NO. 1414. FISHES FROM PUGET SOUND— GILBERT AND THOMPSON. 987 



equaling- the diameter of the pupil, oii the median line of the snout 

 immediately behind the tip^? of the short premaxillary spines. There 

 are but three strong conical teeth on the head of the vomer in one 

 specimen, four in the other; the palatines are toothless. The smaller 

 specimen contains two slender filaments on the margin of the inter- 

 opercle, and one at the lower edge of the cheek. These are not evi- 

 dent on the larger example. 



The lateral line could not be distinguished in the type, doubtless 

 owing to the shriveled condition of the skin. It consists of a series 

 of small distant papilla?, each perforated with a central pore. They 

 are irregularly spaced, long and short intervals frequently alternating, 

 giving thus the appearance of a paired arrangement. Six or seven of 

 them form a crowded series on the basal fourth of the caudal tin. 



Measrirements in hundredths of length, 'without amdal. 



Length of head 16 15. 5 



Greatest depth 7.5 8 



Length of snout 3. 5 4 



Diameter of eye .- 1 1 



Interorbital width 3 2. 5 



Length of maxillary 5 5. 5 



Width of head . . . ." 8 8. 5 



Distance from snout to dorsal 16 16 



Distance from snout to anal 44 45 



Length of pectoral 3.5 4 



Length of caudal 9. 5 9. 5 



