ZOOLOGY. 



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33. ANARRHICHTHYS FELIS, Grd. 

 Plate XXVa, figs. 1-3. — General Report upon Fishes. 



Profile of head uniformly convex. Eye large and circular. Mouth deeply cleft; posterior 

 extremity of maxillary bone extending to a vertical line drawn across the posterior rim of the 

 orbit. Origin of dorsal fin situated anteriorly to the base of the pectorals. Caudal fin lanceo- 

 lated ; head and body mottled with light ashy grey and dark olive green, disposed in irregular 

 circles, lines, and blotches, which extend also to the dorsal fins. 



Might, very properly, be called " Californian Wolf Fish." 



List of specimens. 



X. FAMILY GOBIDAE. 



34. GOBIUS LEPLDUS, Grd. 

 Plate XXVa, figs. 5 and 6. — General Report upon Fishes. 



Body elongated, slender, and very compressed. Head sub-conical ; jaws equal ; gape of mouth 

 oblique ; posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn back of the pupil. 

 Interocular space narrow. Reddish brown ; fins blackish. 



This is one of the "Goby" tribe, heretofore unnoticed. 



List of specimens. 



XI FAMILY CYCLOPTERIDJE. 



35. CYCLOGASTER PULCHELLUS, Grd. 



General Report upon Fishes. 



Snout bluntly rounded ; posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn 

 in advance of the pupil. Inferior edge of pectoral fins falciform. Origin of dorsal fin placed 

 somewhat posteriorly to the upper edge of the base of the pectorals. Anterior margin of the 

 anal situated nearer the extremity of the snout than the tip of the caudal. Light olive brown 

 above, with longitudinal waving lines of darker brown ; abdomen and throat whitish ; sides 

 exhibiting white dots. 



Improperly called "Sucking Fish." 



