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the anterior margin of the soft dorsal. Ground color uniform brownish violet. An occipito-ocular vitta of deep purplish 

 violet. Two other vit^ of the same hue extend, one from the postero-inferior rim of the orbit, the other from the anterior 

 rim, obliquely backwards across the cheeks and opercular apparatus. 



Syn. — Apodichlhys violaceus, Ged. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 150. 



Ckbidichthys crhiagalli, Ayres, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. So. I, 1855,58; pi. I, figs. 1-3. 

 Cebidkhthys violaceous, Grd Gen. Kep. Fishes, 121. 



Two immature individuals were obtained at Steilacoom, Puget Sound. 



LUMPENUS ANGUILLARIS, Grd. 



£el-shaped Ijnmpenns. 



Plate XXV h, Figs. 1-3. 



Sr. Ch. — Head slender, continuous with tlie outline of the body. Gape of mouth slightly oblique. Posterior extremity 

 of maxillar bone extending to a vertical line drawn midway between the anterior rim of the orbit and the pupil. Origin of 

 dorsal fln situated opposite the base of the pectorals. Pectorals and caudal spear-shaped ; greenish olive, upper regions 

 maculated. Caudal fin transversely barred. 



Syn. — Blennim anguUlaris , Pall. Zoogr. Ross. Asiat. Ill, 1831, 176. 



GunmUus onguiUark, Cuv. & Val. His. Nat. Poiss. XI, 1836, 437.— Storee, Synops. 1846, 121. 

 Leptogunnellus gracilis, Atees, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855.26. 

 Lumpenus anguUlaris, Grd. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 123. 



A single specimen was obtained fi"om Bellingliam bay. No notes were made concerning it. 



PORICHTHYS NOTATUS, Grd. 



Porous Catfish. 



Plate XXV. 



Sp. Ch. — Upper surface of bead quite flat. An acute preopercular spine stretching across the opercle. Posterior extremity 

 of maxillar boue extending to a vertical line drawn posteriorly to the orbit. Four series of pores on either side of the body. 

 A subgular and an abdominal series, as also several of these on the sides of the head. Upper regions dark bluish violet ; 

 Bides and belly silvery gray. A sub-crescentic streak beneath the eye. 



Syn.— Porichthys nolatia, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 141 and 151 — Ibid. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 134. 



An individual of this species is found in our collection made at Fort Steilacoom, Puget 

 Sound. No notes, however, were made concerning it. Frequently isolated specimens already 

 dead were sent to us by friends at a distance, so that the study of their habits during life was 

 impossible. 



MORRHUA? 



Puget Sound Cod. 



The Ko-pd-la of the Nisquallies, (Gibbs ) 



A small codfish is quite common in Puget Sound. Near Fort Steilacoom they are taken rather 

 abundantly between May and mid-summer, at which season they repair to the more shallow 

 water, and are easily speared by the natives. Although scarcely exceeding four or five pounds 

 in average weight, they are, for the table, equal to those taken on the Atlantic coast. Some 

 which we salted and dried in the ordinary manner were excellent, and Avhen cooked were 

 preferred to the salt cod purchased in the shops. Mr. Gibbs informs me that cod are taken at 

 Port Townsend as early as the middle of March. 



