FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 787 



the kindly interest of Messrs. Goodall & Perkins, repre- 

 senting the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. 



The following species are here described as new to 

 science, the types of all of them being deposited in the 

 Museum of the Leland Stanford Junior University as 

 gifts from the Hopkins Laboratory or from the Young 

 Naturalists' Society of Seattle. The new genera are in- 

 dicated in full-face type. 



Ruscarius meanyi. No. 3127. 

 Oligocotlua embryum. No. 3128. 

 Gilbertina aigahitea. No. 3129. 

 Averruncus emmelane. No. 3135. 

 Xystes axinophrys. No. 3130. 

 Let hot rem us vinolentus. No. 3131. 

 Neoliparis florae. No. 3019, 3133. 

 Liparis dennyi. No. 3703. 

 Bryostemma nugator. No. 3134. 

 Xiphistes ulvce. No. 3132. 



Besides these species, the following additional new 

 species are described from other localities: 



Zalarges nimbarius. No. 3125. Open sea. 

 Hexarjrammus otakii. Tokio, Japan. 

 Podolhecus velernus. Robin Island, Alaska. 

 Podothecus accipiter. Robin Island, Alaska. 



The following additional generic names are here used 

 for the first time : 



Astrolytes, Pallasina, Stelgis, Quietula, Ronquilus and 

 Xererpes. 



The fish fauna of Puget Sound marks a transition from 

 the California fauna characterized by the abundance of 

 Scorpienidce, Embiotocidce, etc., to that of Alaska, in 

 which Cottidce, AgonidcR and the Arctic types of BJennies 

 are dominant. Here both classes occur, though less abun- 

 dant than in their respective regions. The present col- 

 lection is chiefly from depths greater than those reached 

 by Jordan and Gilbert, who collected largely in Puget 



