[29] FISH' EIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 415 



•56. Anoplopoiiaa fiBistosia (Pallas) Gill. Beshowe; Coal fish. 

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



& Gilb.) ; Southeastern Alaska. 

 This species is common and little esteemed in San Fran- 

 cisco markets, but highly prized in the Puget Sound 

 region ; it grows to a length of more than two feet. 

 32003. Hassler Harbor, Alaska, August, 1882. Capt. H. E. Nichols. 



AMMODYTIME. 



57. Animodytes alascanus Cope. 



Southeastern Alaska ; Unalashka. 



Specimens agreeing with Cope's description of the above 

 species are infrequent among the numerous repre- 

 sentatives of Ammodytes in the collections of the 

 U. S. National Museum. 



24034. Unalashka, Alaska. W. H. Dall. 



58. Ammodytes persona tus Girard. Sand Launce; Lant. 



Monterey Bay and Puget Sound (Jor. & Gilb.); entire 

 coast of Alaska north to Point Belcher; Eastern 

 Siberia. 



This little fish plays a very important part in the cod 

 fishery, because of its great abundance and the greedi- 

 ness with which cod feed upon it. 



28024. (2spec.) Port Clarence, Alaska, September 6, 1880. Dall & 

 Bean. 



UMBRID^E. 



59. Dallia pectoralis Bean. Black fish. 



Northern Alaska in the vicinity of Bering Strait. Ee- 

 corded from Port Clarence by Smitt as Dallia delica- 

 tissima. 



This is a food-fish of small size, but great importance ; 

 it is greatly esteemed and exceedingly abundant. 



6661. (c.) Saint Michael's, Alaska. H. M. Bannister. 



salmonim;. 



©O. Osmerus deiitex Steind. Smelt. 



Alaska, in the vicinity of Bering Strait ; De Castries 



Bay, Siberia (Steind.). 

 This is an important food-fish both in the fresh and the 



dried state. 



21527. Saint Michael's, Alaska, Febiuary, 1877. L. M. Turner. 



