2426 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



2782. XIPHIDION UUPESTRE (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 7* in body ; depth 9. D. LXVIII ; A. 50; eye 6 in bead ; maxillary 

 2i ; caudal 2*. Teeth essentially as in A. 7?i«cosH«i. The lower lateral line 

 sends a branch to the abdominal line ; a constriction at the nape. Distance 

 from origin of dorsal to the occiput greater than the distance from the 

 occiput to tlie snout. Anal fiu beginning much in advance of middle of 

 body, the distance from the first ray to tip of caudal exceeding the distance 

 to snout by nearly twice length of head ; pectoral very short, its length less 

 thau diameter of eye. Eeddish brown, uniform or variously shaded with 

 lighter; a light olivaceous bar at base of caudal, extending on dorsal and 

 anal, behind this a blackish area; tip of caudal usuallj^ pale; o long, well- 

 defined stripes radiating backward from eye, these stripes uniform black, 

 abruptly margined with very light olive; the central stripe proceeding 

 straight backward from the eye, I breadth of cheek, at which point it is 

 broadest; it is then narrowed and bent abruptly downward; both the 

 middle and lower stripes reach the margin of preopercle. Length 12 inches. 

 Smaller thau the preceding, and eciually abundant ; among rocks and alga', 

 from Vancouver Island to Monterey. Here described from S])ecimen8, (5 or 

 7 inches in length, from Neah Bay, Straits of Fuca, Washington, (rupes- 

 tris, living among rocks.) 

 XipMster nipcgtris, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis. 1880, 137, Monterey Bay, 



California (Coll. Jord.in & Gilbert) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syuoj)8i8, 773, 1883. 

 Xiphidion rupestre, Jordan & Starks, Fishes Puget Sound, 848, 1895. 



gii. CEBEDICHTHYS,* Ayres. 



Oebedichthys, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1, 1855, 59 (violaceus). 



Body comparatively short, compressed, covered Avith minute scales; 

 lateral line distinct, running very high, with very short branches, each 

 ending in a pore, as in Xiphistes, but the branches more obli<|ue aud less 

 regular. Head short; crown with a conspicuous fieshy longitudinal crest 

 in the adult; jaws subeciual, with conical teeth ; villiform leeth on vomer 

 and jtalatines; gill luemliraues united, free from the isthmus. Dorsal fin 

 continuous, long and low, the anterior pait composed of sharp spines, 

 which are rather lower than the soft rays; caudal fin rounded, connected 

 with dorsal and anal; anal fin similar to soft dorsal, with 1 or 2 small 

 spines; i)ectorals small; ventrals wanting. Intestinal canal elongate, 

 with several pyloric cteca. Pacific Ocean. Herbivorous; similar in habits 



* Tlie following remarkable genus may be allied to Cehedichthys: 

 NEOZOARCES, Steindachner. 

 Neosoarces, Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., ix, 26, 1880 (indeher). 

 Neozoarces pulcher, Steindachner. 



Bodj' elongate, tapering backward, the dorsal and anal united at the tail without distinct 

 caudal. Scales small, embedded, no lateral Hue. Mouth very large, the maxillary extend- 

 ing far beyond eye; lower jaw slightly longer thau upper; blunt, conical teeth in many 

 rows on Jaws, vomer, and palatines. A tluck tentacle above nostril ; gill membranes united, 

 free from isthmus. Dorsal low, the anterior i)ortion of short, stittish spines; no anal 

 spine; ventrals wanting; pectorals moderate; pseudobr.anchise present. Head C; depth 

 9. D. XLI,50; A.1,75. Color highly variegated. Gulf of Strietok, Okhotsk Sea. (i-eos, 

 new; Zoarces; but it has little affinity with the latter genua.) 



Neozoarees pulcher, Steindachnek, Ichth. Beitr., ix, 27, taf. 6, f. 2, 1880, Gulf of Strietok, 

 (Coll. Professor Uybowski.) 



