216 Umversity of California Publications. [Zoology 



Family ANOPLOPOMATID^. 

 169. Anoplopoma fimbria (Pallas). 



COALFISH : BLACK COD. 



(Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1862, fig. 675.) 

 This species is here recorded on our southern coast for the 

 first time. One specimen was seen from the deep water off Point 

 Loma, where it is reported by the fishermen to be not uncommon. 

 It is sometimes salted, but there is no market for it in the fresh 

 state, being dry and tasteless. It ranges northward to Sitka 

 (Bean, 1881, p. 25-1) in moderately deep Avater, and is abundant 

 in Puget Sound. 



Family HEXAGKAMMID^. 



170. Ophiodon elongatus Girard. 



BLUE COD. 



(Jordan and Evermann. 1898, II, p. 1875. fig. 682.) 

 One specimen seen in the San Diego market. The fishermen 

 report it to be not rare in the deeper waters off Point Loma. Its 

 range extends northward to Sitka, Alaska (Bean, 1881, p 254), 

 and in northern watei's it reaches a length of five feet and a 

 weight of sixty pounds. North of Conception Point it is very 

 abundant and is one of the most important fishes of our coast. 

 Its common names "Blue Cod," "Cultus Cod," "Bastard Cod," 

 and "Buffalo Cod" are all unfortunate, as it is unrelated to the 

 true codfish. 



171. Zaniolepis latipinnis Girard. 

 (Jordan and Evermann, 1898, II, p. 1876.) 



Several small specimens, the largest 21/0 inches in length, 

 taken at San Pedro. 



In the key to the species of Zaniolepis, Jordan and Evermann 

 state that no supraorbital flap is present in this species. An ex- 

 amination of many specimens in the Stanford University collec- 

 tions from different localities shows the supraorbital flap present 

 about as often as absent; occasionally present on one side only. 



