permet pas d'apprecier exactement 



