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ZOOLOGY. 



List of specimens. 



XII.— FAMILY OPHIDID^E. 



36. AMMODYTES PERSONNATUS, Grd. 

 General Beporl upon Fishes. 



Head constituting about the fifth of the total length ; posterior extremity of maxillary 

 extending to the anterior rim of the orbit. Eyes rather large. Origin of dorsal fin situated in 

 advance of the extremities of the pectoral fins ; the caudal fin is posteriorly subcrescentic. 

 Color, greyish brown above, silvery beneath ; base of caudal black. 



A kind of " Sand Launce." 



List of specimens. 



XIII. FAMILY GADID^E. 



37. MORRHUA PROXIMA, Grd. 

 Plate XLa, figs. 5-8. — General Beport upon Fishes. 



Snout subcorneal, thickish ; upper jaw protruding beyond the lower one. Posterior extrem- 

 ity of the maxillary extending to a vertical line, which would intersect the pupil. Dorsal and 

 anal fins all distinct from one another. Anterior anal longer than the second dorsal. Caudal 

 fin posteriorly subtruncated. Color, yellowish-ash or brown above ; sides and belly silvery- 

 white. 



A true "cod fish," the only one as yet observed in California and Oregon. 



List of specimens. 



