37<' Fl.All'ISMHS (HI'/IKKOSOMATA) 



tUll-ialifis lallRT short, pointed , lo or ii on lower part of anterior arcli. Scales 

 imperfectly inibncateil. strongly ctenoid on both sides of body, those on head nearly 

 tubcrculate . 70 to 8() scales in a longitudinal series above lateral line. Lateral line 

 with a low curve above the pectoral fin : a siipratemporal branch, with short posterior 

 prolongation, extending to t>elow tenth ray of dorsal fin. Dorsal 68-76 ; origin above 

 middle of eye ; all the rays scaled, highest less than J length of head. Anal 50-57 ; 

 first interh;rmal spine projecting in front of fin. Length of pectoral of ocular side 

 about i thatof lieail. I'elvics \vith6rays. Caudal with 18 or 19 rays (12 or 13 branched), 

 truncate : caudal peduncle about as long as deep or longer than deep. Vertebra; 

 41. Olive brown, vaguely clouded with paler and darker ; a few black blotche.s on 

 ocular side ; median fins with faint black bars. 



'I'vrii. — I'nited States National Museum. No. 27266. 



Distribution. — Puget Sound. 



This species was originally described from 4 examples taken bv Dr Jordan at 

 Seattle in 1880. In 1926, 3 more specimens were collected by Mr. VilladoUd, 2 from 

 the fish-market at Seattle and i from Holmes Harbour, Puget Sound. 



(,enus 27. PLATICHTHYS. 



Passer {mm Brisson. 1700), [(Klein) \V.iIb.ium. I7'j2, Artedi Iclith., (3), ed. 2, p. 582]. 



PlaticUhys, Girard, 1H56, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Philad.. vii. (1854), p. 139 [Platuhlhv. n,i:"uis. 



Girard] ; Norman. 1935, Ann. Mag. .\at. Hist., (10) xi, p. 222. 

 I'Usus. Moreau. 1881, Hist. Xat. f'uiss. France, iii, p. 2'|8 [PU-urom-ch-s flesu^, l.inna'usj. 

 Knnius, Jordan and Snvder. ifiui. Proc. U.S. Nal. Mus.. x.xiii, p. 379 [PUunmcctcs scultfcr, 

 Steindachner]. 



Close to Liopsetla. but with obtu.sely conical or somewhat incisor-like teeth, not 

 usually forming a continuous cutting edge. Lower pharyngeals massive, broad, their 

 width 2j to 3^ in length, approximated for at least ^ their length, each with several 

 rows of obtusely conical or molariform teeth. Scales similar in both sexes, cycloid, 

 embedded in the skin ; largely replaced by bony tubercles or rugose plates. 



Three species from Arctic and temperate seas. 



Synopsis of thk Spkciks and Subspecies. 

 I. Body with a varying number of small bony tubercles; nearly always a 

 series at bases of dorsal an<l anal fins; dorsal 52-67, anal 3<>-46 

 t Pl.^tichthys . 

 .\. Kmbedded cycloid scales present all over body between tubercles ; 



dorsal and anal without distinct dark bars .... i.//c.s»,<. 



I- 9 to 13 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch . jiectoral ij to 2r 

 in head ; postocular ridge generally ending in a rounded promi- 

 nence ; no tubercles on rays of dorsal and anal . \a ftesus flc.sns 



2. 8 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch : pectoral i* to 2 in head ; 



postocular ridge ending m a shar|) ])rominence ; no tubercles on 



rays of dorsal and anal . . . . . li. flesus ilalkus. 



3. 8 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arc h ; pectoral 1 5 to I J in head ; 



postocular ridge ending in a sharp prominence ; usually some 

 tubercles on middle rays of dorsal and anal . . ic. flesus lusciis. 



1.1 Kmbedded cycloid scales present only on hinder part of body ; dorsal 



and anal each with 4 or 5 distinct dark bars . . . .2. sttilatiis. 



11 Body with rugose bony plates, but few rounded tubercles; no series of 

 tubercles at bases of dorsal and anal fins ; dorsal 63-74, <inal 47-55 

 K.-\KKius ......... J biciiloralns. 



