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3244. Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz. 



Pacific coast, from Cape Flattery to San Diego; very abundant on 



sandy shores. 

 Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz, Am:r. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVII, May. 



1854, 367, San Francisco. 

 Mytilophagus fasciatus Gibbons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 



July, 1854, 125. San Francisco. 

 A7riphistichus heerinanni Girard, loc. cit., 135, Cape Flattery, San 



Francisco. 

 Amphistichus similis Girard, loc. cit., 153, San Francisco. 



Genus 1144. EMBIOTOCA Agassiz.. 



Embiotoca Aga.ssiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVI, 1853 (November), 386 

 (E. jacksoni Agassiz). 



3245. Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz. Black surffi^ih. 



Vancouver Island to Todos Santos Bay; abundant and variable. 

 Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVII, 1853, 387, 



and XVIII, 1854, 366, San Francisco. 

 Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 



123, San Francisco. 

 Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, loc. cit., 151, San Diego. 

 ?Embiotoca webbii Girard, loc. cit., VIII, 1855, 320, San Diego. 



Genus 1145. T.ffiNIOTOCA Alexander Agassiz. 



Holconotus Gil)bons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854 (July), 

 122 (//. agassizi Gibbons^ Embiotoca lateralis Agassiz); not Hol- 

 conotus Aga.ssiz. 



'^leniotoca Alexander Agassiz, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1861, 

 133 {Embiotoca lateralis Aga.ssiz). 



3246. Taeniotoca lateralis (.\gassiz). Striped surffish. 



Vancouver Island to Todos Santos Bay; abundant southward. 

 Embiotoca lateralis Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts., XVIII, 1854 (May), 



356, San Francisco. 

 Holconotus agassizii Gil)bons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854 



(July), 122, San Francisco. 

 Embiotoca lineata Girard, loc. cit., (Aug.), 134, San Francisco, Tomales 



Bay, Presidio. 

 Embiotoca ornata Girard, loc. cit., VII, 1855, 321, San Diego, Calif. 

 Embiotoca perspicabilis Girard, loc. cit., 321, Puget Sound. 



Genus 1146. PHANERODON Girard. 



Phanerodon Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 153 (P. 

 furcatus Girard). 



3247. Phanerodon furcatus Girard. While surffixh. 



Pacific coast from \'an(ouver Island to Todos Santos Bay; abundant 



so\ith\vard. 

 Phanerodon furcatus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 



153, Presidio, San Franci.sco, Calif. 



3248. Phanerodon atripes (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Monterey to San Diego; scarce. 



iJitrima atripes Jordan anrl Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 



320, Monterey Bay, Calif. 

 Ditrema orthonotus Kigenmann and Eigenmann, West American 



Scientist, ()ctol)er, ISSO, 127, Cortez Banks, off San Diego. 



Genus 1147. rIiACOCHILUS Agassiz. 



Rhacochilus .\gassiz, .\mer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVIII, 1854 (May), 367 



{It. toxotes .\gassiz). 

 Pachijlahrus Gil)bons, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., in Daily Placer Times 

 and Transcript, June 21, 1854 {P. variegatus G'\\)bon^ — R. toxoles 

 Agas.MZ). 



3249. Rhacochilus toxotes Agassiz. Bigmouth surffish; Alfione. 



Rhachochilus toxoles Aga.ssiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVIII, 1854 (May), 



367, San Francisco. 

 Pachijlahrus varieqatas Gibbons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 



1854 (July), 126, San Francisco. 



