2IO CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



rays 7>V\ times posterior, and equal to base of fin, 2^ in 

 head. Adipose fin high and slender, situated above or 

 anterior to end of anal. Pectorals i l / 2 in head; ventrals 

 under middle of dorsal, 2^ in head. Caudal broad, 

 nearly truncate, the middle portions abruptly lunate when 

 spread open, with pointed angles, each lobe being some- 

 what convex on its edge; longest rays 1% in head. Least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2% in head. Pyloric coeca 50 

 to 60, short and thick, the longest about 3 in head. Color 

 in spirits very dark blue above, sides abruptly brighter, 

 with many scales abruptly silvery; below white, lower 

 jaw white, its margin dusky; cheeks below suborbitals 

 very dark; sides, top of head, dorsal and caudal fins 

 spotted, the spots all very small; pectorals and ventrals 

 nearly colorless, without spots, and slightly dusky; adi- 

 pose fin with two spots ; tips of lower fins faintly tinged 

 with yellowish. 



Two specimens, each 16 inches long, Nos. 1861 and 

 1862, L. S. Jr. Univ. They were taken on March 12 

 and 16, 1896, in Lake Crescent, by Mrs. George E. 

 Mitchell of Fairholme, and sent to us by Mr. M. J. Car- 

 rigan of Port Angeles. No. 1864, L. S. Jr. Univ. 



A third specimen of much larger size, afterwards sent 

 to us, shows the following characters: 



Head 3I; depth 3^; D. 12; A. 12 branched rays; 

 branchiostegals 11 or 12; scales 23-123-26, 64 before 

 dorsal; snout 2-f; eye 7^; maxillary 1% i n head, its 

 depth 8 in its length. 



Body robust, little compressed; head large, maxillary 

 moderate, extending beyond eye; opercle moderate, its 

 width 5^ in head. Last ray of dorsal pointed. Caudal 

 subtruncate, lunate mesially, each lobe somewhat convex, 

 pointed at tip. Caudal peduncle short and thick. Series 

 of vomerine teeth long, in double row. Color above 

 dark green, with black spots which are small and sparse 



