FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 793 



26. Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson). Eulachon; 

 Candle-fish. 



Abundant in the spring; not taken by us. A fine food 

 fish. Reaches a length of about 10 inches. A fisherman 

 at Olympia says that this species buries itself in the sand 

 of the beach, in the same fashion as the species of Am- 

 mo dytes. 



27. Osmerus thaleichthys Ayres. Smelt. 

 Common, but not of great importance as a food fish. 



Length about 6 inches. Not taken by us. 



Family MYCTOPHID^E. 



28. Tarletonbeania crenularis (Jordan & Gilbert). 



A specimen taken off Vancouver Island in 1880 by 

 Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, who gave it the manuscript name 

 of Myctophum procellarum. Not taken by us. 



29. Myctophum californiense Eigenmann & Eigen- 

 mann. 



Recorded from Vancouver Island by Dr. Giinther 

 under the name of " Scope/ us hoops;" more common 

 southward in deep water. It is perhaps not distinct from 

 Myctophum humboldti. 



Family CHAULIODONTID^. 



30. Zalarges nimbarius Jordan & Williams, n. gen. and 

 sp. Plate lxxvi. 



Head 4 in length to base of caudal; depth 5; D. 9, A. 

 15. Scales probably present in life, but no traces left 

 except a few impressions. Muscular bands about 42. 



Body moderately elongate, subfusiform, formed some- 

 what as in a stickleback, the tail tapering and slender, 

 the belly broad and not carinate, the sides moderately 

 compressed. Anterior profile of head rising evenly, not 



