Girard on Fishes of California. 535 
8. LEPTOCOTTUS ARMATUS, Grrarp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 
VII. 1854, 131, 145; VIII. 1856, 133. 
Acanthocottus inermis, AyRES. Ms 
Locality. Tomales Bay. 
4. SCORPAENICHTHYS MARMORATUS, Grrarp, Proe. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Philad. VIL. 1854, 131,145; VIIL 1856, 133. 
ripterus marmoratus, AYRES, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. I. 1854, 4. 
Locality. Tomales Bay. 
5. ASPICOTTUS BISON, Grrarp, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. 
1854, 130; VIII. 1856, 133. 
Clypeocottus robustus, AYRES Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. I. 1854, 11. 
Locality. Tomales Bay. 
-.$ ARTEDIUS NOTOSPILOTUS, Gimanp, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci, Philad. 
1856, 134. 
Plate XXIV, figs. 5 and 6. 
Description. About three inches and a quarter in total 
le th, the head constituting the third of it, the caudal fin 
excluded. The occipital region is depressed, and the inter- 
ocular region, which is broader than in Artedius lateralis, 
Instead of being convex is groove-like. The rostral dis- 
tance gently slopes towards the extremity of the snout, 
E 
> à iting two stout and conspicuous nasal spines, behind | 
Which is a depression for a tubular posterior nostril; the ante- 
. Nor nostri] being as usual on the side of the snout nearer 
1 Passing rather posterior to the middle of the pupil. The 
: Ye is | » Subcirculay, situated towards the upper surface 
Of the head; its horizontal diameter is contained four times 
3 length of the side of the head: not quite once in 
“nce of the anterior rim of the orbit. A short and flat- 
tricuspid process may be observed upon the con- 
