. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 58 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. Myoxocephalus batrachoides, new species. (Fig. ii.) Type 66 cm. long, from station 4798, latitude 51° 37' N., longitude 156° 21' E.; on the codfish banks west of southern part of Kamchatka; depth, 25 fathoms. Measurements in hundredths of length to base of caudal: Head 41; depth 17; least depth caudal peduncle 6; snout ; longitudinal diameter orbit 7; exposed part of eye ; maxillar>^ 22; inter- orbital width ; distance between occipi
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 58 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. Myoxocephalus batrachoides, new species. (Fig. ii.) Type 66 cm. long, from station 4798, latitude 51° 37' N., longitude 156° 21' E.; on the codfish banks west of southern part of Kamchatka; depth, 25 fathoms. Measurements in hundredths of length to base of caudal: Head 41; depth 17; least depth caudal peduncle 6; snout ; longitudinal diameter orbit 7; exposed part of eye ; maxillar>^ 22; inter- orbital width ; distance between occipital tubercles 6; width of head 32; length of upper preo- percular spine 4; highest dorsal spine 11; distance between dorsals 3; longest dorsal ray 17; longest anal ray 14; length of caudal 18; ventrals 16; pectorals 24. Dorsal x-15; anal 12; pectoral 18; lateral line 41. Head and body greatly depressed, the head broad, the interorbital space wide, shallowly concave, â with a very low median ridge anteriorly; maxillary reaching vertical from posterior border of exposed part of eye; teeth small, in moderate bands on jaws and vomer; nasal spines short, concealed; posterior nostril in a short papilla-like tube, the anterior tube thinner and slightly higher; no filaments on head or body; a strong supraorbital tubercle; occipital ridges low, converging in a curve, terminating poste- riorly in an inconspicuous narrow ridge which does not bear a spine; preopercular spines very short, the upper directed slightly upward, not nearly reaching opercular margin; second spine about one- half length of upper, the third a low concealed tubercle, the fourth directed downward and forward as y J ^"Z. Fig. II.âMyoxcephalus batrackoideSt new spedcs. Type. usual; pcJBttemporal spine strong; opercular spine well developed; a short strong spine on lower angle of subopercle, directed downward and backward; top of head, nape, snout, cheeks, and upper part of opercles with numerous wart-like pr
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