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temples; rough scale-like tubercles along the back above the lateral 
line; first dorsal low. D, VlI-15; A. 15. L. 21 inches. Bering’s 
Sea. {Ctiv. Val.) 
(Myoxoccphalus Steller MSS. in Tiles. MOu. Acad. Sci. Petersb. iv, 27.3, 1811 («on- 
linomial)-, Cuv. & Val. iv, 172; Giiutlier, ii, 165.) 
10S2. C. axalBaris (Gill) Bean. 
Bluish, with whitish spots on trunk and a darker band-like spot below 
anterior portion of second dorsal; abdomen yellowish; region above 
anal spotted; above this are larger spots confluent with the dark color 
of sides; spinous dorsal with 2 vertical dark bauds; second dorsal with 
3 oblique ones; caudal banded; anal .'^potted; pectoral black at base, 
with 2 oblique bands; a dark spot on lower axil. Head subrhoni- 
boidal, large, depressed; postorbital crests little develojied; preopercle 
with 2 sim])le spines near the angle, and 2 tubercles below; opercle with 
g, longitudinal rib ending in a spine. Skin smooth, or with scattered 
tubercles. Gill-membranes forming a fold across the isthmus. D. IX- 
15; V. I, 3; B. 6. Bering’s Strait. {Gill.) 
{Boreocottus axillaris Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18.59, 166.) 
10§3. C. (?) polaris Sabine. 
Pale, Avith clusters of minute dark spots. Head compressed; nasal 
spines ju’esent; lower jaw included; preopercle with 4 strong spines; 
pectoral fins larger than in Uranidea pohio ; lateral line with a series of 
small tubercles. D. VI to ¥111-13; P. 15; V. I, 4; A. 14; C. 14. L. 2 
inches. Xorth Georgia, British Amevica. {Storey.) Probably not a 
Gottus. 
(Sabine, Parry’s First Voyage, 213; Storcr, Synop. Fisb. N. A. 307.) 
10§4. C. (?) platycepIaalJBS Pallas. 
Olivaceous, much variegated, white below; fins spotted. Head large, 
much depressed, as broad as the body; lower jaw projecting; teeth on 
vomer and on palatines (?) (“in area hiiiata palatio medii, et utriuque 
lineari’’). Eyes moderate, near together; vertex flat behind the eyes, 
with a ridge on each side, in front of which near the orbit, and behind 
at the nape, are oblong tubercles, each ending in a short spine; preop- 
ercle with 2 very strong, diverging spines above; opercle with a con- 
cealed spine; lateral line with concealed, elongate plates; back with 
rough warts; pectorals large; dorsal spines feeble. 13. VII-12; A. 11; 
C. 10; P. 15; V. I, 3. L. 12 inches. Kamtschatka. {Pallas.) If this 
