848 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



One specimen obtained on Waadda Island, Neah Bay. 

 It was found high on the rocks, among alg^ just below 

 high water mark. Length 5 inches. 



This species is very closely related to Xiphistes chirus. 

 It differs from it chiefly in having 3 anal spines, in the 

 branches of the upper lateral line running higher, and in 

 coloration. It is numbered 3132 on the register of the 

 Leland Stanford Jr. University Museum. 



117. Xiphidion rupestre (Jordan & Gilbert). Plate ciii. 

 Equally abundant with Xiphidion macosum under rocks 



about Neah Bay. It does not reach such a large size as 

 the latter. 



118. Xiphidion mucosum Girard. 



Abundant at Neah Bay, where it was found under rocks 

 betweentide marks, in company with ^Y^. rupestre. Reaches 

 a length of 18 inches. 



Family STICH^ID^. 



119. Lumpenus anguillaris (Pallas). 



Taken in abundance with seines along sandy beaches 

 in Puget Sound. It reaches a length of 20 inches. 



Family CRYPTACANTHODID.^:. 



120. Delolepis virgatus Bean. 



A stuffed skin from near Seattle is in the collection of 

 the Young Naturalists' Society, collected by Prof. O. B. 

 Johnson. 



Family ANARRHICHADID^F:. 



121. Anarrhichthys ocellatus (Ayres). Wolf Fish. 

 Rare in Puget Sound: more common southward. It 



reaches a length of 8 feet, and is sometimes eaten. It 

 feeds on Crustacea and mussels, which it pulls off from 

 the rocks and crushes between its powerful jaws. 



