72 THE DISCOBOLI. 



of the equator, its nature and habits are such that it may be expected 

 from all of the ocean bottoms. 



Careproctus Reinhardi is the type on which the genus was founded, by 

 Kroyer, in 1862. 



Careproctus mieropus. 



Giinther, 1887, Challenger Report, XXII., Deep-Sea Fishes, p. 66, pi. xii. fig. B. 



D. 35-37 ; A. 35-36. 



" This species approaches in some respects the genus Careproctus, having 

 the tail particularly attenuated, and the ventral disk of unusually small size. 

 The head is large and thick, about one fourth of the total length, the caudal 

 included. The interorbital space equals in length the postorbital portion 

 of the head. Eye entirely in the anterior half of the head, and one fifth of 

 its length. Nostrils not tubulated. Cleft of the mouth not extending to the 

 front margin of the eye. Teeth simple, unicuspid. 



" Vertical fins continuous, caudal very narrow and pointed. The origin 

 of the anal is opposite to the eighth dorsal ray. Form of the pectoral 

 typical, the foremost rays being opposite to the anterior margin of the 

 ventral disk. Ventral disk circular, small, one fourth of the length of the 

 head, situated immediately behind the level of the eye. Vent very close 

 to ventral disk. Color light grayish or purplish. 



"Hob. — 'Knight Errant,' 1882, Station 9; depth, 608 fathoms. Two 

 specimens, 2 and 3| inches long. 'Knight Errant,' 1880, Station 8; depth, 

 540 fathoms. One specimen, 3£ inches long." 



Gymnolycodes Edwardsi Vaillant, 1888, Exp. Travailleur et Talisman, 

 Poissons, p. 313, Plate XXVI. Fig. 3, is said to be very closely allied to 

 this species, if not identical. 



Careproctus major. 



Cyclopterus liparis var. major Fabricius, 1780, Fauna Groenlandica, 13G; Walb., 1702, Art. Gen. 

 Pise, 4S9; var. b, Amersulak, Bonnat, 1788, Tabl. Encycl., 28. 



Liparis tunicata Kroy., 1862, Nat. Tidsskr. (3), I. pt. 2, 236; Gill, 1804, Pr. Phil. Ac, 190; Coll., 

 1880, Norsk. Nord-Havs. Exp., Fiske, 59; J. & G„ 1882, Bull. 16 U. S. Mus., 742. 



Liparis major Gill, 1864, Pr. Phil. Ac, 193; J. & G., 1882, Bull. 16 U. S. Mus., 741. 



Actinochir tunicata Gill, 1804, Pr. Phil. Ac, 190. 



Actinochir major Gill, 1873, Cat. Fish. E. C. N. A., 21. 



Liparis Fabricii Ltitk., 1887, Kara-Havets Fisk, 146, pi. 15, figs. 4-6; Gill, 1891, Pr. U. S. Mus- 

 XIII. pi. xxix. (from Liitken). 



Liparis (Actinochir) major Jor., 1887, Rep. U. S. F. Comrn., 1885, 903. 



