854 ZOOLOGY. 



Upper surface and sides of head prickly and rough like the surface of the hody. Color, yellowish brown ; fins spotted or 

 barred with black. 



SYji.—Zaniolfpis latipinnia, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. November, 1857, 202. — Ib. Gen. Rep. Fishes, p. '(3. 



No notes were made on this species. A single specimen was obtained at Puget Sound. 



NAUTICHTHYS OCULO-FASCIATUS, Grd. 



Bar-eyed Scnlpin. 



Sp. Ch.— Posterior extremity of the maxillary extending to a Tertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the pupil. 

 First dorsal anteriorly filiform. Extremities of posterior rays of both the dorsal and anal projecting beyond the insertion 

 of the caudal. Anal fin shorter than the second dorsal, and not as deep as the latter is high. Ground color of a uniform 

 rusty red. A black band crosses the eye, through the pupil, and extends across the cheeks. 



Stn. — BUpsias oculo-fasciatus, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. November, 1857, 202. 

 Naviichihyi ocido-fasciaius, Grd. Gen. Rep. Fishes, p. 75. 



This small sculpin seems to have generally the same habits as the other cottoids. A single 

 specimen was procured near Fort Steilacoom. 



SEBASTES MELANOPS, Grd. 



Hock "Cod." 



Sp. Cn. Upper surface of head generally spineless. Posterior extremity of maxillary reaching a vertical line drawn 



anteriorly to the posterior rim of the orbit. Origin of dorsal fin opposite to or slightly in advance of the base of pectorals. 

 Upper regions of a claret brown, the sides of the s.ame mottled with darker. 



Syn.— -Seias(e« melanops, Grd. Proc. A. N. Sc, Phil. VIII, 1856, 135.— Ib. Gen. Rep. Fishes, X, 1858, 81. 



SebasUs variabilia, Aybes, (non Cuvier,) Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1854, 7; & Proc. Bost. Soc. N. Hist. V, 1856, 9. 

 TaU-leh-de-poreat of the Nisquallies, (Gibes' MSS.) 



This fish, improperly called rock cod by the settlers at Puget Sound, is one of the best table 

 fishes there found. It attains a size of about 20 inches, and is said to vary much in color. It 

 is frequently caught with the hook, biting freely at any ordinary bait. 



GASTEROSTEUS SERRATUS, Ay res. 



Gatterosteua aerraim, Ayees, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1, 1855, 47.— Ib. Gen. Eep. Fishes, p. 88. 



gp, ch.^ Body entirely plated ; peduncle of tail keeled. Dorsal spines three, high and slender, conspicuously serrated 



upon their edges ; anterior one inserted a little in advance of the base of the pectorals. Insertion of ventrals situated 

 somewhat in advance of the second dorsal spine, their own spines being serrated upon both edges, more conspicuously above 

 than below, and extending beyond the tips of the ossa innominaia. Posterior margin of caudal fin concave. — Gen. Rep. Fishes, 

 p. 88. 



Above, dark grayish olive ; below, white, sometimes purpish. 



I caught these little fish in a fresh water pond close to the bay, and suppose that they had 

 merely entered to spawn, having observed the same species in salt water. This was in July 

 and August, and I did not see anything of them in fresh water at other seasons. Their habits 

 of building a little nest of grass, roots, &c., like a bird, in which the spawn is deposited and 

 carefully watched, makes these fish interesting subjects of observation. — C. 



GASTEROSTEUS PUGETTI, Grd. 



Paget Sound Stickleback. 



Sp. Ch.— Body partly plated ; peduncle of tail not keeled. Dorsal spines three, slender, not serrated upon their edges ; 

 anterior inserted immediately behind the base of pectorals. Insertion of ventrals in advance of the second dorsal spine, their 



