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fifteen examples of various sizes taken at the “mussel beds” on Point 
Loma, near San Diego. These are numbered ? in the museum col - 
lection. It inhabits cup-shaped pools in the rocks between tide-marks 
lurking in the Corallina, aud may be caught at low tide. Its quick 
movements when alarmed render this, however, a matter of some difii- 
culty. 
14. Scorpznichthys marmoratus Grd. 
Occasionally taken in the kelp. 
SCORPAANIDA. 
15. Sebastapistes guttatus (Girard) Gill. 
Not uncommon. 
16. Sebastichthys atrovirens Jor. & Gilb. MSS. 
Occasionally taken in the kelp. 
LATILID Ai. 
17. Caulolatilus princeps (Jenyns) Gilb. 
Common in the kelp. 
SCOMBRID. 
18. Sarda chilensis (C. & V.) J. & G. 
Abundant off shore in the fall. 
PERCIDZ. 
1S. Paralabrax clathratus Grd. 
Frequent. 
20. Paralabrax maculofasciatus (Steindachner) Gill. 
Common in the bay. 
21. Stereolepis gigas Ayres. 
Occasionally taken off the coast. 
SPARID. 
22. Girella nigricans (Ayres) Gill. 
The young common in the rock-pools. 
