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of the male is gieen and the colors brighter. The dorsal of the female shows the palest possible 

 goldeu tint and is bordered by a narrow dark line. In the male the lower half of the dorsal is the 

 same shade as the back. The upper half is dark brown in striking contrast. The pectorals and ven- 

 trals are barred with purplish-brown on a yellow ground. The anal is a shade of yellow crossed by 

 4 or 5 oblique dark bars. The tail is marked like the dorsal. The breast has a tinge of golden. 

 In the male the ventrals are bluish-black on outer half. 



iSTo. 14 is very dark ; the abdomen, breast; and under part of head golden. The flesh is green- 

 ish. The brownish is in obscure blotches. 



No. 6 has the fins barred and mottled very light brown. Tlio general color is very light 

 brownish olive. The top of the head and nose is bluish-black. On the anal, ventrals, and pec- 

 torals the markings are nearly or quite obsolete. The silvery spots of the preceding example are 

 replaced by white. 



On Nos. 9 and 10 the sides of the head are flecked and mottled with whitish, and on No. 9 the 

 lower surface of the head is a rich golden-orange, becoming reddish-orange on the branchiostegals. 

 These fish are common but not abundant around the shore of Norton Sound. They come inshore 

 from deep water the first of June each year and retreat again as cold weather approaches. 



E[exagea:.ijius supeeciliosus (Pallas). 



33823. (5.) Uiialaska, May, 1877. 



The male of this species is very beautiful, the ground color being a varying shade of bright 

 carmine red, a large portion of which is hidden by an overlying shade of black, or in many cases 

 a dark brown. The red shows in from C to 8 more or less broken bands on the sides, extending 

 from the abdomen in front and from the anal behind obliquely up and back. In some cases the red 

 is visible through the brown on the back, giving a rich madder tint. At times the red becomes 

 an orange shade and again a brick red or a scarlet. The lower jiarts are also red and brown 

 marked, the former color predominating and covering all the breast and under surface of head. 

 The lips are a dull jjurplish red. The top of the head is a dull madder red, extending back to the 

 first dorsal. The spots along the dorsal ijarts are a little more purplish than on the sides, and the 

 red is to a great extent replaced by a greenish tint varying from a light to a very dark, and some- 

 times becoming almost a white. A bar extends obliquely down and back from the eye, first green- 

 ish then red. The dorsals are dark purple, mottled with large bluish-white blotches. The tips are 

 a lighter purple. The tail is a livid purplish-red, darker at base. The pectorals are a livid purple, 

 darker at base and light at tips, and crossed by three poorly-defined dark-bluish bands. The base 

 is dark with irregular red blotches. The ventrals are very dark purple with a few red spots. The 

 anal is also very dark with red blotches. The flesh throughout as well as the interior of head and 

 intestines are green. They are said to be very good eating. 



32864. (4.) Unalaska, May 30, 1877. 



Common Eed-banded Biissian Eock Trout. Yery common in a few fathoms of water off small 

 rocky points about Unalama. The ovaries fully developed May 30. Females 17 to 15 inches 

 long. Ground a pale blue, which is to a great extent obscured by a varying shade of brown, which 

 in %large specimen was nearly black and faded on other specimens to a much lighter shade, some- 

 times tinged with a dull reddish on the shoulders and sides of head. The blue is visible through 

 the brown of the sides and back in irregular spots and blotches. The latter mostly confined to 

 the sides. Sometimes the blotches on the sides are of a satiny white. The arrangement of colors 

 on the back, tail, and head give a peculiar mottled appearance. On the head the blue appears 

 as reticulations, with dark brown and sometimes golden-brown spots and blotches. The dorsals 

 are bluish, with large spots and blotches of brown on the membrane and covering a larger part of 

 the fins. The pectorals are dull yellow above and fleshy below, sometimes much darker and duller, 

 with a purple tint, which becomes decided on lower part. Under parts pale dirty white, with a fine 

 brownish mottling, and the abdomen, chest, and lower parts of head with a dull golden-yellow 

 tint. Lower fins fleshy, yellowish, with dark shading. Front of lips a dull brick reddish. In 



