FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 787 
the kindly interest of Messrs. Goodall & Perkins, repre- 
senting the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. 
The following species are here described as new to 
science, the types of all of them being deposited in the 
Museum of the Leland Stanford Junior University as 
gifts from the Hopkins Laboratory or from the Young 
Naturalists’ Society of Seattle. The new genera are in- 
dicated in full-face type. 
Ruscarius meanyi. No. 3127. 
Oligocottus embryum. No. 3128. 
Gilbertina sigalutes. No. 3129. 
Averruncus emmelane. No. 3135. 
Xystes axinophrys. No. 3130. 
Lethotremus vinolentus. No. 3131. 
Neoliparis flore. No. 3019, 3133. 
Liparis dennyi. No. 3703. 
Bryostemma nugator. No. 3134. 
Xiphistes ulve. No. 3132. 
Besides these species, the following additional new 
species are described from other localities: 
Zalarges nimbarius. No. 3125. Open sea. 
Hexagrammus otakii. Tokio, Japan. 
Podothecus veternus. Robin Island, Alaska. 
Podothecus accipiter. Robin Island, Alaska. 
The following additional generic names are here used 
for the first time: 
Astrolytes, Pallasina, Stelgis, Quietula, Ronquilus and 
Xererpes. 
The fish fauna of Puget Sound marks a transition from 
the California fauna characterized by the abundance of 
Scorpenide, Embiotocide, etc., to that of Alaska, in 
which Cotttde, Agonide and the Arctic types of Blennzes 
are dominant. Here both classes occur, though less abun- 
dant than in their respective regions. . The present col- 
lection is chiefly from depths greater than those reached 
by Jordan and Gilbert, who collected largely in Puget 
