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ance; isthmus twice eye; palatine teeth obscure (present in Nelson's 

 type). Dorsal VII, 16, the first \ height of second; caudal spatulate; anal 

 rays 13 ; pectorals to front of anal. Body scaleless, axils and top of head 

 with prominent spinules; lateral line continuous. 



Here described from a single specimen taken by the senior author 

 in 1881, from a depth of 600 feet in Grand Traverse Bay, off Old 

 Mission, Mich. Lacking access to Mr. Nelson's type, we refer the 

 present specimen to C. ricei, notwithstanding disagreement with 

 Nelson's description in one or two particulars, our specimen lacking 

 the dorsal carination described by Nelson, and having the head 

 smooth. 



Genus URANIDEA De Kay 



Preopercular spines small; usually no trace of teeth on palatines; 

 ventrals reduced to a concealed spine and 3 soft rays; otherwise as in 

 Coitus. Cold streams and springs of the United States; species 9 or 10; 

 size small. 



URANIDEA KUMLIENII Hoy 



Hoy, 1876, in Nelson, Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., I. 1, 41. 

 J. & E., II, 1967; J., 50; L., 30. 



Length 7\ inches; body slender, gradually tapering to the rather 

 slender caudal peduncle; depth S to S .2 ; width slightly less than depth; 

 depth caudal peduncle 2.2 to 2 . 4 in its length. Color brownish olive, 

 faintly mottled (in preserved specimens) ; spinous dorsal with a promi- 

 nent dusky blotch on anterior and posterior two or three membranes; 

 membranes of soft dorsal dusky toward base; pectorals reticulated with 

 dusky. Head rather flattish above, but more convex than in Cottus ricei, 

 3 . 1 to 3 . 4 ; as wide as long ; interorbital space 7 . S to 8 . 6 ; nose 3.3 to 3 . 6 ; 

 mouth rather narrow, but large, maxillary to middle of orbit, 2.2 to 2.4 

 in head; preopercular spine about half of eye; lower spines not promi- 

 nent; isthmus not greater than eye; palatines without exposed teeth. 

 Dorsal VII or VIII, 15-17 ; first dorsal f height of second; caudal narrow, 

 spatulate; anal 12; pectorals to front of anal. Body nearly smooth; top 

 of head and axils with some prickles; lateral line usually interrupted pos- 

 teriorly (in one specimen continuous, but the pores on caudal peduncle 

 sunken and inconspicuous). 



Described from 3 specimens, taken in deep water in Traverse 

 Bay, off Old Mission, Mich., by the senior author in 1881. Our 

 specimens have not the lower jaw projecting, as called for in original 

 description. Careful comparison with examples of U. gracilis from 

 McLean, New York,* has been made, showing that our specimens 



♦Courtesy of T. L. Hankinson. 



