FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 843 



cirri, except in one specimen in which the cheeks are cov- 

 ered with cirri densely matted. Evidently the species is 

 very variable. 



no. Bryostemma nugator Jordan and Williams, n. sp. 

 Plate ci. 



Head $}4 ; depth $ l / 2 ; dorsal LIV; anal 41; ventral 

 1,3; pores of lateral series 25. 



Body elongate, formed as in PAoh's, less compressed 

 than in Bryostemma polyactoccfhaluui. covered with small, 

 smooth, imbedded scales. Head short, very obtuse, almost 

 truncate; top of head from nostrils to near front of dorsal 

 covered with fleshy cirri, much smaller than in Bryos- 

 temma polyactocephalum ; only two or three small ones 

 extending on first dorsal spine; supraorbital cirrus short, 

 4 to 5 in head ; two small cirri placed at the sides of snout, 

 with a larger median one behind them, forming a triangle; 

 jaws equal; mouth horizontal, the angle extending to 

 below pupil; eyes small, 4 in head; snout very short, 

 almost vertically truncate, ^ of eye; teeth of both jaws 

 subequal, short, bluntish and close set. Lateral series 

 short, 7^ in length of body, concurrent with the dorsal 

 outline of body. A line of pores begins in front of eye 

 on a level with pupil, runs under eye and to a level with 

 pupil again, then back to and along the entire length of 

 the short lateral series. Gill-rakers not developed; gill- 

 membranes free from isthmus. Vent ^ distance from 

 tip of snout to tip of caudal; distance from origin of 

 ventral to anus 4^ in length of body. Pectoral fin 5^ 

 in body, as long as head. Dorsal fin beginning in front 

 of the pectoral, highest along the posterior half; the 

 longest spine, 2 2 A ) in head, the fin higher than anal; 

 dorsal slightly joined to caudal; anal separated from 

 caudal; caudal rounded, if in head; first dorsal spine 

 \Y 2 in head, its surface with 2 or 3 small cirri. 



