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110. Roncador .stearnsi (Steiud.) J. & Gr. — Roncaduv ; Croaker. 



From Santa Barbara soiitliward; ;j;enerally abuudaut ou sandy shores, 

 ill rather deeper water than the Umhrina. Takeu chielly in the gill- 

 nets. It feeds mostly on crnstacea, and spawns in July. It reaches a 

 length of abont 2 feet and a weight of 5 or ponnds. It is considered 

 a good food-fisli. 



111. Corviua saturna (Grd.) (rthr. — Red lionoador ; Black Roncador. 



From Santa Barbara southward ; in similar situations with the pre- 

 ceding, but less abundant. It reaches a length of IG to 18 inches and a 

 weight of 3 pounds. Like the Menticirrus it is less attractive in color 

 than Umhrina and IConcador, but is probably similar in tlesh. 



112. Genyonenius lineatus (Ayiv.s) GilJ. — LUlle Buss; Little Roticador. 



From San Francisco southward; not common in winter, but exces- 

 sively abundant in summer, especially froul Santa Barbara northward. 

 It lives between the shore and the kelp, and is taken with hook and line 

 at the border of the kelp, and also in great numbers in seines. Its food 

 is chiefly Crustacea. It reaches a length of less than a foot and a weight 

 of nearly a pound. It is rather soft, and not much valued as *bod, al- 

 though excellent when fresh. Man^^ are dried by the Chinese. 



Family EMBIOTOCID.E. 



(Perch; SiirJ'-Jhli.) 



The flshes of this family are exceedingly abundant along our entire 

 I'acilic coast, the centre of distribution being from Santa Barbara to 

 San Francisco. They all go by the general name of perch, and the fish- 

 ermen rarely make any distinction of the species. All are ovoviviparons, 

 luinging forth their young, 15 to 20 at a time, in spring or early sum- 

 mer. The young are then li to 2J inches in length, and perfectlj^ able 

 to take care of themselveSr At birth they closely resemble the adult fish, 

 but are redder, more compressed, and with higher tins. The flesh of the 

 Emi;iotocoids is very similar in all the species, being flavorless and poor. 



113. Rhacochiiiis toxotes Agassi/,. — Aljloiie ; Sprat; Ferch. 



San Pedro to San Francisco; rather common, esi)ecially about Soquel. 

 Like the other species of the family, it feeds oh crnstacea and small tish. 

 This species is the largest of the family, reaching a weight of 4 pounds, 

 and is considered the best of this very inferior group. 



114. Danialichthys argyro.soiiiu.s (Giiard) J. & (L — ll'ltiie Percli. 



From San Pedro to Puget Sound ; generally common and exceed- 

 ingly abundant in Puget Sound ; next to JHtrema lateraU and Micro- 

 )tietrus aggregatus^ the species most numerous in individuals on the 

 coast. It is considered as, next to the ])receding, the best of the Em- 

 biotoclda; and n^achos a weight of 2 pounds. 



Proc. Xat. Mus. 81 1 Aprii S30, 1881. 



