2. opnioDON. 93 



the body and on the sides of the head ; pectorals densely dotted with 

 black. A flap above each orbit. Palatine and vomerine teeth. (Gii-.) 



West coast of North America. 



Chirus guttatus, Gii'ard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 132, 

 or Chiropsis r/uttatus, Gir., U. S. Pacif. E.. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 44, 

 pi. 20. f. 5-8, appears to be closely allied to, or identical with, the 

 above species. It is also possible that this species is the same as 

 Lahrax decagrammus, PaU., or Chirus denarius, Eich., both species 

 being founded on di-ied skins, in which the tentacle above the orbit 

 may have been overlooked. 



7. Chirus nebiilosus, 



Chiropsis nebiilosus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 45. 



B. 7. D. 28 I 19. A. 25. 



Caudal subconcave posteriorly ; the lower portion of tlie cheeks 



and the opercular apparatus scaleless ; base of the anal longer than 



of the soft dorsal. Above black, beneath ohve. Five lateral lines 



on each side. (Gir.) 



Fort Steilacoom, Puget's Sound. 



8. Chirus pictus. 



Chirus pictus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 132. 

 Grystes lineatus, Ai/res, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. p. 9. 

 Chu-opsis pictus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 43. 

 pi. 20. f. 1-4. 



B. 6. D. 19 I 23. A. 21. 



Caudal fin subtruncated posteriorly. Scales of more uniform 

 size than in Ch. constellatus. Dark brown, -with numerous vermihon 

 spots, bordered with black, on the sides and the lower fins. Palatine 

 and vomerine teeth ; a skinnj- flap above each orbit ; scales ctenoid. 

 (Gir.) 



Coast of California. 



2. OPHIODON. 



Ophiodon, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 133. 

 Oplopoma, Girard, I. c. 1856, p. 135. 



Body and head elongate and slightly compressed, covered Avith 

 very small cycloid scales. Praeoperculum shghtly armed. Two 

 dorsals, more or less contiguous, the first with more than twenty 

 spines; anal elongate; vcntrals thoracic. Teeth in the jaws, on 

 the vomer, and the palatine bones. Six branchiostegals. 



Coasts of California. 



1. Ophiodon pantherinus. 



Oplopoma pantheriua ((jiiare Iloplopoma pautherinum), Girard, I. c, 

 and U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 46. pi. 18. f. 1-3. 



D. 24|^. A. 22. y. 1/5. 

 The doi-sal fins united at the base only ; a small skinny flap 



