New Records of Thirteen Cottoid and Blennioid Fishes for Southeastern Alaska

Abstract

Three categories of new records for species of fish are reported: (1) extensions of range eastward or southeastward from the Bering Sea or Gulf of Alaska-Hexagrammos octogrammus (Pallas), Artediellus pacificus Gilbert, Triglops metopias Gilbert and Burke, Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt), and Lumpenus fabricii (Valenciennes) ; (2) extensions of range northwestward-Arteditts harringtoni (Starks), Oligocottus snyderi Greeley, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres), and Lipariscus nanus Gilbert; and (3) "fill-ins" for species already reported to the north and south of Southeastern Alaska-Artedius lateralis (Girard), Bothragonus swani (Steindachner), Chirolophus nugator (Jordan and Williams), and Scytalina cerdale Jordan and Gilbert.