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BULLETIN OF THE BXJEEAU OF FISHERIES. 



The ccmlcr iif almndance of this species seems to be among the Aleutian Islands, and its range 

 extends westward to Petropaulski and Robben Island and south to Sitka. The species attains a length 

 of a foot or more and is a good pan fish. 



Fig. 42. — ncxagnimmos octograrnmus (Pallas). 

 95. Hexagrainmos stelleri Tilcsius. (lrrrnlin(j. 



This species sooms to be rather common all along the coast of Alaska, specimens having been taken 

 with hook or seine at Marrowstone Point; Otter Bay. Sucia Island; Alert Bay, Union Bay. Kilisut Har- 

 bor, Metlakahtla, Cleveland Passage, Loring, Skagway, Sitka, Killisnoo, and Litnik Bay. 



The specimens taken were chiefly small ones, the smallest being 3 inches long — one each from 

 Litnik Bay and Ankau River, the largest 13.5 inches long from Litnik Bay; another specimen, 13.25 

 inches long, is from Marrowstone Point. 



The specimen from Marrowstone Point had in life bark an<l side olivaceous with paler greenish spots; 

 side with about 8 <larker vertical liars, these ill defined; head greenish olivaceous; belly and under parts 



Fig. 43.— Hexagrammos stoUeri Tilesius. 



yellowish, dusted with dusky greenish; dorsal olivaceous, with small yellowish spots more or less coales- 

 cing and large blackish areas near base; caudal orange red; anal with 6 oblique lemon bars, separating 

 broader darker bars, edge of fin bluish reddish; pectoral reddish yellow, barred with darker; ventral pale 

 yellowish with reddish tinge. The young are much blotched and mottled with bars on the side. These 

 markings tend to di.'sappear in the larger examples, leaving the color in alcohol uniform brownish. 



The species has also been recorded a,s Hexagramus (is/w (Nelson 1887) from St. Michael. Bean 

 (1882) records it from Sitka; Port Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay; Refuge Cove, Cook Inlet; St. Paul, Kodiak; 

 Unalaska, Atka, St. Michael, and Port Clarence. Gilbert (1895), stations 3228, 3229, 3231 to 3234, 

 3239 to 3241, 3243, and 3245 in Bristol Bay. 



The species ranges from Kamchatka and Unalaska to San Francisco, being perhaps most abundant 

 in Puget Sound. It reaches a length of a foot and is of value as a food fish. 



