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508. Liparis pulchellus Ayres. 

 Stone Sucker. 

 Marine. 



British Columbia: ranges from coast of California to Alaska and Bering Sea. 



509. Bathyphasma ovigerum Gilbert. 

 Bathybial. 



Off Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia — known apparently only from the type;* 

 obtained at 1,588 fathoms. 



510. Careproctus ranula Goode and Bean. 

 Marine. 



Off Chebucto Head, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia — only specimen apparently known 

 (if distinct as a species from C. reinhardi)^ obtained by the 'Speedwell' Expedition 

 in 52 fathoms (Jones, 1879, as Liparis ranula). 



511. Paraliparis cephalus Gilbert. 

 Bathybial. 



British Columbia: ranges from coast of California to Alaska: recorded also from north of 

 Unalaska. 



512. Paraliparis ulochir Gilbert. 

 Bathybial. 



Recorded from Gulf of California and Bering Sea: given here owing to its occurrence north 

 and south of British Columbia. 



513. Prionotus carolinus Linnsus. 

 Common Gurnard. 

 Marine. 



Ranges from Maine to South Carolina, perhaps from Maritime Provinces. 



514. Cephalacanthus volitans Linnaeus. 

 Flying Robin: Flying Gurnard. 



Marine: rises out of the water, like the flying fishes, and moves in the air. 



Occasional off the coast of the southern part of the Bay of Fundy: "found along our entire 

 coast [United States] south of Cape Cod, and in the waters of Brazil; also in the Medi- 

 terranean and in the neighbouring parts of the eastern Atlantic" (Goode, 1888); and 

 recorded from various localities in the West Indies, including Porto Rico on the 

 authority of Poej< and Stahl (Evermann and Marsh, 1899) . 



515. Porichthys notatus Girard. 

 Midshipman. 



Marine: lives under stones. 



British ColumbiaJ and Puget Sound, ranging southward to Lower California. 



*This specimen is figured in Drs. Jordan and Evermann's 'Fishes of North and Middle America,' vol. IV, pi. 

 CCCXVIII. 



■(■"Garman refers this species to the synonymy of Careproctus reinhardi [a fish known from Greenland and 

 neighbouring islands] which may be correct." Jordan and Evermann. 



JA specimen in the Provincial Museum, Victoria, given in the catalogue as P. porosissimus would seem to 

 belong to this species — the recorded range of P. porosissimus being from South Carolina to Texas and Argentina. 



