828 CONTEIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY — IV. 
head; teeth small, slender, close-set, nearly uniform; above in 2 series, 
below in 1. Eyes large, separated by a sharp, scaly ridge; lower eye 
advanced. Scales comparatively large, thin and deciduous, ctenoid, 
but not so rough as in the other species; those on blind side similar, 
less rough. Lateral line prominent. Fins low, fragile; anal preceded 
b}' a spine; caudal fin long, rather pointed; pectorals small, the right 
pectoral little more than half length of head. Gill-rakers short, slen- 
der, toothed, 9 below angle, the longest about one- third diameter of 
orbit. Head 4; depth 3^. D. 78; A. 02; V. G; scales 10-71-18. L. 
12 inches. A small, weak species, abundant in deep water, from San 
Francisco to Alaska. 
(Jordan &, Gilbert, Pioc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 154.) 
aa. Lateral line with an accessory dorsal branch ; teeth in one row ; dorsal beginning 
before eye. {Psettichthya* Grd. ) 
1276. P. iiieEaBiosfictvts (Grd.) J. & G. 
Grayish brown, finely speckled with darker on body and fins. Body 
not very deep, elliptical; mouth rather small, the maxillary extending 
to below pupil, 2f in head; teeth large, in a single series in each jaw, 
those in lower jaw largest ; a few large canines in the front of each 
jaw. E 3 ’es verj" small, separated by a broad, fiat, scal.y space, without 
ridge; lower eye slightly in advance of ujfper. Gill-rakers rather 
stout, weak, hooked at tip, 14 below the angle. Scales verj' small, 
ctenoid on colored side. Lateral line nearly straight, with a long acces- 
sory^ dorsal branch. Dorsal commencing in advance of upper eye, the 
anterior rays elevated, slender and exserted, the longest about one-third 
length of head. First ray of dorsal nearly free from its membrane. 
Pectoral fin short, 2^ in head ; anal fiu jireceded by a spine; caudal large, 
strongly' convex. Lower pharymgeals very narrow, each with one row 
of sharp recurv'ed teeth. Head 4; depth 2^. D. 85; A. GO; Lat. 1. 112. 
Puget Sound to Point Concepcion, common. 
{PsetticMhys mclanostictus Ginird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 140: Psettichtkys 
mehiuostictus Giiutlier, iv, 420: Psettichlhys melanostictus Lockington, -Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. 1879, 73.) 
456.-PLEPROx\ICTH¥S Girard. 
{Heteroprosopon Bleeker. ) 
(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 139: type Pleuronichthys ccenosus Girard.) 
Ey'es and color on the right side. Body' deep; head short, with very 
’'Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 140: type PsetticMhys melanostictus 
Girard. {Tpetra, douiider; lisb.) 
