Jordan and Evermann. 'Fishes of North America. 2011 



preopercular spine short, strong, with bifurcated tip; suborbital stay 

 narrow; gill membranes partly free from the isthmus, over which they 

 form a broad fold; a slit behind fourth gill. First dorsal with its upper 

 margin somewhat S-shaped, the first 2 spines elongate, the middle ones of 

 nearly equal length, and the posterior ones rapidly shortened; ventrals I, 

 3. Shore fishes of the Pacific. (As^os, smooth; n6rro$, Coitus.} 



2378. LEIOCOTTUS H1RUNDO, Girard. 



Head 3|; depth 4.1 ; eye large, 4| in head. D. IX, 17; A. 15; V. I, 3. 

 Body elongate, fusiform, the caudal peduncle slender; profile of snout 

 deeurved; maxillary reaching front of orbit; 3 small cirri at the cud of 

 each maxillary; preopercular margin with several similar cirri; opercle 

 and shoulder girdle without spines; upper preopercular spine as long as 

 pupil. Top of head smooth; supraorbital ridges little elevated; nasal 

 spines distant from tip of snout. Spinous dorsal elevated in front, the 

 first 2 rays much longer than the others, nearly f length of head; soft 

 dorsal and anal fins rather long; pectorals reaching past front of anal; 

 ventrals to vent. Olivaceous, shaded with light blue and reticulated with 

 brownish red, the latter color predominating on the head; sides with 4 

 broad, oblique, brownish-red bars, the first 3 running from dorsal forward 

 and downward, the fourth from caudal peduncle backward to base of 

 caudal; abdomen orange brown, with pale spots; caudal orange brown, 

 with yellow bars near the tip; fins with bars and spots of dark brownish 

 red; breast and ventrals whitish; 3 dark blotches at base of pectorals; 

 spiuous dorsal with oblique dark streaks; a dark blotch on each eye above, 

 and a light streak forward and downward from eye. Length 10 inches. 

 Santa Barbara Islands, in shallow water; not rare, but extremely local. 

 Oj swallow.) 



Leiocottus hirundo, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 133, San Miguel Island, near 

 Santa Barbara (Coll. Lieutenant Trowbridge) ; GIBARD, U. S. Pac. B. R. Surv., x, 

 Fishes, 62, 1858. 



Coitus hirundo, GUNTHER, Cat., n, 166, 1860. 



Liocottus hirundo, JORDAN & GILRERT, Synopsis, 712, 1883. 



743. LEPTOCOTTUS, Girard. 



Leptocottus, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 130 (armatus). 



Body elongate, depressed, covered with perfectly smooth skin. Head 

 depressed, oblong, not very broad, without cirri; lower jaw included; 

 suborbital stay narrow; teeth on jaws, voiner, and palatines. Gill mem- 

 branes rather narrowly joined to the isthmus, not forming a fold across 

 it; a slit behind fourth gill; preopercular spine strong, with 2 or 3 points 

 hooked upward. Dorsal fins separate ; the spinous dorsal short and small, 

 entire; ventrals I, 4. Shore fishes of the Pacific. (A.7tr6$, slender; 

 Coitus.) 



