1936 ] Schultz: Keys to Fishes 



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6b. 



7a. Dorsal fin very long, with about 17 spines ; no slit behind last 

 gill arch; back with rough scales; sides with oblique ser- 

 rated folds ; ventral fins well behind pectorals. Range : Puget 

 Sound to central California. Marine. Not rare. 



221. Jordania conope Starks 



7b. Dorsal fin of XII or XIII spines; body very long, sides of 

 back with rough plates. 



8a. Chin with 2 barbels; last gill arch without slit behind it 

 Range: Off Oregon to Cortez Banks. Marine. Rare. 

 222. Paricelinns hopliticus Eigenmann and Eigenmann 



8b. Chin without barbels; last gill arch with slit behind it 

 Range: Northern California. Marine. Rare. 

 223. Alcidea thobumi (Gilbert) 



Body covered with smooth skin, a slit behind 4th gill; dorsal 

 spines XI ; body very robust. Range : Washington to San Diego. 

 Marine. Common. 



Blue Cod. Marbled Sculpin. Bull Cod 



224. Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres) 



5b. Ventral rays not I 5, usually I, 2, I, 3, or I, 4; spinous dorsal 

 with tewer than XIII spines and always shorter than soft dorsal. 



9a. Body definitely more or less scaly above, the scales sometimes 

 arranged in bands, or sometimes modified as bony plates these 

 usually placed along the lateral line or at base of dorsal fin ; in 

 no case is the skin entirely naked. 



10a. Sides of body below lateral line with oblique serrated folds 

 of skin; vomer with teeth; palatines without teeth; last gill 

 arch with a distinct slit or pore behind it; preopercular 

 spines small, simple or bifid; gill membranes wholly free 

 from isthmus; spinous dorsal not emarginate; body slender. 



11a. A series of bony tubercles along back a short distance 

 away from base of dorsal fin ; breast naked with cross folds 

 of skin, containing mucous tubes ; lower pectoral rays little 

 extending beyond membranes; dorsal rays about X or XI 

 23 to 26 ; anal 24 to 26. Range : Alaska to Puget Sound.' 

 Marine. Common. 



225. Triglops beani Gilbert 



lib. Back without bony tubercles along or near base of dorsal 

 fin ; breast not as above ; lower rays of pectoral much pro- 

 duced beyond membranes; dorsal rays about XI, 29; anal 

 about 29. Range : British Columbia and Puget Sound. Ma- 

 rine. Not common. 



226. Prionistius macelhis Bean 



10b. Sides of body below lateral line without oblique serrated 

 folds of skin. 



12a. Vomer with teeth; palatines without teeth; if rows or 

 bands of scales occur along the back they do not meet each 

 other in front of the spinous dorsal fin. 



