FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 849 



Family ZOARCIDy^:. 



122. Lycodopsis paucidens (Lockington). 

 Abundant in Puget Sound. Length about lo inches. 



Not taken by us. The large-mouthed specimens, called 

 by Jordan & Gilbert paucidens, are the male and the 

 small -mouthed ones, called ^acijiciis, the female of the 

 same species. 



Family SCYTALINIDtF. 



123. Scytalina cerdale Jordan & Gilbert. Plate civ. 

 Specimens were found in abundance in the loose gravel 



under boulders at Waadda Island, Neah Bay. It has not 

 been taken since 1881, when Drs. Jordan & Gilbert took 

 the two type specimens (one of which was afterwards 

 destroyed by fire) in this locality. 



The skeleton does not differ essentially from that of 

 Lycodopsis faucidens, with which it has been compared. 

 The skull is not at all depressed, the wide depressed form 

 of the head of the fish is due to the fleshy cheeks. The 

 frontals take up the greater part of the top of the skull, 

 the parietals are separated by the supraoccipital, which 

 extends forward to the frontals. Opercles all present. 

 Lower jaw large and strong. Post -temporal scarcely 

 so firmly attached as in Ly codes; the clavicle long and 

 slender. 



Family GADID^. 



124. Microgadus proximus (Girard). Tomcod. 



A few specimens obtained. Very abundant. Taken 

 in large numbers by the fishermen. It is a food fish of 

 some value, and meets with a ready sale. It reaches a 

 length of a foot. 



125. Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius. Alaska Cod. 

 Not uncommon in certain localities near Cape Flattery. 



This is probably its southern limit. 



2d Ser., Vol. V. (55) December 19, 1895. 



