FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 849 



Family ZOARCID^. 



122. Lycodopsis paucidens (Lockington). 

 Abundant in Puget Sound. Length about 10 inches. 



Not taken by us. The large-mouthed specimens, called 

 by Jordan & Gilbert -paucidens, arc the male and the 

 small -mouthed ones, called pacificus, the female of the 

 same species. 



Family SCYTALINID^. 



123. Scytalina cerdale Jordan & Gilbert. Plate civ. 

 Specimens were found in abundance in the loose gravel 



under boulders at Waadda Island, Neah Bay. It has not 



been taken since 1881, when Drs. Jordan & Gilbert took 



the two type specimens (one of which was afterwards 



destroyed by fire) in this locality. 



The skeleton does not differ essentially from that of 



Lycodopsis paucidens, with which it has been compared. 



The skull is not at all depressed, the wide depressed form 



of the head of the fish is due to the fleshy cheeks. The 



frontals take up the greater part of the top of the skull, 



the parietals are separated by the supraoccipital, which 



extends forward to the frontals. Opercles all present. 



Lower jaw large and strong, Post -temporal scarcely 



so firmly attached as in Ly codes; the clavicle long and 



slender. 



Family GADID^. 



124. Microgadus proximus (Girard). Tomcod. 



A few specimens obtained. Very abundant. Taken 

 in large numbers by the fishermen. It is a food fish of 

 some value, and meets with a ready sale. It reaches a 

 length of a foot. 



125. Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius. Alaska Cod. 

 Not uncommon in certain localities near Cape Flattery. 



This is probably its southern limit. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Sol, 2d See., Vol. V. December 19, 1895. 



