1936] Schults: Keys to Fishes 181 



equal, not separated from the other rays. Range: 

 British Columbia to Monterey County, California. 

 Marine. Not rare. 



262. Rusciculus rimensis Greeley 



50b. Body naked ; head very blunt anteriorly ; (young 

 of this species). Range: Kodiak Island to Pt. 

 Conception, California. Marine. Common. 



Round-headed Sculpin 



263. Blennicottus globiceps (Girard) 



49b. Preopercular spine branched; body scaleless at all 

 ages ; dorsal spines usually VIII, cirri of head mul- 

 tifid. 



51a. First 3 or 4 anal rays of male enlarged, subequal, 

 grading into and not separated from the normal 

 rays; body without developed cirri above lateral 

 line ; snout slightly blunter ; nasal spines somewhat 

 weaker ; preopercular spine bifid or rarely trifid ; 

 soft dorsal rays 16 or 17. Range: Okhotsk Sea 

 and southern Alaska to near Tunitas, San Mateo 

 County, California. Marine. Common. 



Tide Pool Johnny 



264. Oligocottus maculosus Girard 



51b. First anal ray of male much larger than the 2nd, 

 the 2nd ray not at all enlarged but normal, wholly 

 separated from rest of fin in adult ; membrane be- 

 tween the 1st 2 rays thin and little folded; soft 

 dorsal usually 17 to 19; preopercular spine nor- 

 mally bifid (rarely trifid) ; light spots on throat 

 conspicuous. Range: Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 British Columbia, to Pt. Loma, San Diego County, 

 California. Marine. Common. 



Cirrated Sculpin 



265. Dialarchus snyderi Greeley 



48b. Anus in advance of normal position before anal fin, lo- 

 cated in middle l /z of distance between orgin of anal 

 and insertion of pelvic fin ; penis thick and more rigid, 

 conic or cylindric; lateral line with a slight anterior 

 curve. 



52a. Intestine short and little coiled; teeth of jaws conic, 

 without definite arrangement ; head rather sharply 

 pointed anteriorly ; mouth terminal with wide lateral 

 gape; skin not especially thickened. 



53a. Penis conic, without terminal appendages ; anus of 

 female about midway between origin of anal and 

 insertion of pelvic fin ; dorsal spines usually IX ; 

 body scaleless; preopercular spines small and sim- 

 ple; banner-like flaps never developed on dorsal 

 spines ; cirri mossy, on body reduced to a series 

 along the anterior portion of the lateral line; not 

 developed along preopercular margin. Range: 

 Aleutian Islands to Pt. Lobos, California. Ma- 

 rine. Not common. 

 . . . .266. Allocottus embryum (Jordan and Starks) 



