NO. 1414. FISHES FROM PUGET SOUND— GILBERT AND THOMPSON. 975 

 CATULUS BRUNNEUS Gilbert. 



A .single speeiiuen of this species, known bitiierto only from the 

 type which was captured in deep water in the (xidf of California, was 

 taken by Doctor Thompson, at Brinnon, Hood's Canal, Puoet Sound. 

 It has l)een compared directly with the t3'pe specimen and found to 

 agree with it closely. 



Specimen a female, 42 cm. long. 



Body narrow, elongate, compressed, the vent in the middle of the 

 total length. Head slender, with comparatively long pointed snout, 

 strongly resembling the long-snouted species of JL/sfelu-s. The pre- 

 oral length of the snout slightly exceeds the distance between outer 

 edges of nostrils and eciuals the interor})ital width. The greatest 

 width of the snout slightly exceeds its length ])efore orbits. Anterior 

 nasal valve with a narrowly rounded lol)e, the width of which exceeds 

 its length; isthmus between nostrils equaling or slightly exceeding 

 th'^ length of the nostril; labial folds well developed, the upper 

 slightly the k)nger, the lower one-third or tw^o-tifths the distance from 

 outer labial angle to symphysis. 



The teeth bear each a moderate, nearlv straight, central cusp, and a 

 pair of small but obvious lateral cusps. Boi'ne on the extreme base of 

 each lateral cusp is a minute dentick\ which is usually wholly con- 

 cealed. 



The eyes are small, one-third the width of the mouth between outer 

 labial angles, the small spiracles separated from them by less than 

 one-third their diameter. 



The head is very soft and spongy. The snout bears a flask-shaped 

 patch of coarse pores on the middle line above and an elliptical patch 

 below. Other con.spicuous patches are one below the front of the eye, 

 one behind the nostril, one behind the spiracle, a pair on interorbital 

 space, and a series running ))ackward and outward from near angle of 

 mouth. 



The pectoral is short, with broadly rounded angles: the length of 

 its anterior margin equals its distance from orbit. The base of the 

 anterior dorsal extends a little behind the line of attachment of the 

 ventrals; the anterior tin is smaller than the posterior, the length of its 

 base about three-fifths the distance l)etween dor.sals. The length of the 

 anal base is twice that of the second dorsal and extends very slightl}' 

 behind it. The caudal bears a sharp notch ))elow its terminal lobe, 

 which is about one-sixth its length. 



The skin is everywhere covered with minute, clo.sely appressed, 

 triangular scales, each bearing a median cusp and a pair of diverging 

 lateral cusps. All the tins are wholly invested with similar scales. 

 No enlarged plates along back of tail. 



