410 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [24] 



anarrhichadim:. 



36. Anarrhichas leptBinas Bean. 



Norton Sound, Alaska ; the specimens obtained are all 

 from Saint Michael's. 

 29910. (261) Saint Michael's, Alaska, May 23, 1881. E. W. Nelson. 



TRACHINID.E. 



37. Bathymastci* signatus Cope. Cusk of the Shumagins ; 



KONQTJIL. 



Washington Territory northward to Unalashka. Very 

 abundant at the Shumagin Islands. Not used as 

 food ; a valuable bait for cod. 



27924. Sitka, Alaska, June 7, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



TRICHODONTIDiE. 



38. Trichodom stelleri Cuv. & Val. Sand-fish. 



Occasional at San Francisco ; northward to Bering 

 Sea ; abundant in the Gulf of Alaska and the eastern 

 Aleutian s. 



This species secrets itself in the sand for the capture of 

 small crustaceans. 



23933. Unalashka, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



LIPARIDIDiE. 



39. liiparis pulchellus Ayres. 



Monterey to Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; north- 

 ward to Kodiak and Unalashka in Alaska. 

 This is one of the largest species of the genus. 



30317. Saint Paul, Kodiak Island, Alaska. W. J. Fisher. 



30. fiiparis cyclopias Giinther. 



Monterey (?) to Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; Es- 

 quimault Harbor (Giinther) ; southeastern part of 

 Bering Sea. 

 24046. Unalashka, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



31. Imparls gibbus Bean. 



Unalashka to Eastern Siberia. 



27545. Plover Bay, Eastern Siberia, August 13, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 

 33. Imparls calliodon (Pallas) Giinther. 



Shumagin Islands; Aleutians; Eastern Siberia; Kamt- 

 ohatka. (Pallas). 

 23966. (2 spec.) Adakh, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



