Jordan and Evennann.— Fishes of North America, 



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preopercular Bpine short, strong, with bifurcated tip; suborbital stay 

 narrow ffiU membranes partly free from the isthmus, over which they 

 form a broad fold; a slit behind fourth gill. First dorsal with its upper 

 mar-in somewhat S-shaped, the first 2 spines elongate, the middle ones of 

 ne-ir1v equal len-th, and the posterior ones rapidly shortened; ventrals 1, 

 3. Shore fishes of the Pacific. (AfZos, smooth; Korrog, Cottm,) 



2378. LEIOCOTTUS HIRUNDO, Girard. 



Head3+; depth 4^; eye large, U m I'ead. D.IX, 17; A. 15; V. I, 3 

 Body elongate, fusiform, the caudal peduncle slender; prohle ot snout 

 decurved; maxillary reaching front of orbit; 3 small cirri at the end of 

 each maxillary; preopercular margin with several similar cirri ; opercle 

 and shoulder girdle without spines; upper preopercular spine as long as 

 Dunil Top of head smooth; supraorbital ridges little elevated; nasal 

 Bpines distant from tip of snout. Spinous dorsal elevated in front, the 

 first 2 rays much longer than the others, nearly f length of head; soft 

 dorsal and anal fins rather long; pectorals reaching past front of anal; 

 ventrals to vent. Olivaceous, shaded with light blue and reticulated with 

 brownish red, the latter color predominating on the head; sides with 4 

 broad, oblique, brownish-red bars, the first 3 running from dorsal forward 

 and downward, the fourth from caudal peduncle backward to base of 

 caudal- abdomen orange brown, with pale spots; caudal orange brown, 

 with yellow bars near the tip; fins with bars and spots of dark brownish 

 red- breast and ventrals whitish ; 3 dark blotches at base of pectorals; 

 spinous dorsal with oblique dark streaks ; a dark blotch on each eye above, 

 and a light streak forward and downward from eye. Length 10 inches. 



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spinous dorsal with oblique dark streaks ; a dark blotch on each eye above, 



and a light streak forward and downward from eye. Length 10 inches. 



Santa Barbara Islands, in shallow water; not rare, but extremely local. 



{hirundo, swallow.) 



Leiocouu. Mrundo, Gibard, Proc. Ac. Kat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 133 San Miguel I^'-d "^ ^ 



Santa Barbara (Coll. Lieutenant Trowbridge); GiRAKD, U. b. Pac. E. h. burv., x, 



Fisbea, 62, 1858. 

 Cottus hirundo, Gunthee, Cat., ii, 166, 1860. 

 Liocottus hirundo, Jokdan & Gilkekt, Synopsis, 712, 1883. 



743. LEPTOCOTTUS, Girard. 



Leptocottus, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 130 (annahis) . 



Bodv elongate, depressed, covered with perfectly smooth skin. Head 

 depressed, oblong, not very broad, without cirri; lower jaw included; 

 suborbital stay narrow ; teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Gi 1 mem- 

 branes rather narrowly joined to the isthmus, not forming a fold across 

 it; a slit behind fourth gill; preopercular spine strong, with 2 or 3 points 

 hooked upward. Dorsal fins separate ; the spinous dorsal short and sniall, 

 entire; ventrals I, 4. Shore fishes of the Pacific. {Xanroi, slender; 

 HorroS) Cottus.) 



