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nected, the soft dorsal high, the highest rays equal to eye 

 and snout; vent slightly nearer tail than tip of snout. 

 Skin smooth, except a few scattered prickles under pec- 

 torals. 



Color very dark brown or blackish; sides mottled; top 

 of head uniform blackish; all the fins more or less mot- 

 tled, ventrals white or dusky. The following is the fin 

 formula of four specimens : 



Dorsal IX- 17; VIII- 19; IX- 17; IX- 18. 

 Anal 14; 15; 15; 13. 



Upper Sacramento Basin; here described from four 

 specimens from McCloud River, Baird, Shasta county, 

 California, about 4 inches in length. No. 4196, L. S. Jr. 

 Univ. Mus. Collector, E. C. Starks. 



The species is very close to Cottus semiscaber, but it 

 has a longer anal. 



11. Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert). Plate xxviii. 



Icelinus filamentosus Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1890, 85. Off 

 Santa Barbara Islands. 



The section of Icelinus distinguished by the presence 

 of filamentous dorsal spines, and the presence of bony 

 plates behind the pectoral, represents a subgenus or genus 

 distinct from Icelinus. This may be called Tarandich- 

 thys, Jordan & Evermann. The name (Tapdvdo$, rein- 

 deer) alludes to the antler-like preopercular spine. The 

 accompanying plate is from one of the type specimens 

 of the type-species, filamentosus. 



12. Icelinus quadriseriatus (Lockington). Plate xxix. 

 We present for comparison a figure of the type-species 



of Icelinus from a specimen dredged off the coast of 

 California. 



13. Oligocottus borealis Jordan & Snyder, n. sp. 

 Head 3^ in length; depth 4^ ; dorsal VIII or IX-16 



