706 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



temples; rough scale-like tubercles along the back above the lateral 

 line; lii>t dorsal low. D. VII-15; A. 15. L. 21 inches. Bering's 

 Sea. (Cuv. tt Vat.) 



SU'llrr MSS. in Tiles. M<5m. Acad. Sci. Petersb. iv, 273, 1811 (non- 

 linomial); Ctiv. & Val. iv, 172; Giinther, ii, 165.) 



1O2. C. axillaris (Gill) 



Bluish, with whitish spots on trunk and a darker band-like spot below 

 anterior portion of second dorsal; abdomen yellowish; region above 

 anal spotted; above this are larger spots confluent with the dark color 

 of sides; spinous dorsal with 2 vertical dark bands; second dorsal with 

 3 oblique ones; caudal banded; anal spotted; pectoral black at base, 

 with '2 oblique bauds; a dark spot on lower axil. Head subrhom- 

 boidal, large, depressed; postorbital crests little developed; preopercle 

 with 2 simple spines near the angle, and 2 tubercles below; opercle with 

 a longitudinal rib ending in a spine. Skin smooth, or with scattered 

 Tubercles. Gill-membranes forming a fold across the isthmus. D. IX- 

 15; V. I, 3; B. C. Bering's Strait. (Gill.) 



(Boreocottns axiUaris Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1359, 166.) 



1O3. . (?) polaris Sabine. 



Pale, with clusters of minute dark spots. Head compressed; nasal 

 spines present; lower jaw included; preopercle with 4 strong spines; 

 pectoral fins larger than in I'l-dnidca (/ohio ; lateral line with a series of 

 small tubercles. D. VI to VIII-l.'J; P. 1~>; V. I, 4; A. 14; C. 14. L. 2 

 inches. North Georgia, British America. (Morcr.) Probably not a 

 Cotttts. 



, I'.irry's First Voyage, 213; Ston-r, Synop. Fish. N. A. 307.) 



1OM4. C. (?) platyrcphalns Pallas. 



Olivaceous, much variegated, white below; fins spotted. Head large, 

 much depressed, as broad as the body; lo\ver jaw projecting; teeth on 

 vomer and on pal. it ines (.')(" in area lunata palatio medii, et utrinquc 

 lineari"). Kves moderate, near together; vertex Hat behind the eyes, 

 with a ridge on each side, in front of which near the orbit, and behind 

 at the nape, are oblong tubercles, each ending in a short spine; preop- 

 ercle with 2 very strong, diverging spines above; opercle with a con- 

 cealed .spine; lateral line with concealed, elongate plates; back with 

 rough warts; pectorals large; dorsal spines feeble. D. V1I-12; A. 11; 

 C. 10; P. 15; V. I, 3. L. 12 inches. Kamtschutka. (Pallas.) If this 



