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 t COTTID^. 



LEPTOCOTTUS ARMATUS, Gir. [No. 12963]. 



Leptocottua armatus, Girai^d, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1854, 131-145 ; viii, 1856, 

 133 ; P. E. R. Report, x, 1858, Fishes, 60, pi. 15, f . 2. 



Acanthocottus inermis, Ayres. 



Centridermichthys armatus, GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes, ii, 1860, 171. 



Locality: Mare Island, Cal. 



Glinther queries Girard's statement that the end of the upper maxil- 

 lary bone extends beyond the vertical from the posterior margin of the 

 orbit. In our six specimens from Mare Island, varying in length from 

 3.50 to 5 inches, it reaches in every example either to or beyond the 

 vertical from the posterior margin of the orbit. We find nothing want- 

 ing to complete Girard's excellent description of this fish. 



SOORP^NIDiE. 



SEBASTOMUS AURICULATUS, {Qir.) Gill [No. 12964]. 



Sebastes auriculatus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 131 ; P. R. R. Report 

 s, 1858, Fishes, p. 80.— Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., ii, 1853, 218, f. 68; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 394, fig. 



Sebastes ruber, var. parvus, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., i, 1854, 7. 



Sebastichthys auriculatus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 278. 



Sebasiomus auriculatus, Gill, MSS. ^ 



Locality: San Francisco, Cal. Caught at the wharves of Mission 



Bay. 



LABEID^. 



PIMELOMETOPON PULCHER, (Ayres) Gill [No. 17551]. 



Ldbrus pulcher, Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., i, 1854, v. 3; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 



Hist., V, 1854, 101. 

 Seniicossysphus pulcher, Gunther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., series iii, viii, 1861, 384; 



Cat. Fishes, iv, 1862, 99.— Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 330. 

 Fimelometopon pulcher, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 58. 



Locality: Pacific coast of Lower California. 



D. i|. A. T-V L. lat. 58. 



Height of the body equals the length of the head, and is contained 

 not quite four times in the total length. Height of the head equals its 

 length. But three large anterior canine teeth in each jaw (probably 



