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cles, nsually nearly smooth. Dorsals not very high; dorsal spines 
slender; pectorals reaching anal; ventrals moderate, I, 3. A minute 
])ore usually present behind last gill. Lateral line complete. Dead 
2i; depth 4^. D. X-I, 13; A. 11. L. 24 inches. Puget Sound to 
Alaska; very abundant; one of the largest sculpins. 
(Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. 1811, ill, 133; Gunther, ii, 1G6.) 
1077. C. iafon’adon’icMS (Gnl.) Gthr. 
Xasal spines small; a rough prominence above orbit, and two similar 
ones on occiput; a slight depression on crown ; four preopercular spines, 
the upper about f length of eye, equal to interorbital width; eye as 
long as snout, 5 in head, half length of maxillary, which extends to the 
vertical from its hinder margin. Dorsal spines slender, the longest | 
length of maxillary; pectorals reaching a little beyond anal; ventrals 
not to vent; skin above lateral line with a few spinous tubercles; a 
small slit behind fourth gill. D. X-14; A. 14; V. I, 3; P. 17; C. 11; 
I>. G. [Bean.) Labrador and Hudson’s Bay. 
(Acavthocoftus lahradorictifi Grd. Bost. Joiirn. Nat. Hist, vi, 1850, 247, pi. ; Gunther, ii, 
1(53; Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv, 1681, 128.) 
1<I>'3'§. C. tSRa2fl©E9a(PB’B0S * Kner. 
Color of 0. groenlandicus, but darker, with dark bars; gill-membranes 
and hinder part of belly dark; dark regions, with very bright white 
specks of different sizes; first dorsal partly black, partly transparent; 
second dorsal crossed by 3 oblique dark bands; anal by 4, in contrary 
directions; caudal with 3 dark bars; pectoral with 4 or 5 dark bars, 
much narrower than the interspaces; ventrals with black and white 
spots. Lower jaw projecting. Eye 5 in head, as long as snout; su])ra- 
ocular ridge slightly elevated, continued backward as a low bony ridge, 
without spines; a quadrangular depression between these ridges; crown 
and occiput with naked warty skin; preopercle with 4 spines, the np- 
])ermost straight, as long as eye; highest dorsal spine half length of 
head; soft dorsal twice as high; i^ectorals reaching anal; ventrals to 
vent. Sides often with irregular rough bony tubercles; a moderate slit 
behind last gill; gill-membranes partly free from isthmus. D. VIII- 
13; A. 12; Lat. 1. 40. [Kner.) Alaska to Xorthern China.. 
( Coitus tcouioplerus Kner. Sitzungsber. Kais. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1868, 310 ; Bean, Proc. 
II. S. Nat. Mas. 1881,248.) 
a079. C. qsiadracorasis* L. 
Olivaceous, somewhat variegated ; the fins faintly spotted. Body 
* Oncocotfiis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 13: type Coitus quadricoruis Gill. 
[oyxoi, hook; norro?, Cottus.) 
