CATALOGUE OF FISHES IN ALCOHOL. 



FISHES OF ALASKA. 

 GASTEROSTEIME. 



1. Crasterosteus eat aphractus (Pall.) Tilesius. Stickleback; 



Salmon-killek. 

 San Francisco and Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; 

 coast and islands of Alaska; Bering Island (Stejne- 

 ger); Kaintchatka (Pallas). 



27998. (5 spec.) Saint Paul Island, Alaska, August 6, 1880. Dr. T. H. 

 Bean. 



2. Crasterosteus laaicrocephaius Girard. Naked Stickle- 



BACK. 



Tulare County, California (Cooper) ; San Pedro, Monte- 

 rey Bay, and San Francisco, California (Jordan & 

 Gilbert) ; Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; Southern 

 Alaska west to Unalashka. 



At Sitka, Clark's Trout (Salmo purpuratus) was found 

 feeding upon this species. 



28016. (5 spec. ) Saint Paul, Kodiak, July 13, 1880. Baker & Bean. 



3. Gasterostens pungitiiis (Linn.) subsp. brachypoda Bean. 



Ten-spined Stickleback. — Northern North America on 

 both sides ; on the east coast coming as far South as 

 Labrador ; on the west coast to Unalashka, the Shu- 

 magins, and Kodiak. 

 23997. (4 spec.) Saint Michael's, Alaska, 1876. L. M. Turner. 



PLEUEONECTlim 



4. IiCpidopsetta bllisaeata (Ayres) Gill. Flat-fish; Wowck 



(Kodiak). 



Monterey Bay and San Francisco, California (Jor. & 

 Gilb.) ; Puget Sound (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Alaska north at 

 least to Saint Paul Island. 



In Alaska this is an excellent food-fish and is very 

 abundant, being speared in large numbers in shallow 

 water near the shore on the rising tide, especially 

 towards evening. 



27942. Port Chatham, Cook's Inlet, July 6, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 

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