FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 789 



Family SQUALID.^. 



7. Squalus sucklii (Girard). Dog-fish. 

 Exceedingly abundant. Taken in great numbers with 



set lines. It is valued for the oil extracted from its liver. 



Family RAJID^. 



8. Raja rhina Jordan & Gilbert. 



Not uncommon; reaches a length of 32 inches. Not 

 taken by us. 



9. Raja binoculata (Girard). Common Skate; Ray. 

 Common on sandy shores. Reaches a length of 6 feet 



and a weight of over 60 pounds. One small speci- 

 men obtained, very prettily marked with large ocellated 

 spot on the base of pectorals, which fades in the adult. 

 Several of the egg cases of this species were dredged 

 from deep water, where they lie apparently unprotected 

 on the sandy bottom. 



Family CHIM^RID^. 



10. Hydrolagus colliaei (Lay & Bennett). Rat-fish. 

 Numerous specimens taken on sandy beaches at night 



with a seine, where they were attracted by a camp-fire. 

 It reaches a length of 2}4 feet. 



Family ACIPENSERID^. 



11. Acipenser transmontanus Richardson. White 

 Sturgeon. 



Common; running up the rivers in the spring. It 

 reaches a length of 15 feet and a weight of 300 to 400 

 pounds. Used largely as food, although its flesh is 

 coarse. Not taken by us. 



12. Acipenser medirostris Ayres. Green Sturgeon. 

 Not common. Reaches a large size, but is not used 



as food. Not taken by us. 



