FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 787 



the kindly interest of Messrs. Goodall & Perkins, repre- 

 senting the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. 



The following species are here described as new to 

 science, the t3rpes of all of them being deposited in the 

 Museum of the Leland Stanford Junior University as 

 gifts from the Hopkins Laboratory or from the Young 

 Naturalists' Society of Seattle. The new genera are in- 

 dicated in full-face type. 



Ruscarius meanyi. No. 3127. 

 OUgocottus eimhryum. No. 3128. 

 Gilbertina sigalutes. No. 3129. 

 Averruncus emmelane. No. 3135. 

 XysteS axinophrys. No. 3130. 

 Lethotremus vhwlentus. No. 3131. 

 NeoUparis florce. No. 3019, 3133. 

 Liparis demiyi. No. 3703. 

 Bryostemma nugator. No. 3134. 

 XiphisteS M^yce. No. 3132. 



Besides these species, the following additional new 

 species are described from other localities : 



Zaiarges nimharius. No. 3125. Open sea. 

 Hexagrammus otakii. Tokio, Japan. 

 Podothecus veternus. Eobin Island, Alaska. 

 Podothecus accipiter. Eobin Islaad, Alaska. 



The following additional generic names are here used 

 for the first time : 



Astrolytes, Pallasina, Stelgis, Quietula, Ronquilus and 

 Xererpes. 



The fish fauna of Puget Sound marks a transition from 

 the California fauna characterized by the abundance of 

 ScorpcBnidce, Embiotocidce, etc., to that of Alaska, in 

 which CotttdcB, Agonidce and the Arctic types of Blennies 

 are dominant. Here both classes occur, though less abun- 

 dant than in their respective regions. The present col- 

 lection is chiefly from depths greater than those reached 

 by Jordan and Gilbert, who collected largely in Puget 



