The West American Scientist. 



Yol. I. SAN DIEGO, CALIFOKNIA, JUNE, 1885. No. 7. 



THE FISHES OF SIN HIE80, CALIFORNIA, 



A REVISION OF THE LIST OF FISHES MADE NOVEMBER 5, 1880. 



BY ROSA SMITH. 



ORTHAGORISCID.E— THE HEAD-FISHES, 



Mola rotunda, Cuvier. — Sun-fish; head-fish; mola. "Pelagic, 

 inhabiting most temperate and tropical seas, swimming slowly 

 about near the surface; common northward to Point Concepcion." 



TETRODONTID.E— THE PUFFERS. 



Tetrodon politus, Girard. — Puffer; smooth balloon-fish. "San 

 Diego to Panama; very common southward." Twice recorded 

 from San Diego. 



HIPPOGAMPID^E-THE SEAHORSES. 



Hippocampus ingens, Girard. — Sea-horse. Occasional. 



SYNGNATHID^E— THE PIPE FISHES. 



Siphostoma punctipinne (Gill), J. & G. 

 Siphostoma auliscus, Swain. 



Siphostoma bairdianum (Dumeril), Swain. "Santa Barbara 

 and Lower California." 



Siphostoma leptorhynchum (Girard), J. & G. 



GASTEROSTEID^E— THE STICKLEBACKS. 



Gasterosteus microcephalus, Girard. Tia Juana Eiver. 



PLEURONECT1D.E-THE FLAT-FISHES. 



Aphoristia atricauda, Jordan & Gilbkrt. — Sole. Kather rare. 

 Hypsopsetta guttulata (Grd. ), Gill. Diamond Flounder. 

 Pleuronichthys coenosus, Girard. Common. 

 Paralichthys californicus (Ayres). J. & G. — "Halibut." 

 Citharichthys sordidus (Grd.), Gunther. — Plaice. Found along 

 the entire coast, but not common here. 



OPHIDIID^E. 



Ophidium taylori, Girard. — A small band -like fish, rarely taken 

 from the bay. 



BLENNIID^-THE BLENNIES. 



Cremnobotes integripinnis, Kosa Smith. 



Clinus evides, J. & G. (= Gibbonsia elegans, Cooper). 



Isesthes gilberti, Jordan. 



