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523. Pholis fasciatus Bloch and Schneider. 

 Marine. 



Ranges from the coast of Greenland westward to the Kuril Islands, embracing the Arctic 

 Ocean and Bering Sea: its range indicating that it undoubtedly occurs in the waters 

 of the North West Passage, and should therefore be considered indigenous to the 

 Dominion. 



524. Pholis ornatus Girard. 

 Ornamented Gunnel. 



Marine: lives in shallow water. 



British Columbia: ranging from coast of California northward to Bering Sea, hence west- 

 ward to Kamchatka. 



525. Anoplarchus atropurpureus Kittlitz. 

 Marine. 



British Columbia; ranging from coast of California to coast of Alaska and Bering Sea. 



526. Xiphistes chirus Jordan and Gilbert. 



Marine. » 



British Columbia: ranges from coast of California northward to coast of Alaska. 



527. Xiphidion mucosum Girard. 

 Slimy Eel Pout. 



Marine: abounding among rocks and sea-weeds. 



British Columbia: ranging from coast of California to coast of Alaska. 



528. Xiphidion rupestre Jordan and Gilbert. 

 Rock Eel Pout. 



Marine: living among rocks and sea-weeds. 

 Ranges from British Columbia to coast of California. 



529. Leptoclinus maculatus Fries. 

 Langbarn. 



Marine. 



Arctic Ocean: occurs in Bering Sea and recorded from Unimak Pass and Bristol Bay: also 

 occurs from Spitzbergen southward to the coasts of Norway and Sweden: possibly 

 circumpolar, and if so should occur in the waters of the North West Passage: recorded 

 from the "fishing banks off the coast" of Nova Scotia (Jones, 1879, as L. aculeatus). 



530. Lumpenus medius Reinhardt. 

 Marine. 



Probably circumpolar: ranging at least from Spitzbergen and the coast of Norway west- 

 ward, and including Greenland, Bering Sea, and Kamchatka; and should therefore 

 occur in the waters of the North West Passage. 



531. Lumpenus anguillaris Pallas. 

 Snake Blenny. 



Marine. t 



British Columbia: ranges from coast of California to Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands, 

 and thence to Kamchatka. 



