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of head and nape covered with series of erect cirri, the 

 longest nearly as long as eye; about 15 minute cirri along 

 dorsal edge of lateral pores, one on each pore. Rows 

 of pores running around e3^e, under preopercle, and along 

 entire length of the short lateral series; about 15 in lateral 

 series, which is 2 in length of Jiead; gill -rakers not de- 

 veloped; gill-membranes not joined to the isthmus. Dor- 

 sal fin beginning over pectoral and running to caudal; 

 anterior rays fringed with fleshy cirri; first ray, including 

 cirri, 2 in length of head; anal beginning close behind 

 vent and running to caudal, lower than dorsal; vent about 

 ^/^ distance from tip of snout to tip of caudal; distance 

 from base of ventral to vent 4^4 in length of body; pec- 

 toral fin but little shorter than head, its breadth at base 

 not half its lengrth. 



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Color, in spirits, pale brownish, with about 13 dark 

 blotches along dorsal and anal fins ; more distinct on dor- 

 sal; a black spot on fourth to sixth dorsal spines very 

 distinct; a very faint spot on anterior part of anal; a few 

 dark markings about head and nape. Cirri mostly pale. 



One fine specimen, 6^ inches long, from Point Orchard, 

 near Seattle. Collected by Prof. O. B. Johnson. 



This species seems to belong to Bryostemma polyacto- 

 cephahim. As figured by Mr. Nelson, the latter species 

 seems to differ in the absence of the lateral pores and in 

 the much shorter and broader pectoral fin; the propor- 

 tions of the body before the vent are also different. 



A number of young specimens collected by the Alba- 

 tross in Alaska seem to belong to the same species. 

 These are more elongate and less compressed, the body 

 much mottled and vaguely barred, the ventral fins cheq- 

 ured in fine pattern; head sand color; a black blotch on 

 fourth to sixth dorsal spine; anterior dorsal spines little 

 elevated and with few fringes; sides of head with few 



