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chirk : snout light : 2 oblique dark bars at base of pectoral : 

 dorsal with 12 or 13 sharp dark brown spots as large as 

 eye, edged with bright red. these arranged regularly along 

 the whole length of tin: pectorals and caudal bright red. 

 with wavy irregular brown lines running across the rays; 

 anal red, with dark brown bars as wide as the interspaces 

 running obliquely downwards and forwards; ventrals 

 light brown. 

 in. Pholis ornatus (Girard >. 



This blenny is extremely abundant in Puget Sound, 

 where many specimens were taken. It is found under 

 rocks between tide marks, reaching a length of a foot. 

 No specimens were found at Neah Bay. The species 

 varies much in color, being typically yellowish -green 

 with dark markings, but varying to brown or cherry red 

 with the markings faint or obsolete. One specimen is 

 notably different in color: Body purplish red, lighter on 

 the belly; two conspicuous black -bordered white spots 

 on front of dorsal; a light streak bordered with black 

 from eye to nape; pectorals one -fourth shorter than in 

 the others. Dr. Gill tells us that the generic name Pholio 

 Scopoli is equivalent to the later Murcenoides. 



112. Apodichthys flavidus Girard. 



Common in shallow water among the kelp. It varies 

 from bright green to red, orange or violet. Two speci- 

 mens belonging to the green form (var. virescens) were 

 taken by us in Puget Sound; the larger 10 inches in 

 length, the smaller 3 inches. These differ in color from 

 the typical examples. The large one is a bright grass- 

 green, mottled with light gray; a series of blended white 

 spots, as large as eye, along the axis of body from the 

 pectoral fin to the middle of caudal peduncle ; belly with 

 many similar spots smaller in size and somewhat sharper in 



