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and forward from a point at posterior end of articular. Gill 

 rakers sharp and single pointed on anterior part of lower limb of 

 arch; double on posterior part, and on upper limb of arch- their 

 number 6 -|- 19 ; branchiostegals 7. 



Only a few of the dorsal spines are entire; the fourth is IVio 

 in head ; the tenth is I14 ; the seventeenth I14 ; and the thirtieth 2. 

 Base of adipose dorsal equal to diameter of eye ; its height slightly 

 exceeds the length of its base ; its distance from upper caudal rays 

 is contained 1^4 in head. Origin of anal from base of lower 

 caudal rays exceeds the length of the head by one diameter of 

 the eye. Pectoral sharply pointed posteriorly ; its length I14 in 

 head; its rays much divided, 13 in number. Ventrals reaching 

 slightly past vent; their length 31/] ,, in head; caudal deeply 

 forked. Vent midway between tip of mandible and base of me- 

 dian caudal rays. 



Color, dark brown on back, creamy lu'own on sides, running to 

 white below. Head almost entirely silvery. A conspicuous dark 

 brown streak along lateral line. Dorsal and adipose dorsal uni- 

 form dark brown; pectorals silvery, slaty black at tips, their 

 inner surface brown ; ventrals brown ; caudal lobes brown toward 

 tips ; anal silvery. 



This species is known northward to Unalaska (the type local- 

 ity of Plagyodus asculapius) and in deep waters of the Atlantic. 

 Most of the specimens known have been cast ashore by storms. 



Family PARALEPIDID.^. 



43. Sudis ringens Jordan and Gilbert. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 600.) 



"Santa Barbara Channel, California, the only specimen 



known taken from the stomach of a hake {Merluccius) . itself 



found in the stomach of a long-finned albacore {Genua ala- 



lunga).'" (Jordan and Evermann, I. c.) 



Family PCECILIID.E. 

 44. Fundulus parvipinnis Girard. 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1896, I, p. 640.) 

 Verv abundant on the Southern California coast, especially 



