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part of opercle: a liroad black bar from front of dorsal downward to opercle, connecting with black 

 opercular blotch; another and much broader from fifth to seventh dorsal spine nearly vertically down- 

 ward to belly; another from ninth to twelfth dorsal spine to vent; two others from soft dorsal to soft 

 *■ anal, these fusing below; fins all red, the dorsal and anal encroached upon by the black sidebars; a 

 short l)lack area behind eye; base of pectoral blotched with blackish. 



This species reaches a length of 2 feet or more and is known to range fi-om Monterey Bay to Naha 

 Bay. Recorded (1884) by Bean from Mary Island. 



Family 31. ANOPLOPOMATID^. 



91. Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas). Black Cod. 



The l)lack cod, coalfiEh, liesliow, or skil, as it is variously called, occurs on our Pacific Coast from 

 Monterey Bay to the Aleutian Islands. It was taken by the Albatross at station 28G9, in 1888, at Cordova 

 Bay in 1897, and at Loring, PjTamid Harbor, and Taku Harbor in 1900. One specimen from each 

 place is in the collection. Bean, in 1882, records it from Sitka and Wrangell and in 1884 from Hassler 

 Harbor. We also have one specimen (no. 02825), 14 inches long, taken with hook and line over the 

 rail off Fort Rupert (1903). 



This species is known at Loring and Taku as black cod; at San Francisco it is called candle-fish, 

 and on Puget Sound, horse mackerel; it is sometimes sold in the markets as Spanish mackerel; in the 

 Straits of Fuca it is known as beshow by the Neah Bay Indians. It is found usually in i-ather deep 

 water and is perhaps most abundant in the Puget Sound region. It is seen ciftener in the Seattle 

 markets than in those of any other place. It attains a length of 18 to 20 inches and a weight of 5 

 pounds. 



As a footl fish it occupies only a moderate rank, the flesh being rather dry and tasteless. On Puget 

 Sound, however, where it reaches a larger size and is fatter than elsewhere, it is more highly esteemed, 

 particularly by the Indians. It is said to feed on crustaceans, worms, and small fishes. As a game 

 fish it is not without interest, taking the hook readily and making a fair fight. It can be taken with 

 cut bait at depths from 2 to 15 fathoms. 



Family 32. HEXAGR.^MMID/E. The Greenlings. 



92. PleurogTaniinus mono pteryglus (Pallas). Atka Macherel; Atka-fish. 



This interesting fish occurs in the Korth Pacific, chiefly among the Aleutian Islands. It was 

 described originally by Pallas in 1810 from .specimens ol)taincd at Unalaska. Its center of abuiulance 



Fig. 40. — Pleurngranimus moiiopterygius (rallii.«). 



seems to be in the passages alxnit the islands of Atka and Attn. It is known also from about the Pribilof 

 Islands and eastward through the Aleutian Chain to Belkofski and the Shumagins. Stejneger foimd 

 it at Saranskaya. Bering Island. Bean (1882) has recorded it from Unalaska, Chernofski, and .Vttu; 

 Turner (188(1) found it at Tnalaska, Amlia Pass, Captains Harbor, Atka, and Attn; Gilbert (1895) lists 

 it from Unalaska; and Evermann found it in abundance during the last week of May (1892) at Atka 

 and Attu. 



