Jordan and Ever mann. Fishes of North America. 2289 



Pass to Sitka ; not uncommon in water of moderate depths. Here described 

 from a specimen collected by the Albatross (No. 2143, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.), 

 Station 3214, 11 inches in length. Other specimens taken in rock pools at 

 Sitka are dark green, almost black, (signatus, marked.) 



llathymaster signatus, COPE, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1873, 31, Sitka (Coll. Prof. George 

 Davidson) ; GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 554. 



845. RONQUILUS, Jordan & Starks. 

 Ronquilus, JORDAN & STARKS, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 838 (jordani). 



Cheeks scaly; scales of lateral line enlarged; anterior half of dorsal 

 fin more or less composed of unbranched rays; mucous pores on head 

 without conspicuous flaps; gill membranes separate. One species. (Ron- 

 quil, a Spanish name of the typical species, possibly from poy%o$, one 

 who grunts.) 



2627. ROXQUILUS JORDANI (Gilbert). 



(RONQDIL.) 



Head 4fc; depth 6|. D.41; A. 33; V. I, 5; P. 18; scales 92+6 (tubes), 

 about 200 transverse. Body rather elongate, moderately compressed. 

 Eye large, about as long as snout, 4 in head, its diameter much more 

 than the interocular space; maxillary extending to below front of pupil; 

 cheeks closely scaly ; rest of head entirely naked ; a narrow, naked area 

 in front of dorsal, bounded by rows of mucous pores; skull with large 

 mucous cavities behind the eyes, which are translucent in life ; scales of 

 lateral line enlarged, twice as far apart as the others. Dorsal fin inserted 

 at a distance behind the occiput, less than the diameter of the eye; pec- 

 torals f the length of the head ; fourth ray of ventrals longest ; vent much 

 nearer snout than root of caudal; vertebrae 14 + 35=49; olivaceous, 

 tinged with brown ; about 8 round, faint-bluish blotches along the sides, 

 each surrounded by rings of yellow spots ; a yellow ring around the eye 

 and a yellow band along the cheek ; fins translucent, the anal with a yel- 

 lowish strip and a deep-bluish or black edging; dorsal reddish or yellow, 

 with a dusky blotch in front; veutrals dusky; pectorals with the lower 

 rays blackish or dark blue, larger specimens nearly uniformly dark, the 

 color varying with the surroundings. Bristol Bay to Puget Sound, about 

 rocks, in water of moderate depth. Length 6 to 10 inches. Known from 

 Seattle and from Wrangel and Bristol Bay, the latter specimen in 32 

 fathoms. (Named for its discoverer, David Starr Jordan.) 

 Bathymaster signatus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 623, 1883 ; not B. signatut, COPE. 

 Bathymaster jordani, GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 554, Elliott Bay at Seattle (Coll. 



Jordan) and Fort Wrangel, Alaska. (Coll. Albatrost.) 

 Ronquilus jordani, JORDAN & STARKS, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 838, pi. 99. 



846. RATHBUNELLA, Jordan & Evermann. 

 Rathbunella, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Check-List Fishes, 463, 1896 (hypoplectus). 



This genus differs from Ronquilus in having the gill membranes broadly 

 united across the isthmus. The unbranched anterior rays form about 



