New Cottoid and Blennioid Fishes in Alaska — Quast 
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TABLE 1 
Ranges of Counts for Artediellus pacificus from 
Three Regions of the North Pacific Ocean 
AUKE 
COOK 
BAY 
INLET 
(AB 
KAMCHATKA (AB 
62 - 226 , 
ITEM 
TO KODIAK 1 64-726) 
63-182) 
Number of 
specimens 
not given 
1 
17 
First dorsal fin 
VII-VIII 
YII 
VII 
Second dorsal 
fin 
12-13 
12 2 
11 - 12 2 
Anal fin 
11-12 
13 2 
11 — 12 2 
Pectoral fin 
22-24 
233 
21-243 
Lateral line 
pores 
22-26 
274 
21-28 4 
Caudal fin 
divided rays 
9 
damaged 
7-9 5 
1 Jordan and Evermann (1898). 
2 Last two rays counted as two elements. 
3 Counts from both left and right fins. 
4 Left side only. 
6 Counts of seven were found only in the smaller specimens. 
the vicinity of Samsing Cove, near Sitka, on 18 
March 1964 (AB 64-954). 
Distribution includes southern California to 
northern British Columbia (Clemens and Wilby, 
1961) and Kodiak Island (Hubbard and 
Reeder, 1965). Judging from the distributional 
data, the species probably is common in the 
southern half of Southeastern Alaska and along 
nearly the entire outer coast of the region. 
Artedius lateralis (Girard) 
Common in our collections from coastal and 
northern and southern inside localities of South- 
eastern Alaska, including the southern tip of 
Baranof Island, Sitka, Barlow Cove, and Skowl 
Arm. 
Clemens and Wilby (1961) give the distribu- 
tion as southern California to the Queen Char- 
lotte Islands, and Hubbard and Reeder (1965) 
report the species from Kodiak Island. Hubbard 
and Reeder also suggest that the name Artedius 
delacyi Hubbs and Schultz applies to the species 
described as A . lateralis . The type description 
of A. delacyi states that the species, based on 
specimens from Kodiak Island, is very closely 
related to A. lateralis (Hubbs and Schultz, 
1941). Comparisons of critical proportions of 
our specimens from Sitka with those from the 
type description of A. delacyi Hubbs and 
Schultz also support the argument against the 
distinctiveness of A. delacyi (Table 2). The 
main distinguishing characteristic of A. delacyi 
in the type description involves thickness of the 
lips, a feature that probably varies according to 
the conditions of preservation. 
Oligocottus snyderi Greeley 
Three specimens, 37-57 mm, taken inter- 
tidally by divers using rotenone in the vicinity 
of Samsing Cove, near Sitka, on 18 March 1964 
(AB 64-954). 
Distribution of the species according to 
Clemens and Wilby (1961) is from southern 
California to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Our 
collection is the first recorded from Alaska and 
extends the known range northward about 
340 km. 
TABLE 2 
Critical Proportions of Artedius delacyi and A. lateralis Presented by Hubbs and Schultz (1941) 
and of Sitka Specimens of A. lateralis from the Auke Bay Laboratory Collection 
SPECIES 
NUMBER 
UPPER LIP 
WIDTH 1 -i- LEAST 
SUBORBITAL WIDTH 
LEAST WIDTH OF 
LIPS 2 ~ LEAST 
SUBORBITAL WIDTH 
HEAD INTO 
STANDARD LENGTH 
A. delacyi 
3 
ca. 1.0 
ca. 1.0 
2.75-2.85 
A. lateralis 
from Sitka 
10 
0 
Ci 
1 
b 
0.7-1. 1 
2.52-2.71 
A. lateralis 
( 3 ) 
0 . 6 - 0. 8 
0.6-0. 8 
2.50-2.80 
(usually 2.60-2.70) 
1 Measured sagitally. 
2 Least width of both lips below suborbital. 
3 Not given. 
