New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-21
AMERICAN SCIENCE.
Swans IN CONVENTION.
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the members OF tho American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science. Those who have attended Pre-
vious meetings having become aware that the ns' gay
usually given TO organization, are apt W pose
pone coming to the second day. but this meeung'
owing largely 70 the energetic management VI tne
Secretary Of the Association Prof. W. r. fotnam'
editor Of me american Naturalist, got iairy
into its work at an early hour. The Presoent,
Prof Joseph Lowering made admirable of-hand
address, In which dwe upon the loss OF the Associa
tiOn by the absence Of Its retiring PRESIDENT Prof
Iawrence Smith, who IS serving bis country In another
capacity Vienna He spoke Of mis- own long service
as Secretary of the Association and the pleasant rela
tions into which he brought by it with the menu
bers
An unusually large number Of new members were pro
posed and elected The organization of the meeting
was soon effected In the afternoon, several papers
were read in each section. Among these the fol-
lowing by Prof. f. W. Putnam OF Salem Mass:
-IIPARIs AND CYCLoPTERUs AND THEIR ALLIES.
Having my attention directed to this group of
fishes by specimens collected by the United States
Fish Commission, under Prof. Baird, commenced an
examination OF all the specimens which could be
obtained OF the group. have long known OF the exist
of species of Lparis on the coast Of Massachu
etts specimens having been collected as long ago as
1850 and exhibited at that time in the Aquarial Gardens
OF Boston, The same species afterwards collected
by several persons during the Winter months, and
lsve several times dredged IT in the Summer in Salem
lHarbor; but Il not until my recent examination
thatI myself that have two species OF the
genus Lparis coast which are Identical with
the TWO found the northern coast OF Europe.
They are the Lipds pugdrs and the LParTs Montague
The former H. vuloaris with Gunther and Lutken 1
consider the the lineGtS OF Lepechin, Is thus
far only known by from the American coast by
specimens dredged by DR.. Packard and Prof. Verrin
while connected with the United States Fish Commits
y@n These were obtained in several localities of the
New England coast at about 70 fathOms depth. The
Liports Montague appears be the common species
giunnnG
found in Portland harbor, Me- by Mr. Charles Fuller
1t has also been collected by Prof Verr of Eastpor
Me-, and by Mr. Cutting. Mr. sanborn, Mr. Alex Agassiz
and myself along the OF Massachusetts, especially
Al Nshant and salem. Dr. J. Bernard Gipin has also
sent drawings of the species collected at Hal
dfax Nova Scotia. Both species mentioned as occur
5ng Greenland. 1t is interesting to note that while
L. vueors seems TO be the common species of the
two on the European coast the L. Moatdqui is the more
abundant shores.
The difference between the males and females of
species Of Lparis yet been pointed but
examining the large number Of specimens of L. Mon
ea0ss collected by Mr.. Fuller at Portland in February
ordaroh. 1871, and which were evidently spawning
ference between the the males being readily dis
tngushed from the females by having the nrst sx rays
OF the d0rsal fin greatly prolonged. and quite heshy,
while In the females the rays were not so
pIoanGSeS INC S gvS oveT tbe gTeater mari of the
body and the dorsa and anal rays. noticed that
these cranulations glstened like minute spocks of
silver. and applying lens they proved TO be com
posed very fDe harike scales, which were easily
ITO the development of the granulsons tubercles ON
the head and tns Of the Catostomods and some oypr
sexual development There seems TO be the same di-
r FILLER INFORMS me that when alive the specimens he
collected notified and maTbled with several colors
TN a large number Of specimens Of Il. put0drts
kindly sent me by Mr.; T. j. Moore Of the
coast OF England, found many specimens that were
Anpy light brown without marEings OF any kdnu, we
extent which led Lepecl1n TO name the species Heotus
In regard TO the anities OF group generally known
especially in regard to the astrological character lead
10 assign the several OF the old group
ssomewhat differently from what has yet been proposed
Gunther has already removed tle GooesoeidS proper
HGO1ieor LepadOgaSter and their ae) from the group
though Gil has, while considering them distinct
OF his group OF GObesoclde, should with Gunther, put
dhe family OF GOhiesOada far away at least suDorder
far more closely united to The true Cottoids |
IfPresentsd npoper or TO the Coolies
aud Bennies In fact Lparts has as close affnities
er9pierGs as with Cyeiopers, and have in the three
groups. represented by Cottus, Lparis, and
order, the only character by which the Cycop |
terd8 and LpsridS are closely united 6s b, beng ing
union the ventral fine but as this structure Is simply
brought about by the modification OF the rays IN man
marked anatomical difference ~ the structure OF the
character the known representatives Of both
families OF Cyeopteride and Liparidg, and the dis |
6ns of the ordinary FORM would not necessitate the
establishments OF family for its reception as in that
eric value The various notifications OF the ventras in
Ihe different genera Of Gobiods confirm this vew II
singular that prof. Cope does mention either |
,CyclOpterus Mparis in his recent classification
but from the character he has given of his great
fcypbobraneh which he includes the UranoscOpids
GO6iedg Blenniids G3oesoeia,ea ana C0tnde is
group had be not omitted TO mention them But while
they ind their natural position here by the side
OF the Cod@ should not be willing to admit any such
CLOSE anites between then and the other families he
The study of the large amount of material in my
hands, for which especially indebted TO Prof.
Agassiz enabled me to draw several important con-
ousons the character Of the genera and species OF
and hardly specific value be placed the char
acter nOstrs for they are very nearly alike in all
fbe Character of the rays OF the dorsal and
anal dns with those Of the cauda find that there
the tail and that in LlpdTS peheIlus, which has
the most ee-nke tail Of all externally, the
expanded spines the same as in L. Montagni |
where caudal is distinctly separated from the
AVID the ght constant with each species
union the suOorbta bones IN one long bone reach
ing the maxary TO the posteror edge OF te pre-
operculum, and the long, slender. ray-ike interoper
culum scplraed from the rest of the Opercular bones
End everything the branchiostesa rays, are marked char
The geographical distribution of the families of
CyoOperide and Lparida is very nearly the same ana
offers interesting considerations Inc Following
list gives the distribution OF each OF the at present recog
Dized species Those marked with an asterSk are spe
cies OF which have specimens.
'CyoloptsrWs Iumpus-Greenland to New York. Ice
land, England, Northern Europe. - A.
'CyciopcrUS spiHOSuS-Greenland to Passport, Me-,
CvcOSt51s oT6ls-Northwest coast Of America.
CgrcprCcuS Rcnhardi-Greenland
C4reprootas gctatinosus-
Lfparis caayod3a- Kamtscatka. |
'Liporis ege72pus-Esqumault HsrbOr, N W. c. A,
SLggols ppiebei'as-san Francisco. Cal.
'LiD0rts ngUe0sus-San Francisco, Cal.
If0I.aS hGjOT-fireeuldud /