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Girard on Fishes of California. 533 
Arr. XXVIIL— A List of the Fisnzs collected in Califor- 
mia, by Mn. E. SawvEs, with Descriptions of the new 
Species. By CnanLEs Ginanp, M. D 
I. COTTIDJE. 
1. COTTOPSIS PARVUS, Ginaxzp, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. 
Locality. Petaluma, Sonoma Co. 
?. OLIGOCOTTUS MACULOSUS, Grirarp, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Philad. VIII. 1856, 133. 
Pl. XXIV, fig. 7. 
Description. The head is but very slightly broader than 
deep; its upper surface is depressed and smooth, the inter- 
ocular Space grooved, the snout very declivous and conse- 
quently short, narrow, and rounded upon its periphery. 
^é upper jaw protrudes slightly beyond the lower one; 
the mouth is small, being but moderately cleft; the poste- 
nor extremity of the maxillary extending to a vertical line 
intersecting the pupil. The eye is subcircular, and its diam- 
eter contained four times in the length of the side of the 
head, exactly once in advance of its anterior rim. The 
tad itself forms a little less than the fourth of the entire 
length. A rather stout bicuspid process arises from the 
convexity of the preopercle with its acute spines directed 
“iquely upwards, no other spines being apparent upon 
the °percular apparatus. In speaking of the upper surface 
_ Of the head, we omitted mentioning two prominent and 
“cute nasal spines; the nostrils being as usual placed one 
ind and the other beneath each spine. The branchial 
res are continuous under the throat and the branchi- 
Ostegal rays six in number. 
, we body is very much compressed, subfusiform, and 
deeper than broad even anteriorly. The first dorsal is lower 
