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opposite the anterior margin of the soft dorsal. Ground color uniform brownish violet. An occipito-ocular vitta of deep 

 purplish violet. Two other vittae of the same hue extend, one from the postero-inferior rim of the orbit, tlie other from the 

 anterior rim.obliquelj' backwards across the cheeks and opercular apparatus. 



Syn. — Apodichihys violaceus, Gkd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 150. 



Cthidkhlhi/s cTklngalli, Aykes, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855, 58 ; PI. I, figs. 1-3. 



Cebidichlhys violnceM, Gbd. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 121. 



Two immature individuals were obtained at Steilacoom, Puget Sound. 



LUMPENUS ANGUILLARIS. Grd. 



Eel-shaped Lumpenns. 



Plate XXV6, Figs. 1-3. 



Sp. Cii. — Head slender, continuous with the outline of the body. Gape of mouth slightly oblique. Posterior extremity 

 of maxillarbone extending to a vertical line drawn midway between the anterior rim of the orbit and the pupil. Origin of 

 dorsal fin situated opposite the base of the pectorals. Pectorals and caudal spear-shaped ; greenish olive, upper regions 

 maculated. Caudal fin transversely barred. 



Syn. — Blmnivi anguillaris, Pali.. Zoogr. Ross. Asiat. Ill, 1831, 176. 



Guvnellus anguillark, CiT. & Val. His. Nat. Poiss. XI, 1836, 437.— HTOBEB,Synopp. 1846, 121. 

 Leptogunndlus gracilis, Ayres, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855, 26. 

 Lumpemu anguiUaris, Grd. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 123. 



A single specimen was obtained from Bellingham bay. No notes were made concerning it. 



PORICHTHYS NOTATUS, Grd. 



Porous Catfisli* 



Plate XXV. 



Sp. Ch. — Upper suiface of head quite flat. An acute preopercular spine stretching across the opercle. Posterior extremity 

 of maxillar bone extending to a vertical line drawn posteriorly to the orbit. Four series of pores on either side of the 

 body. A subgular and an abdominal series, as also several of these on the sides of the head. Upper regions dark bluish 

 violet ; sides and belly silvery gray. A sub-crescentic streak beneath the eye. 



Syn. — Porichthys nolatus, Gbd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 141 and 151. — Ibid. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 134. 



An individual of this species is found in our collection made at Fort Steilacoom, Puget 

 Sound. No notes, however, were made concerning it. Frequently isolated specimens already 

 dead were sent to us by friends at a distance, so that the study of their habits during life was 

 impossible. 



MORRHUA? 



Puget Sound Cod. 



The Ko pel-la of the Nisqcalubs, (Gibbs.) 

 A small codfish is quite common in Puget Sound. Near Port Steilacoom they are taken rather 

 abundantly between May and mid-summer, at which season they repair to the more shallow* 

 water, and are easily speared by the natives. Although scarcely exceeding four or five pounds in 

 average weight, they are, for the table, equal to those taken on the Atlantic coast. Some which 

 we salted and dried in the ordinary manner were excellent, and when cooked were preferred 

 to the salt cod purchased in the shops. Mr. Gibbs informs me that cod are taken at Port 

 Townsend as early as the middle of March. 



