168 FISHES OF SAN DIEGO—EIGENMANN. 
S. carnatus Jordan & Gilbert. 
Rk. Smith, ’85, June. 
Sebastodes serriceps Jordan & Gilbert. 
J. & G., 80a, 455; id., ’81, 59; id., 782, 676; R. Smith, ’85, June; E. & E. 89. 
Common, but not frequently brought to market. 
Scorpena guttata Girard. Sculpin. 
J. & G., ’80, 27; R. Smith, ’80; J. & G., ’80a, 455; id., 81, 59; id., 82, 679; R. 
Smith, 785, June; E. & E., 789. © 
Very abundant both in and outside the bay. It is not frequently 
brought from beyond Ballast Point, and is only occasionally taken in 
seines. It abounds especially about the piles of the various wharves and 
is caught with hook and line. The various spines about the head, which 
are said to be poisonous, do not make it a desirable fish to handle and 
its general appearance precludes it from coming into favor generally. 
It is said to be one of the best fishes of the bay. 
Those caught in the bay are usually of a dull color, while those from 
outside are bright scarlet intermixed with other brilliant colors. 
It was taken on Cortes Banks. 
COTTIDA. 
Leptocottus armatus Girard. 
Girard, Pacific R. R. Survey, x, 60, 1859; J. & G., ’80, 25; R. Smith, 780; J. & 
G., 80a, 455; id., 781, 60; id., 782, 7138; R. Smith, 785, June. 
Common in the bay. Of no economic importance. 
Leiocottus hirundo Girard. 
E. & E., ’90, 21. 
Only a single individual seen from the bay. Taken January 51, 1890, 
Oligocottus analis Girard. (Plate xvii, Figs. 1-15.) 
J. & G., ’80, 25; R. Smith, 780; J. & G., ’80a, 455; id., 781, 59 id., 782, 717; Re 
Smith, ’85, June; E. & E., West. Am. Scientist, June, 1889. 
Very abundant in all rocky ocean tide pools; never seen in the bay. 
The spawning period probably extends over considerable time. Small 
specimens procured 1n the latter part of January have apparently ripe 
eggs. Of a large number of individuals collected on March 27, a single 
one was with ripe eggs, and the presence in tide pools of minute but fully 
developed individuals would indicate that the time of spawning extends 
back two or three months. 
The eggs of the individual caught March 27 were artificially ferti- 
lized at 8 p.m. of that date. The eggs measure 1.2 millimeters in diam- 
eter, are of a brownish-yellow color, and have one large and from five 
to pine smaller oil globules. The larger globule measures about 150y. 
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