NO. 1414. FISHES FROM PVGET SOUND— GILBERT AND THOMPSON. 979 



Meaifiiremciits in liKiuJredtlis ofh-ngtli to biiftf of amdal. 



Length of head . .S2 



Width of head 20 



Interocular width 10 



Length of snout <S 



Width of snout 10 



Diameter of eye 10 



Length of maxillary IS 



Width of mouth 12 



Tip of snout to first dorsal spine SO 



First dorsal spine to front of second dorsal 28 



Base of second dorsal 37 



Base of anal 35 



Length of pectoral 8S 



Length of ventral 18 



Length of caudal 25 



Lengtli of caudal peduncle from hist anal ray 12 



Length to base of caudal (in millimeters) 19 



MALACOCOTTUS KINCAIDI, new species. 



Type 67 mm. lono-, fiom Brinnon, Hood's Canal, Wa.shinj>ton; col- 

 lected bv Prof. Trevor Kincaid. Cat. No. 53028, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 2. — Malacocottus kincaidi. 



Similar \.o jSIalacocottus zonwraH^ differing in the less robust form, 

 the shorter head, the reduction or obsolescence of the cirri on the 

 head, and the absence of the accessory spine which in M. sonui'us pro- 

 jects laterally at right angles to the cheek, from the base of the mid- 

 dle preopercular spine. In structure of fins and in color the two 

 species are very similar. 



Dorsals IX-l-i; anal 11, the last ray divided to the base; ventral 

 1, 8; pectoral 21. 



Length of head 40 hundredths of total length to base of caudal; 

 eye 13; interorbital width 5.5; length of snout 11; maxillary 18; 

 depth of body 27; depth of caudal peduncle 7; length of caudal 

 peduncle 17; length of pectoral 29; length of caudal 27; length of 

 ventrals 1-1; length of longest soft dorsal ray 22. 



