FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 789 
Family SQUALID. 
7. Squalus sucklii (Girard). Doc-risu. 
Exceedingly abundant. Taken in great numbers with 
set lines. It is valued for the oil extracted from its liver. 
Family RAJIDA. 
8. Raja rhina Jordan & Gilbert. 
Not uncommon; reaches a length of 32 inches. Not 
taken by us. 
g. Raja binoculata (Girard). Common Skate; Ray. 
Common on sandy shores. Reaches a length of 6 feet 
and a weight of over 60 pounds. One small speci- 
men obtained, very prettily marked with large ocellated 
spot on the base of pectorals, which fades in the adult. 
Several of the egg cases of this species were dredged 
from deep water, where they lie apparently unprotected 
on the sandy bottom. 
Family CHIMARID. 
10. Hydrolagus colliai (Lay & Bennett). RAtT-FIsH. 
Numerous specimens taken on sandy beaches at night 
with a seine, where they were attracted by a camp-fire. 
It reaches a length of 2% feet. 
Family ACIPENSERID. 
11. Acipenser transmontanus Richardson. WHITE 
STURGEON. 
Common; running up the rivers in the spring. It 
reaches a length of 15 feet and a weight of 300 to 400 
pounds. Used largely as food, although its flesh is 
coarse. Not taken by us. 
12. Acipenser medirostris Ayres. GREEN STURGEON. 
Not common. Reaches a large size, but is not used 
as food. Not taken by us. 
