478 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Family CCII. CBRDALID-SI. 



Genus 897. CERDALE Jordan & Gilbert. 



Venule Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881,332 (ionthas). 



2734. Cerdale ionthas Jordan & Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Cerdale ionthas Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 332, Panama. 



Genus 898. MICRODESMTJS Giinther. 



Microdesmus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 26 {dijms). 



2735. Microdesmus dipus Giinther. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America. 



Mkrodesmns dipus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., January 26, 1864, 4, pi. 3, 

 lig. 2, Central America. 



2736. Microdesmus retropinnis Jordan & Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Microdesmus retropinnis Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1881, 331, Panama. 



Family CCIII. PTILICHTHYIDiE. The Quill-Fishes. 



Genus 899. PTILICHTHYS Bean. 



Ftilichthi/s Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 157 (goodei). 



2737. Ptilichthys goodei Bean. 



Aleutian Islands. 



rtilicUhiix (joodei Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 157, Port Levasheflf, 

 Uuaiaska. 



Group OPHIDIOIDEI. The Eel-Pouts. 



Family CCIV ZOARCIDAE. 



Genus 900. ZOARCES Cuvier. 



Zoarces Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, ii, 240, 1829 (viviparus). 



Subgenus MACBOZOARCES. 



Macrozoarces Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. 1863,258 (avguiUaris). 



2738. Zoarces anguillaris (Peck). 



Delaware to Labrador; rather common northward. 



Blennius anguillaris Peck, Mem. Amer. Ac. Sci., ii, 1804, 46, New Hampshire. 



Genus 901 . LYCOEOPSIS Collett. 



Lycodopsis Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879, 381 {pacificua). 



2739. Lycodopsis pacificus Collett. 



San Francisco to Puget Sound. 



Lycodes {Lgcodopsis) pacificus Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879, 381, said 

 to be from Japan ; doubtless an error. 



2740. Lycodopsis crotalinus Gilbert. 



Northern Paoitic and ofi' Santa Barbara Islands. 



Lycodopsis crotalinus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 105, off Santa Bar- 

 bara Islands, at Albatross Station 2980, in 603 fathoms. 



2741. Lycodopsis crassilabris Gilbert. 



Coast of southern California. 



Lycodopsis crassilabris Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 106, off southern 

 California, at Albatross Station 2839. 



Genus 902. APRODON Gilbert. 



Aprodon Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 106 {corteziana). 



2742. Aprodon corteziana Gilbert. 



Cortez Banks, near San Diego, California. 



Aprodon corteziana Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 107, Cortez Banks, off 

 Sau Diego, at Albatross Stations 2935 and 2948, m 339 and 266 fathoms. 



