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pounds. Although not a high-grade food fish, its size and abundance make it a species of considerable 

 commercial importance. As a game fish also it is of interest, taking the hook freely and affording much 

 sport to the angler. 



99. Zaniolepis latipinnis Girard. 



This monotypic species is abundant in rather deep- water from San Francisco northward at least 

 as far as Puget Sound. We have 31 specimens 5 to 7.5 inches long collected by J. P. Todd near Seattle, 

 1903. It reaches a length of a foot and is a slender fish of dry, firm substance and singular form, little 

 valued as food. 



Fig. 46. — Oxylebius pictus Gill. 



100. Oxylebius pictus Gill. 



This species occurs on rocky shores from Monterey Bay northward at least to Puget Sound. It 

 is a small fish, seldom exceeding 10 inches in length. It dwells in the kelp, where it is usually 

 abundant, though it is rare in collections. It is not of much food value. We have one specimen 

 S inches long, taken by the Albatross at Seattle, March, 1892. 



Fig. 47. — Cbitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner). 



Family 33. COTTID^. The Sculpins. 

 101. Cbitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner). 



Fourteen specimens, 2.5 to 4.5 inches long, collected by J. P. Todd, near Seattle, in 1903. 

 A conspicuous nasal tentacle about as long as pupil. Anal dark in the males. The species reaches 

 a length of 6 inches and occurs from San Francisco to Puget Sound in moderate depths. 



