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previously been described by the writer; the latter under the very same 

 name which is now proposed by Dr. Giinther. A detailed description 

 of Belone Jonesii was published in October, 1877, in the American Jour- 

 nal of Science and Arts.* Dr. Gunther's description of Belone Jonesii 

 and my own coincide in all essential details, and, furthermore, I had the 

 opportunity of seeing Mr. Jones's specimens on the day they were col- 

 lected and before they were put in spirits. My specimens were collected 

 within a few days of the same time, and from the same locality. 



Oerres Jonesii, Gthr., is apparently identical with the species de- 

 scribed by me in 1874 under the name Diapterus LefroyiJ and subse- 

 quently referred to in the Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas t as 

 JEucinostomus Lefroyi. 



This species was discovered in Cuban waters at nearly the same time 

 by Prof. Felipe Poey, and was by him named JEucinostomus productus.§ 



DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIES OF LY€ODE§ (E. TTJBNERI) FROM 

 ALASKA, BEILIEVEJD TO BE ENOESCBIHE», 



By TARLETON H. BEAN. 



The first species of the genus Lycodes known from the Jsorth Pacific 

 is in the United States Xational Museum, where it was sent by Mr. 

 Lucien M. Turner, who took it at St. Michael's, Alaska, March 28, 1876. 

 There is no record of the depth at which it was taken. The single speci- 

 men secured is 330 millimetres (13 English inches) in length, and is 

 well preserved. This is one of six species described as scaleless— polar is 

 (Sabine), 1820, length of type 7 English inches; mucosus, Rich., 1855, 

 types 7 and 11 inches ; Bossi, Malmgren, 1861, type 32 millimetres ; 

 gracilis, M. Sars, 1866, type 43 millimetres ; Sarsii, Collett, 1871, type 

 41 millimetres, being the other five. I have brought together polar is, 

 mucosus, Ycrrillii, and Turncri in a table of comparative measurements, 

 so that the relations of the ]Sorth American species may be seen at a 

 glance. It is difficult to .determine the exact relations of all the species 

 of Lycodes of the Arctic and Subarctic regions, since nearly half of them 

 were described from small individuals; but, so far as the original descrip- 

 tions and measurements furnish a guide, L. Turncri is quite different 

 from all the rest. 



The species is dedicated to Mir. Lucien M. Turner, to whose diligence 

 the Museum is indebted for large and valuable additions to its collections 

 from Alaska. 



*A Preliminary Catalogue of the Reptiles, Fishes and Leptocardians of the Ber- 

 mudas, with Descriptions of four Species of Fishes believed to be new. < Amer. Jouru. 

 Sci. and Arts, xiv, 1877, (Oct.), pp. 289-298, (p. 295). 



tAmcr. Joum. Sci. and Arts, vii, 1874, (Aug.), p. 123. 



t Catalogue of the Fishes of the Bermudas, p. 82. 



§Enumcrat\o Piscium Cubensium, . . . Madrid, l^?f)-7G. p. 55. 



