PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL A^TUSEUM. 29 Measurements — Continued. Current number of specimen. Locality J (716) \ 23945. Lat. 49° N., Long. 151 W., Sept. 15, 1871. Milli-meters. lOOths of length. Head : Greatest length Greatest width "Width of interorbital area . Length of snout Length of maxillary Length of mandible Diameter of orbit Dorsal (tirst) : Distance from snout Lengthofbase Length of longest ray Dorsal (soft): Distance from snout Length of longest ray Anal : Distance from snout Length of base Length of longest ray Pectoral : Distance from snout Length Ventral : Distance from suont Length Dorsal Anal Pectoral Ventral >. umber of scales in lateral lino Number of transverse rows above lateral line. Number of transverse rows below lateral line I, 11 1,16 13 7 45 2i 6i '■'a 10 7 3^ 18 18i 9 NOTKS ON THE FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. By DAVID S. JORDAN and CHARI.ES H. OILBERT. It is the purpose of this paper to present a list of the species of fishes known to occur along our Pacific coast, between the Mexican boundary and the boundary of British Columbia, together with notes on the dis-tribution, habits, size, value, etc., of each species, in advance of the pub-lication of a general descriptive work. The paper is to be considered mainly in the light of a contribution to our knowledge of the geograi)hi-cal distribution of fishes. The "common names" here given are, in all cases, those heard by the writers among the fishermen on different parts of the coast. Family BRANCHIOSTOMATID^. 1. Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas) Gray. Obtained by Dr. J. G. Cooper in San Diego Bay. Not seen by us. Family MYXINID^. 2. Polistotrema dombeyi (Miiller) Gill. — Lamperina; Hag ; Eel. Santa Barbara {fide J. Weinmiller) to Eel Eiver (Lockington). Very abundant in the Bay of Monterey, but not taken elsewhere by us. It
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