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the snout more projecting than in others, and the color brown covered 

 with fine light flecks. 



All of the specimens from north of Puget Sound have the sub- and 

 interopercles naked, while in the specimens from Puget Sound these 

 bones are covered with smooth round scales. 



67. Microstomus pacificus (Lockington). 



Several specimens were taken in deep water. Specimens six or 

 seven inches in length from ofif the southern Californian coast, col- 

 lected by the "Albatross," are slenderer than specimens from Puget 

 Sound of equal size, though this difference does not exist between larger 

 specimens. 



The markings vary from clouded indistinct dark brown spots to 

 distinct rings and half-rings of dark brown, or nearly black, scat- 

 tered over the body, with smaller dark round spots scattered between 

 them and on the fins. Often there is a dark ring on the lateral line 

 near the tip of the pectoral, another at the base of the caudal, and a 

 third slightly nearer to the posterior spot than to the anterior. These 

 are often duplicated above or below the lateral line. A row of less 

 evident rings follows the base of the dorsal and anal. 



68. Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington. 



This well marked species was found in abundance in deep water. 

 There is much variation in the length of the pectoral of the eyed side 

 between specimens of corresponding size, but it always increases in 

 length with age. In specimens over four inches in length it is always 

 longer, or as long as the head. In specimens smaller than this it may be 

 longer or shorter than the head. In specimens seven or eight inches 

 in length it varies from a quarter of the length of the head longer 

 than the head to nearly twice the length of the head. 



List of Fishes Known to Occur in Puget Sound. 

 Those marked * are species referred to in the preceding notes, or 

 else seen and examined by the writer, but not otherwise noted. 



Petromyzonid.e. 



1. Entosphenus tridcutatiis (Gairdner). 



2. Lampetra cibaria (Girard). 



