FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 841 
Family GOBIESOCID. 
108. Caularchus mezandricus (Girard). 
Very abundant under the rocks between tide marks. 
It feeds on small shells and crustacea. <A large number 
of specimens obtained at Neah Bay and in the vicinity of 
Seattle; the largest 4% inches in length; said to reach a 
length of 6 inches. 
Specimens from Neah Bay varied from light olive to 
bright cherry-red. 
This species has 13 + 19 = 32 vertebra. The species 
referred to Gobzesox have, so far as known, 10 -+ 16 = 26. 
This increased number, associated with its northern dis- 
tribution, may define the genus Caularchus. 
Family XIPHIDIONTIDE. 
10g. Bryostemma polyactocephalum (Pallas). 
This species has been referred to the genus Chirolophis 
(Blenniops). It, however, differs from the latter in the 
entire absence of the true or median lateral line, and may 
be made the type of a distinct genus, for which we sug- 
gest the name of Lryostemma. In Bryostemma, as in 
Chirolophis, there is a short series of large pores above 
the pectoral. 
The following is a description of our specimen from 
Seattle: 
itedaeo a seepin os Dy Eos An 61> P14. Vit, 3: 
Fifteen pores above pectoral. 
Body elongate, much compressed, covered with small, 
smooth, imbedded scales. Head very short, blunt in pro- 
file; mouth short, terminal; lower jaw heavy, projecting, 
its lip with two small cirri; teeth subequal, small, blunt- 
ish, close set, in one row in each jaw; eyes 4 in head, 
near together; snout 4; supraorbital cirri, 2% in head; 
interorbital space with two large superciliary cirri; top 
