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44. Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons. SHINER. 
The most abundant species of the group. It is small 
in size and is only used for bait. Several specimens 
taken. 
Family SCORPAENID. 
45. Sebastodes melanops (Girard). ‘‘Buacx Bass.”’ 
Abundant in Puget Sound and a food fish of value. 
46. Sebastodes mystinus (Jordan & Gilbert). Priest 
FisuH. 
Scarce, but more common farther south. No speci- 
mens taken by us. 
47. Sebastodes pinniger (Gill). Rep Rock Cop. 
Abundant in rather deep water. Not taken by us. 
48. Sebastodes ruberrimus Cramer. Rep Rock FisuH; 
TAMBOR. 
Taken with hook and line in some abundance in Puget 
Sound. 
49. Sebastodes caurinus (Richardson). 
Very common; brought into the market in abundance. 
This species has not been found south of Puget Sound, 
being replaced southward by the very closely allied Se- 
bastodes vexillarts. Several specimens obtained by us in 
the seine. 
50. Sebastodes auriculatus dalli (Eigenmann & Beeson). 
Common; a shallow water species. Many specimens 
taken with aseine. The specimens of Sebastodes auricu- 
/atus from Puget Sound are very dark in color, and about 
half of them lack the coronal spines which are especially 
characteristic of Sebastodes aurzculatus on the coast of 
California. The name dad/z seems to have been given to 
a specimen of this type taken at San Francisco. Pend- 
