2048 Bu/lctin ^7, United States National Miisctim. 



so cliaracteristic of Occa verrucosa and 0. dodccacdron; breast covered with 

 polygonal plates, a series elevated to form a median ridge, tlie marginal 

 plates also prominent; prepectoral area wide, with 4 prominent plates, 

 the upiiermost bearing a short spine posteriorly; in the dorsal series of 

 plates, 10 lie in advance of first dorsal, 11 between origins of first and 

 second dorsals, 9 or 10 along base of second dorsal, 6 to 9 between second 

 dorsal and the jjoint of continence of the dorsal series, and 5 to 7 between 

 the latter point and base of caudal; total nnml)er of plates in dorsal 

 series 43 to 45, in 6 specimens examined. Pectorals long and narrow, li in 

 head; dorsal with 8 (rarely 9) spines and 8 soft rays; anal with 13 (rarely 

 14) rays ; pectoral with 14 rays. Color dnsky above, marked with small 

 black spots and lines; white below, growing dnsky posteriorly; candal 

 blackish; ventrals white ; anal white, with the last rays dusky; dorsals 

 and jiectorals with the rays finely dotted with black. North Pacific, 

 recorded from Saghalien, Gulf of Aniva, Petropaulski, and the Kuril 

 Islands, (ros/ra/xs, pertaining to the rostrnvi or snout; "not because it 

 has a beak, but because its head and snout are more contracted than in 

 the others.") 



Agonus rostratus, TiLESlus, M6m. Acad. Petersb., iv, 1810, pi. 14, Saghalien, Gulf of 



Aniva. (Coll. Tilesius.) 

 Phalangistes fusiformis, Pallas, Zoog. Eosso-Asiat., lil, IIG, 1811, Saghalien, Gulf of 



Aniva; Kuril Islands. (Coll. Steller & Merk.) 

 Agomis rostratus, GiJNTHER, Cat., n, 214, 1860. 



Aspido'jjhorus rostratus, Cuvier & Yalenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 212, 1829. 

 Brachi/opsis rostratus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 726, 1883; Jordan, Cat. Pisliea N. 



A., 113, 1885. 



2405. BUACHYOPSIS SEGALIEXSIS (Tilesius). 



D.VII, 8; A. 12; C. 10; P. 14; V. I, 2. Form resembling Brachijopsis 

 rostratus, but the tail shorter ; body depressed ; eye behind middle of head ; 

 2 spines on suborbital, and some others about eyes ; dorsals contiguous ; 

 anal longer than second dorsal; pectorals large; no barbels under throat; 

 gill membranes and barbels at chin undescribed, probably as in Brachy- 

 ojisis rostratus. Yellowish brown; fins with black bands. Length 7 

 inches. Island of Saghalien. (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) Not seen by 

 recent writers. (Name from Saghalien.) 



Syngnathus segaliensis, Tilesius, Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. de Moscow, ii, 216, pi. 11, 1810, Bay of 

 Patience, Saghalien. (Coll.Krusenstern.) 



Siphagonus segalienn.i, Steindachner, Iclitli. Beitrage, v, 140, and Sitzb. der k. Acad, der 

 Wiss., Lxxiv., 1876; Jordan &, Gilbert, Synopsis, 723, 1883. 



Ago7ius Icevigatus, Tilesius. M6m. Acad. Petersb., iv, 436, 1810, Saghalien ; CuviEE & Va- 

 lenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 214, 1829. 



Phalangistes Icevigatus, Pallas, Zoog. Kosso-Asiat., iii, 116, 1811. 



765. PALLASINA,* Cramer. 



Pallasina, CrAjMER, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 815 (barbata). 



Form of Si/ngyiathus or Siphostoma; body slender, depressed; 4-hedral 

 anteriorly, 8-hedral under dorsals; 6-hedral on peduncle; snout produced 



* The genus Siphagonus, Steindacbner, was expresslj' based on Agonus segaliensis. The 

 name can not be used for this group. 



