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distance to base of caudal. Dorsal with a very shallow notch, 

 the spines nearly continuous with the soft rays; in the males 

 much elevated, the tips thickened and membranes deeply incised; 

 the first or longest spine as long as head; the sixth or last not 

 quite one half as long as head; middle rays of soft dorsal one 

 half as long as head; dorsal and anal joined to base of caudal; 

 caudal nearly as long as head; pectoral almost reaching anal, 

 slightly longer than head; lower rays exserted, forming a slight 

 lobe. Ventral disk one half to four sevenths as long as the head. 



D. YI, 25; A. 23;P. 30. 



Color reddish brown, with small scattered light or bluish dots 

 over the body; fins darker, clouded with pale, the dorsal broadly 

 edged with darker. Described from a specimen about 5 inches 

 long, from Grodbout, Quebec, and from other specimens collected 

 at Salem Mass., and Woods Hole Mass. (After Jordan and 

 Evermann) 



The sea snail is generally common along rocky shores from 

 Newfoundland to Connecticut. At Woods Hole it is not common 

 in the shallow waters near the shores. In Massachusetts bay it 

 is a resident of rocky bottoms among the roots of the Kelp 

 (Laminaria saccharina), but is less frequently taken 

 than the striped lumpsucker. Putnam recorded specimens from 

 Salem and Nahant. The specie^ reaches a length of about 5 

 inches. 



Genus liparis (Artedi) Scopoli 



Body rather elongate, covered with smooth skin, which is 

 usually freely movable; head short, flattened above; mouth hori- 

 zontal, the jaws equal or the lower jaw included; teeth in several 

 series, close set, always more or less tricuspid, the adult with 

 the outer cusps often worn or obliterated; maxillary covered by 

 skin of preorbital region; anterior nostrils tubular or not; vent- 

 ral disk well developed on the breast, its front below or behind 

 the middle of the head, its surface with 13 lobes; an anterior 

 median lobe, and one corresponding to each of the six rays 

 in the fin; each lobe with a horny papilla covering, which 

 is sometimes lost; vent well behind the head, about midway 



