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 COTTID^. 



LEPTOCOTTUS ARMATUS, Gir. [No. 12963]. 



Lexitocottus annatus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1854, 131-145 j viii, 1856, 

 133 ; P. R. R. Report, x, 1858, Fishes, 60, pi. 15, f . 2. 



Acanthocottus inermis, Ayres. 



Centridermichthijs arnintus, Gunther, Cat. Fishes, ii, 1860, 171. 



Locality: Mare Island, Cal. 



Gilnther queries Girard's statement that the end of the upper maxil- 

 lary bone extends beyond the vertical from the posterior margin of the 

 orbit. In our six specimens from Mare Island, varying in length from 

 3.50 to 5 inches, it reaches in every example either to or beyond the 

 vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit. We find nothing want- 

 ing to complete Girard's excellent description of this fish. 



SCOEPJENID^. 



SEBASTOMUS AURICULATUS, {Gir.) Gill [No. 12964]. 



Sehastes auriculatus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 131 ; P. R. R. Report 

 X, 18.58, Fishes, p. 80.— Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., ii, 1853, 218, f.68; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 394, fig. 



Sehastes ruber, var. parvus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., i, 1854, 7. 



Sebastichthys auriculatus. Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 278. 



Sebastomus auriculatus, Gill, MSS. 

 Locality: San Francisco, Cal. Caught at the wharves of Mission 



Bay. 



LABRID^. 



PIMELOMETOPON PULCHER, (Ayres) Gill [No. 17551]. 



Ldbruspulcher, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., i, 1854, v. 3; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 



Hist., V, 1854, 101. 

 Semicoss\jsph%is pulcher, Gunther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., series iii, viii, 1861, 384; 



Cat. Fishes, iv, 1862, 99.— Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 330. 

 Pimelometopon pulcher, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 58. 



Locality : Pacific coast of Lower California. 



D. i|. A. ^2- L. lat. 58. 



Height of the body equals the length of the hiead, and is contained 

 not quite four times in the total length. Height of the head equals its 

 length. But three large anterior canine teeth in each jaw (probably 



