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fifteen examples of various sizes taken at the "mussel beds" on Point 



Loma, near San Diego. These are numbered ? in the museum col - 



lection. It inhabits cup-shaped pools in the rocks between tide- marks 

 lurking in the Coralliaa, and may be caught at low tide. Its quick 

 movements when alarmed render this, however, a matter of some difitt- 

 culty. 



14. Scorpaenichthys marmoratus Grd. 

 Occasionally taken in the kelp. 



SCORP^NID^. 



15. Sebastapistes guttatus (Ginird) Gill. 

 i!^ot uncommon. 



16. Sebastichtliys atrovirens Jor. & Gilb. MSS. 

 Occasionally taken in the kelp. 



LATILID^. 



17. Caulolatilus princeps (Jeuyns) Gilb. 

 Common in the kelp. 



SCOMBRIDiE. 



18. Sarda cMlensia (C. & V.) J. & G. 

 Abundant off shore in the fall. 



PERCID^. 



19. Paralabrax clathratus Grd, 

 Frequent. 



20. Paralabrax maculofasciatus (Steindachner) Gill. 

 Common in the bay. 



21. Stereolepis gigas Ayres. 



Occasionally taken off the coast. 



SPARID^. 



22. Girella nigricans (Ayres) Gill. 



The young common in the rock-pools. 



