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Pectoral broadly rounded when spread, its notch com- 

 paratively very shallow, its tip reaches past vent but not 

 to notch in dorsal; ventral disk large, slightly longer than 

 broad, its posterior margin almost midway between its 

 anterior and front of anal, its anterior margin half its 

 length from chin; dorsal with a shallow notch; origin of 

 fin over posterior margin of ventral disk, its longest rays 

 in its posterior half; origin of anal a little nearer snout 

 than base of caudal, the last four or five rays rapidly 

 shortened, making the fin truncate behind; dorsal and 

 anal scarcely joined to caudal; caudal long and slender, 

 rounded behind. 



Color olive brown, light below; indistinctly mottled; 

 dorsal and anal darker at their margins ; pectorals uniform 

 dark brown; caudal light, with indistinct cross-lines; lips 

 dark. 



Here described from the only specimen known to us, 

 five inches in length; from near San Francisco. It is 

 now in the collection of the California Academy of Sci- 

 ences (No. 360). Collected by H. D. Dunn, off San 

 Francisco. 



96. Neoliparis cailyodon (Pallas). 



Obtained by the Albatross at Port Angeles. 



This is the species figured by Mr. Garman (monograph 

 of the Discoboli) as Lifai'is mucosus. His description 

 seems, in part at least, to have been drawn ixovsx Neolipa- 

 ris Jiorce. The latter has larger gill-openings than either 

 Neolirparis mucosus or N. cailyodon. 



Neolipai'is cailyodon is extremely abundant about the 

 Aleutian Islands. The coloration, form of mouth, small 

 gill-opening and the number of fin-rays all point out this 

 as the original cailyodon of Pallas. 



The following is an analysis of the species of Neoliparis, 

 as far as known : 



2d See., Vol. V. ( 54 ) December 18, 1895. 



