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Family GOBIESOCID^. 



214. Gobiesox reticulatus (Grd.) J. & G. — Suclcing-fisJi. 



From Monterey uortbward to Puget Sound ; not noticed southward ; 

 very abundant at Point Pinos, and about Cape Flattery, where it lives 

 among the rocks between tide-marks. Its motions in the water are 

 active, but it is usually found clinging to stones. It feeds on small 

 shells and Crustacea, and reaches a length of 5 to inches. 



215. Gobiesox rhessodon Eosa Smith Mss. 



Under rocks at Point Loma, near San Diego; locally rather abundant. 



Family BLEXNIIDiE. 



216. Hypleurochilus gentilis (Grd.) Gill. 



From Santa Barbara southward : not rare in rock-pools between tide- 

 marks, among algce. it reaches a length of 5 inches. 



217. Neoclinus blanchardi Grd. 



From Monterey southward, in the kelp ; taken occasionally with hook 

 and line. Feeds chiefly on Crustacea. It reaches a length of 7 to 8 

 inches. Seen by us at Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. 



218. Neoclinus satiricus Girard. 



Monterey southward; rare. Seen by us at Monterey, only. It reaches 

 a length of a foot, and lives in the kelp. 



219. Heterostichus rostratus Grd. — Eelp-fish. ' 



From Monterey southward; not rare in the kelp south of Point Con- 

 cepcion. Taken with hook and occasioually with seines. It feeds on 

 Crustacea, etc. It reaches a length of about 15 inches. It is sometimes 

 brought to market with other fish, but no special notice is taken of it. 



220. Gibbonsia elegans Cooper. 



From Monterey southward; abundant everywhere in kelp and rock- 

 pools. It reaches a length of 8 inches, and is not noticed by the fisher- 

 men. 



221. Cremnobates integripinnis Rosa Smitli. 



San Diego to Mazatlan ; the specimens from our coast found in rock- 

 pools ue*- La Jolla, 12 miles north of San Diego, among algte between 

 tide-marks. Length 2| inches. 



222. Muraenoides omatus (Grd.) GiW.— Eel. 



San Francisco northward; abundant in Puget Sound. Found in rock- 

 pools in sheltered places and sometimes taken in seines. It reaches a 

 length of a foot. It is not considered a food-fish. The form called M. 

 Icetus is considerably more abundant than the typical omatus. They two 

 differ only in the form of the dorsal blotches and are, probably, not dis- 

 tinct species. 



