577 
Dorsals with 3 oblique dark brown bands longitudinally, uppermost 
of sikaead fin blackish behind. Anal dull yellow basally, pale 
brown marginally. ‘ectoral and ventral dull brown, former with 5 
transverse broad deeper brown bands. Length 265 6 270 mm, ‘One 
labeled "Callao" and another "probably Pacific" y: ee ay of 
a California or Oregon? catpeot Ife dir i thon poses? 
{fe hegat fer tae eae e cme & sus Gir Va ye S7Y, 
Head 3 to 3 1/2; depth 4 3/4 to 4 Ae D. VIII - 16; A.13; 
snout 3 3/4 to 4; maxillary 21/4 to 2 3/5; interorbital 2 to 2 1/2 
1 
in eye; head width 1 2/5 to 1 4/5 in its total length, Snout conte, 
length 4/5 its width, Hind eye edge advanced from center in head 
length midway in younger example. Maxillary about zfs in eye, mid- 
way in younger example. Bands of fine teeth in jaws, on vomer and 
palatines, Interorbital narrowly concave, Top of head and interor- 
bital with scattered filaments and flaps, Pair of strong nasal spines 
pointing directly upward. Preopercle spine well developed, and one 
curved upward, Gill-membranes form broad free fold across isthmus, 
Rekers 1 6, bréad, low, asperous tubercles; filaments 1 3/5 in eye, 
Lateral line complete, distinct, with about 38 pores. Front anal ray 
thickened and longest, Color in alcohol dull uniform brownish, 
little paler below, Spinous dorsal with black marginal blotch over 
first 2 membranes, Soft dorsal with 3 or 4 eo dark brown 
bands, Pectoral, ventral and coudes barred transversely with dark- 
er. Anal with dark brown on membranes between each ray, Length 
50 to 75 mm, Three from Puget Sound, 
Oligocottus borealis Jordan and Snyder was said to differ 
in the presence of the black spinous dorsal ocellus and the front 
