44 Pareioplitae, or Mailed-cheek Fishes 



The sexes are quite unlike in color, the males anteriorly with 

 blue spots, the females speckled with red or brown. 



Hexagrammos octogrammus, the common greenfish of Alaska, 

 and the greenling Hexagrammos stelleri, are also well-known 

 species. Close to the latter species is the Abura ainame, or 



FIG. 379. Greenling, Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas). Sitka. 



fat cod, Hexagrammos otakii, common throughout Japan. The 

 red rock-trout, Hexagrammos superciliosus, is beautifully varie- 

 gated with red, the color being extremely variable. Other 

 species are found in Japan and Kamchatka. Agrammus agram- 



Fio. 380. Cultus Cod, Ophiodon elongatus (Girard). Sitka, Alaska. 



mus of Japan differs in the possession of but one lateral line. 

 Ophiodon elongatus, the blue cod, cultus cod, or Buffalo cod of 

 California, is a large fish of moderate value as food, much resem- 

 bling a codfish, but with larger mouth and longer teeth. The 

 flesh and bones are deeply tinged with bluish green. Cultus 

 is the Chinnook name for worthless. Zaniolepis latipinnis is 

 a singular-looking fish, very rough, dry, and bony, occasionally 

 taken on the California coast. Oxylebius pictus is a small, hand- 

 some, and very active little fish, whitish with black bands, com- 



