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the anterior margin of the soft dorsal. Ground color uniform brownish violet. An occipito-ocular vitta of deep purplish 
violet. Two other vitas 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. — Apodichthys violaceus, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. VII, 1854,150. 
Cebidichthys cristagalli, Ayres, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855,58; pi. I, figs. 1-3. 
Cebidichthys violaceous, Grd Gen. Eep. Fishes, 121. 
Two immature individuals were obtained at Steilacoom, Puget Sound. 
LUMPENUS ANGUILL ARIS, Gird. 
Eel-shaped Lumpenus. 
Plate XXV 5, Figs. 1-3. 
Sp. Ch. —Head slender, continuous with the outline of the body. Gape of mouth slightly oblique. Posterior extremity 
of maxillar bone 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. 
Gunnellus anguillaris, Cuv. & Val. His. Nat. Poiss. XI, 1836, 437.— Storer, Synops. 1846,121. 
Leptogunndlus gracilis, Ayres, in Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc. I, 1855,26. 
Lumpenus 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 XXV. 
Sp. Ch.— Upper surface 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.— Porichlhys notatus, Grd. 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 Ko-pel-la of the Nisquallies, (Gibbs ) 
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. 
