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Material. — carmel: Macrocystis holdfast, rare, goleta: Macro- 

 cystis holdfast, 3 m., abundant, la jolla: underrock substrate, mod- 

 erately abundant (38 per sq. in.); Phyllospadix-coredlme grid, scarce 

 (11 per sq. in.). 



Pacific distribution. — Cayucos to La Jolla, California; Bahia de 

 Los Angeles, Baja California (specimen at hand). 



Phoxocephalidae 



Mandibulophoxus uncirostratus (Giles) 



Mandibulophoxus uncirostratus (Giles): J. L. Barnard, 1957, pp. 435-436; 



1960b, p. 359 (with synonymy). 

 Mandibulophoxus gilesi J. L. Barnard, 1957, pp. 433-435, figs. 1, 2. 



Material. — eureka area, California: Clam Beach, 41°00'36" N, 

 124°06'36" W, July 17, 1958 (1 specimen); Samoa, 40°47 / 53 ,/ N, 

 124°11'23" W, June 16, 1958 (4 specimens), collections by Dr. 

 George H. Allen, Humboldt State College; goleta: sand on shore, 

 intertidal, present. 



Distribution. — Madras coast; Ceylon; southern Calif ornian coastal 

 shelf and north to Clam Bay, Eureka, California, 0-18 m., on sand 

 bottoms, especially in or near surf zone. 



Metaphoxus frequens J. L. Barnard 



Metaphoxus frequens J. L. Barnard, 1960b, pp. 304-306, pis. 51, 52; 1964a, p. 

 242. 



Material. — goleta: wash of transition zone between pure 

 Phyllospadix and pelvetiids, rare. 



Distribution. — Monterey Bay, California, to Isla Isabel, Mexico, 

 generally 13-458 m., here at m. 



Metaphoxus fultoni (Scott) 



Metaphoxus fultoni (Scott) : J. L. Barnard, 1960b, p. 304 (with synonymy) ; 

 1964b, p. 103, fig. 18. 



Material. — goleta: Macrocystis holdfast, 3 m., rare. 



Distribution. — Northeastern Atlantic from northern British 

 Isles into Mediterranean at Naples; eastern Pacific Ocean from 

 Monterey Bay, California, to Bahia de San Crist6bal, Baja Cali- 

 fornia, 0-170 m. 



Paraphoxus heterocuspidatus J. L. Barnard 



Paraphoxus heterocuspidatus J. L. Barnard, 1960b, pp. 224-226, pis. 19, 20; 

 1964b, pp. 103-105. 



The largest specimen of this series, a female, 5.2 mm., from station 

 39-H-2, differs from the subintertidal populations of southern 

 California by the increased breadth of the fourth and fifth articles 



