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opposite the anterior margin of the soft dorsal. Ground color uniform brownish violet. An occipito-ocular vitta of deep 
purplish violet. Two other vittae of the same hue extend, one from the postero-inferior rim of the orbit, the other from the 
anterior rim, obliquely backwards across the cheeks and opercular apparatus. 
Syn. — Apodkhdiys violaceus, Ged. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 150. 
C(hidichthjs erislagalli, Ayres, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855, 58 ; PI. I, figs. 1-3. 
■ Cehidichthys violaceus, Grd. Gen. Eep. FLshes, 121. 
Two immature individuals were obtained at Steilacoom, Puget Sound. 
LUMPENUS ANGUILLARIS, Grd. 
Eel-shaped Lnmpenas. 
Plate XXV&, Figs. 1-3. 
Sp. Ch. — Head slender, continuous with the outline of the body. Gape of mouth slightly oblique. Posterior extremity 
of maxillarbone extending to a vertical line drawn midway between the anterior rim of the orbit and the pupil. Origin of 
dorsal fin situated opposite the base of the pectorals. Pectorals and caudal spear-shaped ; greenish olive, upper regions 
maculated. Caudal fin transversely barred. 
Syn. — Blennius anguillaris, Pall. Zoogr. Ross. Asiat. Ill, 1831, 176. 
Gunndlus miguinaris, Cuv. & Val. His. Nat. Poiss. XI, 1836, 437.— Stoeeb, Synops. 1846, 121. 
LeptogunneUus gracilis, Ayres, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855, 26. 
Lumpenm anguillaris, Grd. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 123. 
A single specimen was obtained from Bellingham bay. No notes were made concerning it. 
PORICHTHYS NOTATUS, Grd. 
Porous Catfish. 
Plate XXY. 
Sp. Ch. — Upper suiface of head quite flat. An acute preopercular spine stretching across the opercle. Posterior extremity 
of maxillar bone extending to a vertical line drawn posteriorly to the orbit. Four series of pores on either side of the 
body. A subgular and an abdominal series, as also several of these on the sides of the head. Upper regions dark bluish 
violet ; sides and belly silvery gray. A sub-crescentic streak beneath the eye. 
Syn. — Porichthys notatm, Ged. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854, 141 and 151. — Ibid. Gen. Rep. Fishes, 134. 
An individual of this species is found in our collection made at Fort Steilacoom, Puget 
Sound. No notes, however, were made concerning it. Frequently isolated specimens already 
dead were sent to us by friends at a distance, so that the study of their habits during life was 
impossible. 
MORRHUA? 
Puget Sound Cod. 
The Kopel-la of the Nisqdallies, (Gibes.) 
A small codfish is quite common in Puget Sound. Near Fort Steilacoom they are taken rather 
abundantly between May and mid-summer, at which season they repair to the more shallow 
water, and are easily speared by the natives. Although scarcely exceeding four or five pounds in 
average weight, they are, for the table, equal to those taken on the Atlantic coast. Some which 
we salted and dried in the ordinary manner were excellent, and when cooked were preferred 
to the salt cod purchased in the shops. Mr. Gibbs informs me that cod are taken at Port 
Townsend as early as the middle of March. 
