NOTES ON THE FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 



By Charles H. Gilbert, 



Of Stanford Unirtrsitii, 



Joseph C. Thompson, 



Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Xavy. 



The following notes are based on collections made at various locali- 

 ties in Puget Sound during the summer of 1903 by Prof. Trevor Kin- 

 caid, of the University of Washington, and Dr. J. C. Thompson, 

 U, S. Navy, and on a further collection made by Professor Kincaid 

 during the summer of 1904. The specimens were secured along shore 

 or by dredging in shallow water. The majority of the species were 

 well-known and are not here listed, but in addition to these the 

 collection contains two undescribed species and six which have not 

 ))een reported hitherto from Puget Sound. Of the latter, two species 

 have been known only f i-om Alaskan waters, one from the coast of 

 Oregon, two from California, and one from the Gulf of California. 

 That such notable extensions of range can be made on limited collect- 

 ing indicates that we are still far from an adequate knowledge of the 

 distribution of the fishes of the Pacific coast. 



The authors desire to acknowledge their indebtedness to Professor 

 Kincaid for submitting to them this material. 



ENTOSPHENUS TRIDENTATUS (Gairdner). 



A male specimen, 85«> nun. long, taken in Lake Washington, near 

 Seattle, differs widel}" from current descriptions of K frklentatus. 

 The differences may be sexual, and the ordinary male form may have 

 l)een overlooked hitherto. Among the collections of Stanford Uni- 

 versity is a male specimen from the Kogue River, Oregon, which 

 agrees in almost all details with the Seattle specimen here described. 

 Other specimens before us exhibit the usual conditions and are all 

 females or doubtful as to sex. and the material is too scanty to permit 

 a determination of the question. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXVIII— No. 1414. 

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