UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



IN 



ZOOLOGY 



Vol. 16, No. 13, pp. 153-169, pis. 18-20 March 17, 1916 



NOTES ON THE MARINE FISHES OF 

 CALIFORNIA 



BY 



CARL L. HUBBS 



This paper is based iii part upon several small collections made by 

 the author during the last two years. In addition, notes are presented 

 of fishes ; first, in the Seripps Institution for Biological Research of 

 the University of Califoi-nia, at La Jolla; second, in the collections 

 of Stanford University ; third, in the museum of the Los Angeles High 

 School, and fourth, from the Aquarium at Avalou, Santa Catalina 

 Island. 



A new genus, Lestidiops, and two new species, L. splniraenopsis 

 and Otophidium scrippsi, are herein described. 



I am indebted to Professor W. E. Ritter for permission to report 

 upon certain fishes in the Seripps Institution, and for kindness shown 

 me during my brief stays at the Institution. I also desire to thank 

 Dr. Charles F. Holder, of Pasadena, and Professor George B. Culver, 

 of the Los Angeles High School, for assistance in obtaining specimens. 

 This paper has been prepared in the Zoology Laboratory of Stanford 

 University, and the kind suggestions of Dr. Charles H. Gilbert, of that 

 institution, have been of material assistance in the preparation of this 

 report. 



Raja inornata Jordan and Gilbert 

 This ray is common otF Redondo and Coronado, near shore. 



Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup) 

 This species is common off the west coast of Mexico, and has pre- 

 viously been recorded from the California coast only from Monterey 

 Bay. It is now recorded for the first time from Southern California, 

 the record being based upon two specimens from off San Pedro, and 



