FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 843 
cirri, except in one specimen in which the cheeks are cov- 
ered with cirri densely matted. Evidently the species is 
very variable. 
110. Bryostemma nugator Jordan and Williams, n. sp. 
Plate: ci. 
Head 5%; depth 5%; dorsal LIV; anal 41; ventral 
io; pores of lateral series 25. 
Body elongate, formed as in Pholis, less compressed 
than in Bryostemma polyactocephalum, covered with small, 
smooth, imbedded scales. Head short, very obtuse, almost 
truncate; top of head from nostrils to near front of dorsal 
covered with fleshy cirri, much smaller than in Aryos- 
temma polyactocephalum; only two or three small ones 
extending on first dorsal spine; supraorbital cirrus short, 
4 to 5 in head; two small cirri placed at the sides of snout, 
with a larger median one behind them, forming a triangle ; 
jaws equal; mouth horizontal, the angle extending to 
below pupil; eyes small, 4 in head; snout very short, 
almost vertically truncate, % of eye; teeth of both jaws 
subequal, short, bluntish and close set. Lateral series 
short, 7% in length of body, concurrent with the dorsal 
outline of body. A line of pores begins in front of eye 
on a level with pupil, runs under eye and to a level with 
pupil again, then back to and along the entire length of 
the short lateral series. Giull-rakers not developed; gill- 
membranes free from isthmus. Vent &% distance from 
tip of snout to tip of caudal; distance from origin of 
ventral to anus 4% in length of body. Pectoral fin 5% 
in body, as long as head. Dorsal fin beginning in front 
of the pectoral, highest along the posterior half; the 
longest spine, 2% in head, the fin higher than anal; 
dorsal slightly joined to caudal: anal separated from 
caudal; caudal rounded, 12 in head; first dorsal spine 
4% in head, its surface with 2 or 3 small cirri. 
