The Greenlings 



Aleutian Islands and westward to Kamchatka. It is abundant 

 about Unalaska, and is a good food-fish. 



H. stellcri, the common greenling, ranges from Kamchatka 

 to San Francisco. It is abundant about Victoria and in Puget 



Sound, where it is caught in considerable numbers. 



H. superciliosiis, the red rock-trout, occurs from Bering 



Island to Monterey Bay. It is most common southward. 



The remaining species is H. la^ocephahis, known only from 

 Bering Sea. 



The genus Ophidian, which may be distinguished from the 

 2 preceding genera by its single lateral line, contains but one 

 species. This is O. cloiigatns, known as the cultus cod, blue 

 cod, or buffalo cod. The cultus cod is a large, coarse tlsh, the 



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