FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 849 
Family ZOARCIDZ. 
122. Lycodopsis paucidens (Lockington). 
Abundant in Puget Sound. Length about ro inches. 
Not taken by us. The large-mouthed specimens, called 
by Jordan & Gilbert Pauczdens, are the male and the 
small-mouthed ones, called faczfcus, the female of the 
same species. 
Family SCYTALINID. 
123. Scytalina cerdale Jordan & Gilbert. Plate civ. 
Specimens were found in abundance in the loose gravel 
under boulders at Waadda Island, Neah Bay. It has not 
been taken since 1881, when Drs. Jordan & Gilbert took 
the two type specimens (one of which was afterwards 
destroyed by fire) in this locality. 
The skeleton does not differ essentially from that of 
Lycodopsis paucidens, with which it has been compared. 
The skull is not at all depressed, the wide depressed form 
of the head of the fish is due to the fleshy cheeks. The 
frontals take up the greater part of the top of the skull, 
the parietals are separated by the supraoccipital, which 
extends forward to the frontals. Opercles all present. 
Lower jaw large and strong, Post-temporal scarcely 
so firmly attached as in Lycodes; the clavicle long and 
slender. 
Family GADID/E. 
124. Microgadus proximus (Girard). Tomcop. 
A few specimens obtained. Very abundant. Taken 
in large numbers by the fishermen. It is a food fish of 
some value, and meets witha ready sale. It reaches a 
length of a foot. 
‘125. Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius. ALAsKA Cop. 
Not uncommon in certain localities near Cape Flattery. 
This is probably its southern limit. 
Proc. Cau. ACAD. ScI., 2D SER., VOL. V. December 19, 1895. 
