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44. Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons. Shiner. 

 The most abundant species of the group. It is small 



in size and is only used for bait. Several specimens 

 taken. 



Family SCORP^NID^. 



45. Sebastodes melanops (Girard). "Black Bass." 

 Abundant in Puget Sound and a food fish of value. 



46. Sebastodes mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert). Priest 

 Fish. 



Scarce, but more common farther south. No speci- 

 mens taken by us. 



47. Sebastodes pinniger (Gill). Red Rock Cod. 

 Abundant in rather deep water. Not taken by us. 



48. Sebastodes ruberrimus Cramer. Red Rock Fish; 

 Tambor. 



Taken with hook and line in some abundance in Puget 

 Sound. 



49. Sebastodes caurinus (Richardson). 



Very common; brought into the market in abundance. 

 This species has not been found south of Puget Sound, 

 being replaced southward by the very closely allied Se- 

 bastodes vexillaris. Several specimens obtained by us in 

 the seine. 



50. Sebastodes auriculatus dalli (Eigenmann & Beeson) . 

 Common; a shallow water species. Many specimens 



taken with a seine. The specimens of Sebastodes auricu- 

 latus from Puget Sound are very dark in color, and about 

 half of them lack the coronal spines which are especiallv 

 characteristic of Sebastodes auriculatus on the coast of 

 California. The name dalli seems to have been given to 

 a specimen of this type taken at San Francisco. Pend- 



