[bean- weed] collection OF FISHES 71 



Family EMBIOTOCID^ 



Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons 



One byW. Spreadborough specimen, 65 mm. long, taken in Depar- 

 ture Bay, Sept., 1908. 



Damalichthys argyrosomus Girard 



Fourteen specimens, about 60 mm. long, taken from "Pirch" at 

 Ucluelet, June, 1909 by Young and Spreadborough ; as shown in the 

 figure (Plate I) there is no pigment developed and the interradial 

 membranes of the vertical fins are extended as large flaps which may 

 have been of use as accessory breathing organs during fetal existence. 



Taenitoca lateralis (Agassiz) 



One specimen, 95 mm. long, from Departure Bay, June 1908. 



Six specimens, 80 mm. long, caught in crab trap at Ucluelet, 

 June, 1909. Young and Spreadborough. 



This is evidently the fish called Emhiotoca ornata by Girard, and 

 placed in the synonymy of Tœniotoca lateralis, by Dr. Jordan. 



Family SCORP^NID^ 



Sebastodes maliger (Jordan and Gilbert) 



One young specimen, 54 mm. long, another example about 100 

 mm. long, caught in crab trap, July, 1909, near Ucluelet. Young and 

 Spreadborough. Labelled "Sea Bass." 



Family HEXAGRAM M I D.E 



Hexagrammos DECAGRAMMUS (Pallas) 



One specimen, 8 inches long, labelled "Rock Cod," was obtained 

 by C. H. Young, summer of 1909, at Ucluelet, Vancouver Island. 



Family COTTID^ 

 JoRDANiA ZONOPE Starks 



One female ( ?) specimen of this rare species was obtained at 

 Ucluelet, at low tide, June, 1909, by Young and Spreadborough. 

 Length 82 mm. 



