FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 845 
dark; snout light; 2 oblique dark bars at base of pectoral; 
dorsal with 12 or 13 sharp dark brown spots as large as 
eye, edged with bright red, these arranged regularly along 
the whole length of fin; pectorals and caudal bright red, 
with wavy irregular brown lines running across the rays; 
anal red, with dark brown bars as wide as the interspaces 
running obliquely downwards and forwards; ventrals 
light brown. 
111. Pholis ornatus (Girard). 
This blenny is extremely abundant in Puget Sound, 
where many specimens were taken. It is found under 
rocks between tide marks, reaching a length of a foot. 
No specimens were found at Neah Bay. The species 
varies much in color, being typically yellowish - green 
with dark markings, but varying to brown or cherry red 
with the markings faint or obsolete. One specimen is 
notably ditferent in color: Body purplish red, lighter on 
the belly; two conspicuous black-bordered white spots 
on front of dorsal; a light streak bordered with black 
from eye to nape; pectorals one-fourth shorter than in 
the others. Dr. Gill tells us that the generic name Pholio 
Scopoli is equivalent to the later AZurenoides. 
112. Apodichthys flavidus Girard. 
Common in shallow water among the kelp. It varies 
from bright green to red, orange or violet. ‘Two speci- 
mens belonging to the green form (var. vzrescens ) were 
taken by us in Puget Sound; the larger ro inches in 
length, the smaller 3inches. These differ in color from 
the typical examples. The large one is a bright grass- 
green, mottled with light gray; a series of blended white 
spots, as large as eye, along the axis of body from the 
pectoral fin to the middle of caudal peduncle; belly with 
many similar spots smaller in size and somewhat sharper in 
