474 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
FISHES COLLECTED BY THE STEAMER ALBATROSS ON THE COASTS OF 
ALASKA AND WASHINGTON DURING THE SUMMER OF 1891. 
During the summer of 1891 the Albatross was detailed to convey to 
Bering Sea the United States Bering Sea commissioners, and Fish 
Commission work was therefore necessarily abandoned. The only col- 
lecting done in Alaskan waters was on August 3, when five hauls of the 
beam trawl (Nos. 3438 to 3442, inclusive) were taken in depths of 20 to 
51 fathoms off the south and west sides of St. Paul Island. Nothing of 
special interest was secured, as will appear from the list which follows. 
On her return late in August an exploration was made of the Straits of ° 
Fuca and Hood Canal. Twenty-four hauls of the beam trawl were taken 
in depths of 14 to 351 fathoms, and in addition some shore collecting 
at Port Angeles, Wash. While no forms were obtained which had not 
been previously reported on, the dredging in the Straits of Fuca was of 
especial interest, as demonstrating the presence of anumber of Alaskan 
species not previously known to range so far south. 
FISHES DREDGED NEAR ST. PAUL ISLAND, ALASKA. 
1. Hemitripterus marmoratus Bean. 
One specimen, 5 inches long, from station 3440. <A detailed description follows; 
D. xiv, 12; A.13; lateral line 43. Head 2? in length to base of caudal; depth 4. 
Eye 14 in the snout, about 5 in the head. Body densely covered with small, con- 
ical protuberances, each with a short filamentous tip; these are about one-sixteenth 
of an inch long on the back, where they are longest and thickest, and become much 
shorter below. Head and fins less densely covered; the lips, occipital area, and an. 
area around the eyes nearly smooth. A few cirri scattered over the head; a thick 
fringe around the margin of the lower jaw. The cirri at the base of the nasal 
spines are rather large, 14 in the eye, and bifid or trifid at tip. Head rather 
broad and flat, provided with blunt, bony protuberances. Interorbital area broad, 
deeply concave, separated from the concave occipital area by a transverse ridge. 
Nasal spines sharp, separated by a width equal to the diameter of the eye. Supra- 
ocular ridge prominent, with a notch, bordered posteriorly by two bony knobs; 
occipital ridge with three, paroccipital with two prominent knobs. Preopercular 
spines very blunt, the second the longest. 
Mouth wide; lower jaw somewhat projecting; teeth sharp, in cardiform bands 
on the jaws, vomer, and palatines, the vomerine patch divided by a median groove. 
Gill-membranes united, forming a broad, free fold. No slit behind the fourth gill. 
Pseudobranchie large. Pyloric ceca 8. The base of the first dorsal is equal to the 
length from its front to the snout; the dorsals are separated by a space equal to two- 
thirds the diameter of the eye. Second dorsal about 14 in the base of the spinous 
dorsal. Dorsal spines all with long, free tips, the second and third spines longest; 
the fin without distinct notch. The anal begins under the origin of the soft dorsal, the 
length of its base nearly equaling that of the spinous dorsal. The pectorals reach 
the posterior edge of the spinousdorsal. Ventrals about equaling length of snout. 
General color gray, with dark marblings. Top of head darker, the under parts 
light. A black spot on the spinous dorsal covering the first three membranes; also 
a dark blotch on its posterior part. Two black blotches below the soft dorsal are 
continued upward on the fin. Outer third of the pectorals blackish; ventrals dark, 
with light tips. Tail with a light bar across its middle. Posterior half of occipital, . 
supraocular and nasal region, lips, and cheeks all with darker areas. 
