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CYCLOPTERIDiE. 



33. Eumicrotreiims §pinosu§ (Miiller) Gill. Spiny Ltjmp- 



fish. 



Iceland (Faber) ; Spitzbergen (Kroyer) ; Greenland 

 (specimen in U. S. National Museum) ; south to 

 Massachusetts Bay (IT. S. Fish Commission) 5 Eastern 

 Siberia (Dall and Bean) ; TJnalashka (Bean) ; Van- 

 couver Island (Giinther, as Cyclopterus orbis). 

 27505. Iliuliuk, TJnalashka, October, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



AGONID^E. 



34. Podothecus aeipenseriniis (Pallas) Gill. Alligator-fish. 



Washington Territory northward to TJnalashka, not 



uncommon in Alaska. 

 The young individuals from Cape Lisburne doubtfully 



referred by me to this species (Proc. Nat. Mus., vol. 



iv, p. 248) are probably different. 



32481. Kodiak, Alaska, 1882. W. J. Fisher. 



35. Siphagonus barbatus Steind. 



Gulf of Alaska and north to Port Clarence (Bering 

 Strait) ; u Eismeer, zunachst der Behringsstrasse" 

 (Steind.) ; Hakodadi and Nagasaki, Japan (Steind.). 

 Found to be rather common at Port Clarence in Sep- 

 tember, 1880. 

 28052. Port Mulgrave, Alaska, June 24 ; 1880. T. H. Bean. 



COTTID^E. 



36. Cottus polyacanthocephalus Pallas. 



Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; everywhere abund- 

 ant throughout the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutians. 

 Not yet certainly made out from farther north than 

 TJnalashka. 



This is the largest of all the species of Cottus^ reaching 

 fully 30 inches in length. 



27643. (1 spec.) Iliuliuk, TJnalashka, July 28, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 

 27946. (2 spec.) Illiuliuk, TJnalashka, October 6, 1880. Dall & Bean. 



37. Cottus niger Bean. Black Sculpin. 



Kodiak Island; Shumagin Islands ; Saint Paul Island; 

 probably north to Saint Michael's. 



Very large individuals were collected at Kodiak in 1880 

 by Dall & Bean, and others of great size have recently 

 come in from Win. J. Fisher, of the same island. 

 27952. Saint Paul Island, Alaska, August 6, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



