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 Measurements — Continued. 



Current number of specimen. 

 Locality 



J (716) 



\ 23945. 



Lat. 49° N., 

 Long. 151 W., 

 Sept. 15, 1871. 



Milli- 

 meters. 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Greatest width 



"Width of interorbital area . 



Length of snout 



Length of maxillary 



Length of mandible 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (tirst) : 



Distance from snout 



Lengthofbase 



Length of longest ray 



Dorsal (soft): 



Distance from snout 



Length of longest ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of longest ray 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from suont 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



>. umber of scales in lateral lino 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line. 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



I, 11 



1,16 



13 



7 

 45 

 2i 

 6i 



'■'a 

 10 



7 



3^ 

 18 

 18i 



9 



NOTKS ON THE FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



By DAVID S. JORDAN and CHARI.ES H. OILBERT. 



It is the purpose of this paper to present a list of the species of fishes 

 known to occur along our Pacific coast, between the Mexican boundary 

 and the boundary of British Columbia, together with notes on the dis- 

 tribution, habits, size, value, etc., of each species, in advance of the pub- 

 lication of a general descriptive work. The paper is to be considered 

 mainly in the light of a contribution to our knowledge of the geograi)hi- 

 cal distribution of fishes. The "common names" here given are, in all 

 cases, those heard by the writers among the fishermen on different parts 

 of the coast. 



Family BRANCHIOSTOMATID^. 



1. Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas) Gray. 



Obtained by Dr. J. G. Cooper in San Diego Bay. 



Not seen by us. 



Family MYXINID^. 



2. Polistotrema dombeyi (Miiller) Gill. — Lamperina; Hag ; Eel. 



Santa Barbara {fide J. Weinmiller) to Eel Eiver (Lockington). Very 

 abundant in the Bay of Monterey, but not taken elsewhere by us. It 



