FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 805 



around posterior margin of orbit, downward along margin 

 of preopercle, and ending on posterior end of interoper- 

 cle; snout abruptly black, lips dark: fins all dark and 

 slightly mottled, tips of ventral, anal, and caudal rays a 

 little lighter; caudal and pectoral dark at base; slips on 

 top of head black: belly very finely dusted with minute 

 dark points. 



This species is not uncommon in Puget Sound: the 

 types are three specimens taken in channel rocks at 

 Point Orchard, near Seattle, by Miss Maud Parker and 

 Mr. Adam Hubbert, members of the Young Naturalists' 

 Society of Seattle. The largest of these is 4 inches in 

 length. The types are in the Museum of the Leland 

 Stanford Junior University , numbered 3124. Unfortu- 

 nately the life colors of this brilliant species were not 

 taken. There is in life much red on the lateral plates 

 and elsewhere on the body and fins. This disappears at 

 once in alcohol. 



63. Radulinus asprellus Gilbert. Plate lxxxi. 



Not common ; two specimens dredged near Seattle, the 

 larger about 4 inches in length. 



64. Chitonotus pugettensis (Steindachner). 



Not common; two specimens obtained with a seine. 

 It reaches a length of 9 inches. 



65. Ruscarius meanyi Jordan & Starks, n. gen. and sp. 

 Plate lxxx. 



Head 2^ in length; depth 3% ; dorsal X-14; anal 12; 

 lateral line 6-32; orbit 4 in head; maxillary 2; snout 4; 

 highest dorsal spine 3 ; highest dorsal ray 3 ; pectoral 

 1% ; ventrals 2^3; caudal 2^. 



Body robust, deepest and broadest at shoulders, taper- 

 ing quickly backwards into a slender caudal peduncle ; 

 back somewhat elevated; ventral outline nearly straight 



