In listing those species of chordates which have been collected or 

 observed around the island we have broken them down into classes to pro- 

 vide an easier understanding of the types of these organisms in this major 

 phylum. 



Table 9. Chordates at Rincon Island 



Class 



Common Name 



Scientific Name 



Tunicata 



Simple sea squirt 



Boltenia villosa Stimpson 





Simple sea squirt 



Chelyosoma produatum 

 Stimpson 





Compound sea squirt 



Cystodytes lohatus 

 (Ritter) 





Simple sea squirt 



Styela montereyensis 

 (Dall) 



Chondrichthyes 



Swell shark 



CeiphdLo soy Ilium ventriosum 

 (Carman) 





Horn shark 



Heterodontus franaisai 

 (Girard) 





Bat ray 



Myliobatus oalifomioa 

 (Gill) 





Blue shark 



Prionaoe glauaa (Linnaeus) 





Shovelnose guitarfish 



Rhinobatos productus 

 (Ayres) 





Smooth hammerhead shark 



Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus) 





Spiny dogfish 



Squalus aaanthias 

 (Linnaeus) 





Leopard shark 



Triakis semifasoiata 

 Girard 





Round stingray 



Urolophus halleri 

 (Cooper) 



Osteichthyes 



Island kelpfish 



Attoalinus holderi 

 (Lauderbach) 





Barred surfperch 



Amphistiahus argenteus 

 Agassiz 





Calico surfperch 



Amphistiahus koetzi 

 (Hubbs) 





Sargo 



Anisotremus davidsoni 

 (Steindachner) 





Smoothhead sculpin 



Artedius lateralis 

 (Girard) 





Topsmelt 



Atherinops affinis 

 (Ayres) 





Jacksmelt 



Atherinopsis aalifomiensis 

 Girard 





Kelp perch 



Braahyistius frenatus Gill 





Black croaker 



Cheilotrema satumum 

 (Girard) 



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