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Young individuals occasionally have a few cirri along the dorsal fin, on the opercle, and above 
the pectoral fins, probably showing a reversion to a type resembling Dialurclius snyderi. 
Color, light brown, a very soft gray in some specimens, varying from almost olive to a dull brown 
in others; marked dorsally with fine white spots, which become larger below and shade into the pale 
olive of belly ; some specimens tinged with milk-white or lavender, with a series of spots of same 
color along lateral line; fine dark-brown transverse bauds, varying greatly in distinctness, extend 
downward from dorsal fin, first two reaching the belly, last three interrupted; a white spot at base 
of tail, usually one on dorsal side of caudal peduncle; head uniform with body, but more or less 
vermiculated with white or olive; throat olive, spotted with white, the ground color becoming pale 
on belly and along the sides of the anal; fins light olive, barred with brown. 
Comparative measurements of nine specimens of Oligocottus maculosus. 
Measurements. 
Collectors and localities. 
Jordan, Sitka, L. S. Jr. 
U. M. (5658). 
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Starks, Port Ludlow, 
L. S. Jr. U. M. (5027). 
Snyder, Crescent City. 
Snyder, Crescent City. 
Greeley & Cowles, Pil- 
lar Point. 
Greeley & Cowles, Pil- 
lar Point. 
Greeley & Spaulding, 
Pigeon Point. 
Greeley & Spaulding, 
Pigeon Point. 
Extreme length in millimeters 
51 
44 
56 
59 
61 
58 
61 
58 
59 
Greatest height of body 
11 
22 
26 
26 
24 
26 
23 
27 
24 
Least height of caudal peduncle 
8 
8 
10 
10 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
Length of caudal peduncle 
16 
19 
18 
17 
17 
16 
17 
17 
16 
Length of head — 
31 
32 
34 
35 
33 
34 
32 
34 
33 
Width of head 
24 
22 
27 
24 
26 
24 
24 
25 
25 
Width of interorbital space 
5 
6 
5 
5 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
Height of head at pupil 
16 
16 
15 
15 
15 
15 
14 
16 
15 
Length of snout 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
Diameter of orbit 
6 
6 
6 
7 
7 
7 
6 
7 
6 
Distance from snout to spinous dorsal 
30 
32 
31 
32 
32 
31 
30 
31 
31 
Length of spinous dorsal at base 
25 
24 
28 
28 
24 
25 
22 
26 
24 
Height of spinous dorsal 
10 
10 
10 
13 
10 
9 
10 
11 
11 
Length of soft dorsal at base 
42 
42 
40 
44 
43 
41 
42 
40 
43 
Height of soft dorsal 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
13 
16 
14 
15 
Distance from snout to anal 
46 
45 
50 
47 
46 
57 
53 
51 
48 
Height of anal 
14 
15 
15 
16 
15 
14 
14 
13 
13 
Length of caudal . . 
23 
23 
22 
24 
26 
22 
23 
21 
21 
Distance from snout to pectoral 
33 
31 
32 
34 
33 
32 
32 
33 
32 
Length of pectoral 
37 
33 
34 
36 
36 
34 
36 
34 
35 
Distance from snout to ventral 
31 
30 
30 
32 
32 
32 
35 
32 
31 
Length of ventral 
18 
20 
19 
19 
20 
19 
19 
19 
18 
Number of dorsal spines 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
Number of dorsal rays 
16 
17 
16 
17 
17 
17 
17 
16 
16 
N umber of anal ravs 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
Number of pectoral rays 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
17 
17 
20 
19 
17 
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Clinocottus analis (Girard). 
Oligocottus analis Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. I'hila. 1857, 201, Monterey ; Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Sur., 
x, Fishes, 57, 1858; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 718, 1883. 
Coitus criniger Giinther, Cat., ii , 522, 1860, Monterey. 
Centridermichthys analis Gunther, Cat., II, 171, 1860. 
Clinocottus analis Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North and Middle America, ii, 2012, 1898. 
Body light brown, crossed by seven or eight irregular dark bands, broken anteriorly and covered 
everywhere with fine white, yellow, and pink spots, occasionally olive in some specimens, and in 
others uniform white, which may be united in irregular blotches; a faint reddish spot on dorsal fin, 
another on dorsal side of caudal peduncle; head, dull black, shaded with light brown, and thickly 
spotted as body ; top of head lighter, throat silvery white, with irregular dark- brown and black spots ; 
belly light yellow or white, pectorals and I ail barred with broad bands of olive green, and sometimes 
edged with yellow or red; soft dorsal olive, rays spotted with white and black, and whole fin of 
breeding males edged with a row of red spots varying greatly in extent, but always conspicuous. 
Some young specimens have a distinctly reddish tinge over head and dorsal part of body, others are or 
F. C. B. 1899—2 
