19361 Schultz: Keys to Fishes 195 



Family 81. Anarrhichthyidae. Wolf Fishes 



Range : Alaska to Monterey. Marine. Common. 



Wolf Eel 348. Anarrhichthys occllatus Ayres 



Family 82. Scytalinidae. Burrowing Blennies 



Range : Aleutian Islands to Monterey County, California. Marine. Not 

 common. 



Burrowing Blenny 349. Scytalina cerdale Jordan and Gilbert 



Family 83. Ptilichthyidae 



Range : Alaska to Puget Sound. Marine. Rare. 



Quill Fish 350. Ptilichthys goodei Bean 



Family 84. Zoarcidae. Eel Pouts 



la. Pelvics present ; upper jaw overlaps mandible. 



2a. Vomer without teeth ; palatines without teeth. 



3a. Body slender, depth 12 to 16 in length ; lateral line short, faint, and 

 ventral in position, incomplete; upper jaw greatly overlaps lower; 

 cheeks much projecting laterally, a series of 7 pores along mandible 

 and preopercle, series of 7 or 8 pores extending from snout alongside 

 of head above premaxillary ; lateral line single, faint, running obliquely 

 downward to near base of anal, thence backward, not reaching base of 

 caudal; lining of mouth, gill cavity, and peritoneum jet black; a broad 

 light band across head behind eyes extending to cheeks. Range : North 

 Pacific and off Santa Barbara Islands. Marine. Rare. 

 351. Embryx crotalimis (Gilbert) 



3b. Body more robust, depth 8 to 9 in length ; upper jaw about twice the 

 horizontal diameter of orbit; lateral line lateral in position; pelvics 

 l /2 length of orbit; pectoral */> length of head; small embedded scales 

 on body and vertical fins; upper jaw slightly overlaps mandible; mouth 

 and gill cavity lined with dark epithelium; peritoneum black; no scales 

 on head, nape and axil of pectoral ; vertical fins margined with black, 

 scales paler than skin. Range: Central Alaska to central California. 

 Marine. Common. 

 352. Lycodopsis pacificus (Collett) 



2b. Vomer and palatines with teeth. 



4a. Lower jaw included, the upper overlapping lower less than l / 2 pupil; 

 middle rays of pectoral fin longest; pelvic fins about 1 to 1.5 in eye; 

 dorsal rays about 116; anal rays about 93; no vertical color bars 

 evident (at least on adults) ; margins of vertical fins darker than rest 

 of fin ; scales lighter than general color of body giving the appear- 

 ance of white specks. Range : Southeastern Alaska and northern 

 California. Marine. Rare. 

 353. Ly codes jordani Evermann and Goldsborough 



4b. Lower jaw included, the upper overlapping the lower as much as or 

 more than the diameter of the pupil. 



