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53b. Penis cylindric, bearing at its end a pair of short 

 lateral horns anteriorly and a median horn be- 

 tween them ; anus of female much nearer pelvic in- 

 sertion than anal origin; dorsal spines usually 

 VIII, preopercular spine simple; banner-like flaps 

 usually developed on dorsal spines ; cirri on lateral 

 line not mossy. Range : Aleutian Islands south to 

 Sausalito, Marine County, California. Marine. 

 Common. 

 267. Oxycottus acuticeps (Gilbert) 



52b. Intestine elongate and considerably coiled; teeth of 

 jaws triangular, more or less definitely arranged in 

 straight rows ; head very blunt and broadly rounded, 

 suborbital decidedly narrower than orbit ; mouth in- 

 ferior, with restricted lateral gape ; skin leathery ; 

 penis cylindric abruptly constricted into a slender 

 median appendage at tip; anus in adult nearer ana' 

 origin than pelvic insertion ; dorsal spines IX ; nasa 

 spines moderately strong ; preopercular spine un 

 branched, well developed and curved upward; cirri 

 of head and scapular region dense and mossy. Range 

 Kodiak Island to Pt. Conception, California. Ma- 

 rine. Common. 



Round-headed Sculpin 



263. Blennicottus globiccps (Girard) 



28b. First dorsal with the 1st 2 or 3 spines elevated, at least or 

 more than twice the length of the longest of the last 3 dorsal 

 spines ; skin rough with small bluntish prickles almost every- 

 where except in small but well defined areas. 



54a. Gill membranes free from isthmus ; pelvics small ; spinous 

 dorsal deeply notched. Range: Alaska to San Francisco. 

 Marine. Common. 

 Silver Spot 268. Blepsias cirrhosns (Pallas) 



54b. Gill membranes united to the isthmus ; pelvics long ; spinous 

 dorsal not notched. Range : Alaska to Monterey, California. 

 Marine. Common. 

 Sailor Fish 269. Nautichthys oculofasciatus (Girard) 



Family 69. Rhamphocottidae 



Range : Sitka, Alaska, Puget Sound to Monterey, California. Marine. 

 Common in Puget Sound. 



Northern Sea Horse. Gruntfish 



270. Rhamphocottus richardsotiii Giinther 



Family 70. Agonidae. Sea Poachers. Alligator Fishes 



la. Dorsal fins 2. 



2a. Gill membranes free from the isthmus. 



3a. Body short and high, compressed; vomer and palatines without teeth; 

 dorsal fin long and high. Range : Bering Sea to Puget Sound. Marine. 

 Common. 



Four-horned Sea Poacher 



271. Hypsagonus quadricornis (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



