XOTES ON FlSnSS COLLECTED IN KAMCHATKA AND 

 .JAPAN BY LEONHAliD STEJNEGER AND NICOLAI A. 

 GREBNITSKI, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BLENNY. 



By Tarleton H. Bean, M. D., M. S., 



Honorary Curator of the Department of Fishes, 

 and 



Barton A. Bean, 



Assistant Curator of the Department of Fishes. 



The Kamchatkau fishes mentioned in this article were obtained in 

 the fall of 1883. A small collection was secured by Mr. Grebnitski at 

 Yesso, Japan, in 1894, and one of these species is here described as 

 new to science and as a representative of a new genus. 



For purposes of comparison reference is also made to a specimen of 

 Lumpenus mcdiu.s from Plover Bay, Siberia, collected by Dall and Bean 

 in 1880 and mentioned in the x^ublished account of their fishes under 

 the name LumpenuH fahricii. Attention is called to the close .similarity 

 of Coitus tcvnioftterKs, Kner, with CpJatycephalua, Pallas; it is possible 

 that the two are identical. The Lumpenua fahricii of Kroyer appears 

 to agree fully with the L. aiiguillaris of Pallas. It may be found, as 

 suggested in this paper, that Murccnoides maxillaris, Bean, is identical 

 with 71/. tamia, Pallas. 



Another interesting fact shown by this collection is the great vari- 

 ability ill the number of dorsal spines in Opisthocentrus ; and the rede- 

 scription of the white- spotted Salvelinus of Kamchsitka will be welcome 

 to students of the Salmonid;e. 



CLUPEA PALLASII, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



No. 33812, U.S.N.M. (2613). I'etropaulski, September 24, 1883; L. 

 Stejneger. From the inner harbor. 



No. 38994, U.S.N.M. Avatcha Bay, Kamchatka, September, 1883; 

 N. Grebnitski. One example. 



No. 38995, U.S.N.M. Avatcha Bay, September, 1883; N. Grebnitski. 

 Two specimens. 



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