I ISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 84I 



Family GOBIESOCID.F:. 



108. Caularchus maeandricus (Girard). 



Very abundant under the rocks between tide marks. 

 It feeds on small shells and Crustacea. A large number 

 of specimens obtained at Neah Bay and in the vicinity of 

 Seattle: the largest 4^ inches in length; said to reach a 

 length of 6 inches. 



Specimens from Neah Bay varied from light olive to 

 bright cherry-red. 



This species has 13-1-19= 32 vertebra'. The species 

 referred to Gobieso.x have, so far as known, 10 -\- 16 = 26. 

 This increased number, associated with its northern dis- 

 tribution, may define the genus Caularchus. 



Family XIPHIDIONTID^. 



109. Bryostemma polyactocephalum (Pallas). 



This species has been referred to the genus Chirolophis 

 (Blenniops). It, however, differs from the latter in the 

 entire absence of the true or median lateral line, and may 

 be made the type of a distinct genus, for which we sug- 

 gest the name of Bryostemma. In Bryostemma, as in 

 Chirolophis, there is a short series of large pores above 

 the pectoral. 



The following is a description of our specimen from 

 Seattle : 



Head 6%; depth 6; D. LXI; A. 61. P. 14. V. 1, 3. 

 Fifteen pores above pectoral. 



Body elongate, much compressed, covered with small, 

 smooth, imbedded scales. Head very short, blunt in pro- 

 file; mouth short, terminal; lower jaw heavy, projecting, 

 its lip with two small cirri; teeth subequal, small, blunt- 

 ish, close set, in one row in each jaw; eyes 4 in head, 

 near together; snout 4; supraorbital cirri, 2]/ 2 in head; 

 interorbital space with two large superciliary cirri; top 



