1936] Schultz: Keys to Fishes 191 



Family 74. Gobiidae. Gobies 



la. Pelvics united to form a sucking disk but free from the belly posteriorly. 

 Fig. 16. 



2a. Dorsal IV or V, 14 to 17; anal 15 to 17 soft rays; scales 45 to 70 and 

 about 18 in a transverse series. 



3a. Cutaneous flaps 2 or 3 on inner edge of shoulder girdle; anal 15; scales 

 in about 50 cross series. Range : Vancouver Island to Guaymas, Sonora. 

 Marine. Not rare. 

 318. Quietula y-cauda (Jenkins and Evermann) 



3b. No cutaneous flaps as above; anal 16 or 17; scales in about 70 cross 

 series. Range : Vancouver Island to San Diego, California. Marine 

 and in brackish water. Common. 

 319. Clevelandia ios (Jordan and Gilbert) 



2b. Dorsal VI or VII, 12 to 18; anal 10 to 15 (rarely 16) ; scales if present 

 in more than 70 or in fewer than 45 cross series. 



4a. Anal 10 or 11 ; dorsal VI, 12 or 13 or VI-I, 12 to 14; scales if pres- 

 ent in fewer than 40 cross series, or indistinct ; no dermal flaps on 

 shoulder. 



5a. Eye 6 or 7 in head ; interorbital space larger than eye. Range : 

 Puget Sound to Guaymas, Sonora. Marine. Not rare. 

 Long-jawed Goby 320. Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 



5b. Eye 3 or 4 in head ; interorbital space about equal to pupil. Range : 

 British Columbia to southern California. Marine. Not rare. Fig 16. 

 321. Rhinogobiops nicholsii (Bean) 



4b. Anal 15; dorsal VII, 16 to 18; scales about 86 in lateral line; shoul- 

 der girdle with 2 to 4 dermal flaps under gill cover. Range : Vancou- 

 ver Island to San Diego, California. Marine. Common. 

 322. Lepidogobius lepidus (Girard) 



Family 75. Ammodytidae. Sand Launces or Lances 



Range : Alaska to southern California. Marine. Abundant. 



Sand Launce 323. Ammodytcs tobianus personatus Girard 



Family 76. Bathymasteridae. Ronquils 



Range : Alaska to Puget Sound. Marine. Common. 



Ronquil 324. Ronquilns jordani (Gilbert) 



Family 77. Zaproridae. Flaccid Fishes 



Range : Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, to Puget Sound. Marine. Rare. 



Highbrow 325. Zaprora silenus Jordan 



