420 FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [34] 



CATOSTOMIDiE. 



78. Cato§tomuslongii*o§t5°iimLe Sueur. Long-nosed Sucker. 



Great Lake region northwestward to the Yukon in 

 Alaska; Kodiak. 



This species is very abundant in the Yukon, and has 

 recently been sent down from the island of Kodiak; 

 it is too full of small bones to be an important food- 

 fish. 



32465. Kodiak, Alaska. W. J. Fisher. 



CHIM^RIDiE. 



79. Chimsesra coSliei Bennett. Kat-fish; Elephant-fish. 



Pacific coast of North America from Monterey to South- 

 eastern Alaska. 



The male has been known to cause a serious wound by 

 means of its cephalic appendage. 

 24041. Alaska. 



GALEORHINLD.E. 



80. GaleorhiiBiis zyopterus Jor. & Gilb. Oil Shark. 



Coast of Southern California from San Francisco to 

 Cerros Island (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Southeastern Alaska. 



The oil shark is valued for the oil in its liver; the 

 Chinese make a soup from the fin -rays of this species. 



5593. Sitka, Alaska. F. Bischoff. 



SPINACID^. 



81. Sqwalias acaBatfoias Linn. Spined Dog-fish; Picked Dog- 



fish ; Dog-fish. 



Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America., very 

 abundant in the Gulf of Alaska. 



At present this dog-fish is simply a nuisance to fisher- 

 men in the Gulf of Alaska, its liver not being utilized 

 as it is on the coast of New England. 

 29120. Red Bay, Alaska, August 14, 1881. Capt. H. E. Nichols. 



AMEKICAN SALM0N0IDS. 



AKGENTININ.E. 

 1. UlallotiiM villo§5is (Miiller) Cuv. Capelin. 



North Atlantic and Pacific ; in the Pacific known as 

 far south as Sitka, in the Atlantic said to reach Cape 

 Cod. 

 The young are found abundantly in late summer north- 

 ward. 



21209. $ & 9 . NeAvfoundland, Harvey. 



27564. Juv. Plover Bay, Siberia, August 12, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



