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45. lieptocottus armatiis Girard. 



Coast of California (Jor. & Gilb.); Puget Sound (Jor. 

 & Gilb.) ; Gulf of Alaska. 



The species is common as far west as Kodiak, whence 

 Mr. William J. Fisher has sent a number of fine ex- 

 amples. 



27968. Sitka, Alaska, May 31, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



46. Oligocottus maciiBosus Girard. 



Coast of California (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Puget Sound (Jor. 



& Gilb.) 5 Vancouver Island; east coast of Gulf of 



Alaska, north to Cook's Inlet. 

 Alaskan examples show certain differences from the 



typical form which may require for them a separate 



subspecific name. 



27514. (2 spec. ) Sitka, Alaska, June 3, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



47. Oligocottus giobiceps Girard. 



Monterey Bay and San Francisco (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Puget 

 Sound (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian 

 Islands. 



23959. Adakh f Alaska, W.H.Dall. 



48. Blep&ias cirrhosus (Pallas) Giinther. 



San Francisco (Jor. & Gilb.); Puget Sound (Jor. & 



Gilb.); Gulf of Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Saint 



Paul Island. 

 Messrs. Dall & Bean found it to be very abundant at 



Port Mulgrave and Unalashka in 1880 ; only young 



individuals were obtained. 



28051. Port Mulgrave, Alaska, June 24, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



49. Hlep§ta§ bilobus Cuv. & Val. 



Gulf of Alaska (Kodiak) ; Kamtchatka (Giinther). 

 In the National Museum specimens are known only 

 from Kodiak. The species seems to be rare. 



280«1. (E.) Saint Paul, Kodiak Island, Alaska. W. J. Fisher. 



50. ]VaMtichttiy§ oculofasciatus Girard. 



San Francisco (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Puget Sound (Jor. & 



Gilb.); Kodiak; Unalashka; and other Aleutians. 

 All the Alaskan examples received so far are young. 



2S941. Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



