ZOOLOGY. 
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33. ANARRHICHTHYS FELIS, Grd. 
Plate XX Ya, figs. 1-3. — General Report upon Fishes. 
Profile of head uniformly convex. Eye large and circular. Mouth deeply cleft; posterior 
extremity of maxillary hone extending to a vertical line drawn across the posterior rim of the 
orhit. Origin of dorsal fin situated anteriorly to the base of the pectorals. Caudal fin lanceo- 
lated ; head and body mottled with light ashy grey and dark olive green, disposed in irregular 
circles, lines, and blotches, which extend also to the dorsal fins. 
Might, very properly, he called “ Californian Wolf Fish.” 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
No. of 
Sex and 
Locality. 
When 
Collected by— 
Original 
Nature of spe- 
number. 
specimens. 
age. 
collected. 
number. 
cimens. 
511 
3 
Young. 
San Francisco, Cal.. 
1856 
Dr. Ayres_ 
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Alcoholic. 
X. FAMILY GOBIDAE. 
34. GOBIUS LEPIDUS, Grd. 
Plate XXYa, figs. 5 and 6. — General Report upon Fishes. 
Body elongated, slender, and very compressed. Head sub-conical; jaws equal; gape of mouth 
oblique ; posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn hack of the pupil. 
Interocular space narrow. Reddish brown ; fins blackish. 
This is one of the “Goby” tribe, heretofore unnoticed. 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
number. 
No. of 
specimens. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Collected by— 
Original 
number. 
Nature of spe¬ 
cimens. 
362 
i 
Adult. 
San Francisco, Cal... 
1855 
Dr. Newberry... 
Alcoholic. 
XL, FAMILY CYCLQPTEMDiE. 
35. CYCLOGASTER PULCHELLUS, Grd. 
General Report upon Fishes. 
Snout bluntly rounded ; posterior extremity of maxillary extending to a vertical line drawn 
in advance of the pupil. Inferior edge of pectoral fins falciform. Origin of dorsal fin placed 
somewhat posteriorly to the upper edge of the base of the pectorals. Anterior margin of the 
anal situated nearer the extremity of the snout than the tip of the caudal. Light olive brown 
above, with longitudinal waving lines of darker brown ; abdomen and throat whitish ; sides 
exhibiting white dots. 
Improperly called “ Sucking Fish.” 
