154 XRIGLID.E, 



Two dorsals, contiguous at the base, the first much shorter than the 

 second, and elevated anteriorly ; no pectoral appendages ; ventrals 

 thoracic, elongate. VUliform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and 

 the palatine bones. Branchiostegals five. 

 Pacific coasts of the United States. 



1. Nautichthys oculo-fasciatus. 



Blepsias oculo-fasciatus, Gtrnrd, Proc. Ac. Nat. 8c. Philad. 1857, p. 202. 

 Nautiehtlij's oculo-fasciatus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. 

 Fislies, p. 75. 



B. 5. D. 9 I 27. A. 19. V. 1/3. 



The three anterior dorsal spines filiform, the posterior rays of the 

 dorsal and anal fins extending beyond the root of the caudal, the 

 ventrals beyond the vent. A black band across the eye and cheeks. 

 {Qir.) 



Fort SteUacoom, Puget's Sound. 



31. SCOIlP.aENICHTHYS. 



Scorpfenichthys, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phi/ad. 1854, p. 131 (not 

 Bleek.). 



Head not depressed, the upper siu'face bony, corrugated, with 

 skinny flaps. No groove on the crown. Scales none. Two dorsals, 

 the second rather more developed than the fii'st ; the ventrals tho- 

 racic, not enveloped in a thick skin : no pectoral appendages. VilU- 

 form teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and the palatine bones. Six 

 branchiostegals. 



Coast of California. 



1. Scorpsenichthys marmoratus. 



Scorpsenichthys marmoratus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, 

 pp. 1.31, 145, and 1856, p. 133, and U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes. 

 p. 64. pi. 16. f. 1. 



Hemitripterus marmoratus, At/res, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1854, p. 4. 



B. 6. D. 11 I 19. A. 13. V. 1/5. 



Skinny appendages above the orbit, on the snout, and at the pos- 

 terior extremity of the maxillary bones. Praeoperculum with two 

 moderate spines. Brown, marbled with black. (Gir.) 



Coast of California. 



32. COTTUS*. 



Cottus, sp., Artedi, Genera, p. 48. 



Cottus, Cm. ^ Val. iv. p. 142. 



Cottus et Phobetor, Kroyer, Naturhist. Tidsskr. i. 1844, p. 263. 



* 1. Cottus platycephalus, Pall. Zoogr. p. 135 ; Cuv. S( Val. iv. p. 177. — Kam- 

 tschatka. 



2. mertensii, Cuv. &{ Val. viii. p. 496. — Kamtschatka. 



3. 



