1904. Bulletin ^7, United States National Musejnn. 



smaller scales, and from Astrohjtes and Chitonotus in the single fork to the 

 preopercnlar spine, and in the smaller scales, (a-privative, not; ^vpiai, a 

 shaveling; d^vpiai, one unshorn.) 



2285. AXYBIAS HARRIXGTOM, Starks. 



Head 2|; depth 4i. D. IX-16; A. 12; eye 4 in head; maxillary 21. 

 Upper profile of head steep from tip of snont to above eyes, thence nearly 

 horizontal; mouth at lower aspect of head, the jaws subequal; maxillary 

 reaching to the vertical from pupil; villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, and 

 palatines; eye sot high in head, its diameter a little less than length of 

 snout; interorbital space nearly concave, its width about i eye; upper 

 preopercnlar spine short, its length about ^ of eye, very narrowly bifur- 

 cate at tip, the forks very small; below it on edge of preopercle a second 

 spine, small and blunt, and a third scarcely developed; nasal spines 

 prominent ; top of head and upper part of oi)ercle8 with patches of ctenoid 

 scales, a patch on posterior part of interorbital si>ace and behind eyes, 

 sending a narrow band Ijackwards along each side of head above opercles, 

 and a few in front of dorsal, leaving a seminaked area in front of occiput, 

 which has a few scales scattered over it; many cirri on top of head scat- 

 tered among the scales, 1 above iiosterior edge of each eye, 1 over anterior 

 edge of eye, 2 or 3 around edge of preopercle, 1 on end of maxillary, and 1 

 at each anterior lateral scale back to about middle of lateral line; a band 

 of rough scales along back, about 7 scales wide anteriorly, and composed 

 of about 47 oblique series ; the scales obliquely embedded, the upper pos- 

 terior edges strongly ctenoid, the k)wer anterior edges embedded; a naked 

 area of nearly the same width as band between it and spinous dorsal, the 

 band running upwards posteriorly and touching second dorsal at about its 

 middle, running back and joining its fellow of the opposite side behind 

 the second dorsal, and ending midway between base of last ray and base 

 of caudal; a single row of 36 scales similar to the others following lateral 

 line. Dorsal spines subequal from the first to the sixth or seventh, the 

 fin not connected with soft dorsal, which is about the same height as the 

 spinous; pectoral rather large, reaching to the base of fourth or fifth dor- 

 sal ray ; ventrals scarcely reaching vent ; insertion of anal midway l)etween 

 middle of eye and base of caudal, its longest ray about equal to those of 

 dorsal. Ground color olive, with about 5 dark cross bars on back, the 

 first bar under middle of spinous dorsal, the second under front of soft 

 dorsal, the third uiuler its middle, and the fourth under its end, the fifth 

 being represented by a blotch on top of caudal peduncle; a dark streak 

 at base of caudal fin ; sides with many clear-cut, round, Avhite spots, grow- 

 ing larger downward; the lower row only half spots where the white of 

 the spot runs into the white on lower part of body; belly white; lips and 

 under parts of head with dark, olive brown, wavy bars of about the same 

 width as the interspaces; fins wnth wavy dark streaks, except anal and 

 ventrals, which are white. Coloration very similar to Artedius lateralis. 

 Length 21 inches. Puget Sound, in the vicinity of Port Ludlow, Wash- 

 ington. One specimen taken in 1896 by Mr. Starks. ("I take pleasure 



