PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. (V6 



Family GOBIESOCIDyl^:. 



214. Gobiesox rcticulatus (Grd.) .J. & G.—Suchng-jlfili. 



From IMontercy noitlnvarJ to Puget SoutkI ; not noticed .southward ; 

 very abuudaut at Point Pinos, and about Cai)c Flattery, where it lives 

 among the rocks between tide-marks. Its motions in the water are 

 active, but it is usually found clinging to stones. It I'eeds on small 

 shells and Crustacea, and reaches a length of 5 to (> inches. 



215. Gobiesox rhessodou liosa Smitli Mss. 



Under rocks at Point Loma, near San Diego; locally rather al)undant. 



Family BLENNIID^. 



216. Hypleurochiliis gentilis (Grd.) Gill. 



From Santa Barbara southward : not rare in rock-pools between tide- 

 marks, among algae, it reaches a length of 5 inches. 



217. Neoclinus blaiicliardi Grd. 



Frc.Ji Monterey southward, in the kei[) ; taken occasionally with hook 

 .and line Feeds chiefly on Crustacea. It reaches a length of 7 to 8 

 inches. Seen by us at Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. 



210. Neoclinus satiricus Girard. 



Monterey southward; rare. Seen by us at Monterey, only. It reaches 

 a length of a foot, and lives in the kelp. 



219. Heterostichus lostratus Grd. — Kdp-jWn. 



From Monterey southward; not rare in the kelp south of Point Con- 

 cepcion. Taken with hook and occasionally with seines. It feeds on 

 (Crustacea, etc. It reaches a length of about 15 inches. It is sometimes 

 brought to market with other fish, but no special notice is taken of it. 



220. Gibbonsia elegans Cooper. 



Fiom Monterey southward ; abundant everywhere in kelp and rock ■ 

 pools. It reaches a length of 8 inches, and is not noticed by the fisher- 

 men. 



221. Creiiuiobates integripinnis Rosa Smith. 



San Diego to Mazatlan; the specimens from our coast found in rock- 

 pools near La Jolla, 12 miles north of San Diego, among algre between 



tide-marks. Length 2r} inches. 



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222. Mur^noides ornatus (Grd.) Gill.— £e/. 



San Francisco northward; abimdant in Puget Sound. Found in rock- 

 pools in sheltered places and sometimes taken in seines. It reaches a 

 length of a foot. It is not considered a food-fish. The form called 21. 

 Icetus is considerably more abundant than the typical ornatus. They two 

 differ only in the form of the dorsal blotches and are, iDrobably, not dis- 

 tinct species. 



