The Greenlings 



Aleutian Islands and westward to Kamchatka. It is abundant 

 about Unalaska, and is a good food-fish. 



H. stelleri, the common greenling, ranges from Kamchatka 

 to San Francisco. It is abundant about Victoria and in Puget 



Sound, where it is caught in considerable numbers. 



H. super ciliosus, the red rock-trout, occurs from Bering 





Island to Monterey Bay. It is most common southward. 



The remaining species is H. lagocephahis, known only from 

 Bering Sea. 



The genus Ophidion, which may be distinguished from the 

 2 preceding genera by its single lateral line, contains but one 

 species. This is O. elongatiis, known as the cultus cod, blue 

 cod, or buffalo cod. The cultus cod is a large, coarse llsh, the 



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