2. OPHIODON. 93 



the body and on the sides of the head ; pectorals densely dotted with 

 black. A flap above each orbit. Palatine and vomerine teeth. (Gir.) 



West coast of North America. 



Chirus guttatus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 132, 

 or CJi 'ropsis guimtus, Gir., U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 44, 

 pi. 20. f. 5-8, appears to be closely allied to, or identical with, the 

 above species. It is also possible that this species is the same as 

 Lahrax decagrammus, Pall., or Chirus denarius, Eich., both species 

 being founded on dried skins, in which the tentacle above the orbit 

 may have been overlooked. 



7. Chirus nebulosus. 



Cii ropsis nebulosus, Girard, U. S. Pacif . R. R. Exped, Fishes, p. 46. 



B. 7. D. 28 I 19. A. 25. 



Caudal subconcave posteiiorly ; the lower portion of the cheeks 



and the opercidar apparatus scaleless ; base of the anal longer than 



of the soft dorsal. Above black, beneath olive. Five lateral Hues 



on each side. {Gir.) 



Fort Steilacoom, Puget's Sound. 



8. Chirus pictus. 



Chirus pictus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 132. 

 Grystes lineatus, Ayres, Proc. CaUf. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. p. 9. 

 Chiropsis pictus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 43. 

 pi. 20. f. 1^. 



B. 6. D. 19 1 23. A. 21. 



Caudal fin subtruncated posteriorly. Scales of more uniform 

 size than in Ch. constellatus. Dark brown, with numerous vermUion 

 spots, bordered with black, on the sides and the lower fins. Palatine 

 and vomerine teeth : a skinny flap above each orbit ; scales ctenoid. 

 {Gir.) 



Coast of California. 



2. OPHIODON. 



Opbiodon, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 133. 

 Oplopoma, Girard, I. c. 1856, p. 135. 



Body and head elongate and slightly compressed, covered with 

 very small cycloid scales. Praeoperculum slightly armed. Two 

 dorsals, more or less contiguous, the first with more than twenty 

 spines; anal elongate; ventrals thoracic. Teeth in the jaws, on 

 the vomer, and the palatine bones. Six branchiostegals. 



Coasts of CaHfomia. 



1. Ophiodon pantheriuus. 



Oplopoma pantherina (qucere Hoplopoma pantherinum), Girard, I. c, 

 • and U. S Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 46. pi. la f. 1-3. 



D.24|±. A. 22. V.1/5. 



The dorsal fins united at, the base only; a small skinny flap 



