414 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [28] 



SCORP^NID^E. 



51 . Sebastichthys ciliatus (Tiles.) 



Gulf of Alaska ; Aleutians (Pallas, as Perca variabilis). 

 The species is known to us from Southeastern Alaska 

 and the island of Kodiak. 

 32008. Mary Island, Alaska, July, 1882. Capt. H. E. Nichols. 



GHIEID2E. 



52. Hexagrammus asper Steller. 



San Francisco and northward (Jor. & Gilb.) ; coast of 



Alaska north to Port Clarence. 

 The young of this species were obtained in Cook's Inlet 

 in July, 1880, and at Port Clarence in September of 

 the same year by Messrs. Dall & Bean. 

 27650. Unalashka, Alaska, July 31, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



53. Heiagrammns ordinatus (Cope) Bean. Green-fish; 



Torpoog (Russian). 

 This is an excellent food-fish, called green-fish because 

 the flesh is naturally green, though white and very 

 palatable alter cooking. Gravid females were seined 

 at Unalashka July 28, 1880 ; the eggs are brown. 

 27649. Iliuliuk, Unalashka, July 31, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



54. Hexagraimuus decagrammtis (Pall.) Jor. & Gilb. 



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



&Gilb.); off Mount Saint Elias (Pallas); Gulf of 



Alaska; Unalashka. 

 The species is abundant in Southeastern Alaska, and 



is an important article of food. 

 29134. Sitka, Alaska, September 13, 1881. Capt. H. E. Nichols. 



55. Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Pallas) Gill. Atka 



fish ; Atka mackerel ; Striped fish ; Yellow 

 fish. 



Western part of Gulf of Alaska ; Aleutian Islands. 



This species is common in great schools in deep water 

 about the Shumagins, and is the finest known bait 

 for cod; it is even more abundant off Atka; it can 

 be taken in purse seines like the mackerel, which it 

 resembles in shape and, after cooking, in taste. This 

 fish is certain to become very important commer- 

 cially. 

 27930. Iliuliuk Unalashka, October 7, 1880. Robert King 



