. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 118 BULLETIN 150, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM diameter of disk. Color paie to dusky; dusky toward the caudal, peritoneum pale; stomach appearing black through the abdominal wall. Only the type specimen known. CAREPROCTUS RHODOMELAS Gilbert and Burke Careprodus rhodomelas Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 365. Type.—M&le, No. 73334, ; Albatross Station 4958, off the Bungo Channel, Japan; depth 405 fathoms. Length 123 mm. Distribution.—Southeast coast of Japan; Albatross Stations 4958 and 4980; depth 405-507 fathoms. Two specimens exa
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 118 BULLETIN 150, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM diameter of disk. Color paie to dusky; dusky toward the caudal, peritoneum pale; stomach appearing black through the abdominal wall. Only the type specimen known. CAREPROCTUS RHODOMELAS Gilbert and Burke Careprodus rhodomelas Gilbert and Burke, 19126, p. 365. Type.—M&le, No. 73334, ; Albatross Station 4958, off the Bungo Channel, Japan; depth 405 fathoms. Length 123 mm. Distribution.—Southeast coast of Japan; Albatross Stations 4958 and 4980; depth 405-507 fathoms. Two specimens examined. Relationsliips.—C. rhodomelas is not closely related to any known species. The heavy crushing teeth and the long lower pectoral lobe distinguish this species from all others with which it ma}^ be FiGUEE 36.—Caeepeoctus homopteel's. Teeth feom ttpe Synopsis.—Dorsal 56; anal 48; pectoral 31; caudal 9; pyloric coeca 12. Body slender; depth in length without caudal; head Teeth coarsely trilobed, the lateral lobes nearly as large as the central lobe. Gill slit extending down in front of three pectoral rays. Anterior dorsal rays increasing gradually in length. Lower lobe of the pectoral elongate, reaching past the origin of the anal fin, four- thirds times the head. Disk small, triangular; in the head. Color blackish; peritoneum and stomach black. Only two speci- mens known. CAREPROCTUS RANULA (Goode and Bean) Liparis ranula Goode and Bean, 1879, p. 46. Careprodus ramda Goode and Bean, 1895, p. 275, fig. 251.—Jordan and EVERMANN, 1898, p. 2134. Careprodus reinhardi Garman, 1892, p. 78, (part, not of Kroyer).—Jordan and EvERMANN, 1898, p. 2133, (part, after Garman). r7/2?e.—Female, No. 22310, ; Speedwell Station 117, off Halifax Harbor; depth 52 fathoms. Length 56 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illu
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