FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 799 
ing investigation we may adopt the subspecific name da//z 
for the Puget Sound form of this species. 
51. Sebastodes maliger (Jordan & Gilbert). 
Found by Jordan & Gilbert to be a common species 
in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Reaches a weight of 6 
pounds. Not taken by us. 
52. Sebastodes nebulosus (Ayres). Rock Cop. 
Rather common. No specimens taken by us. 
53- Sebastodes nigrocinctus (Ayres). 
This peculiarly marked rock fish was found by Jordan 
& Gilbert to be common in the entrance to the Straits of 
Juan de Fuca, in deep water. No specimens obtained in 
Puget Sound. 
' Family HEXAGRAMMIDE. 
54. Hexagrammus decagrammus (Pallas). 
Said to be quite common, but less abundant than //ex- 
agrammus asper. Not taken by us. 
55. Hexagrammus ordinatus (Cope). 
Taken at Port Angeles, on the south shore of the Straits 
of Juan de Fuca, by the Albatross. Not seen by us. 
56. Hexagrammus asper Steller. Hexagrammus super- 
ciliosus (Pallas). 
Not abundant and not taken by us. 
57. Hexagrammus hexagrammus (Pallas). STARLING. 
Abundant everywhere in Puget Sound. It lives about 
rocky places, and is taken in large numbers with hook 
and line and nets. It reaches a length of about 16 inches 
and a weight of 2 or 3 pounds. It isa food fish of fair 
quality, but inferior to the species of Sebastodes. This 
is the southern limit of this species. Several specimens 
were obtained by us. 
