. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 418 CALIFOIJXIA FISir AND GAME RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR TWO CALIFORNIA FISHES, WITH A NOTE ON A RARE FISH Oil .Inly 1(), 1!).")!), a 22-iiich eoral-rcd i-ockfisli, S( hashxhs muvdonaldi (Eigeniiiaii &. Beeson), was takoii in a drag net fishing' on the bottom in 110 fathoms ofif Pt. Sur, lat. 36° 18' N., long. 122" 04' W. It was in a catch of bocaccio and cliilipc])pcr rockfish made by tho trawler T^VO BliOS. G. II, C'ai)tain
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 418 CALIFOIJXIA FISir AND GAME RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR TWO CALIFORNIA FISHES, WITH A NOTE ON A RARE FISH Oil .Inly 1(), 1!).")!), a 22-iiich eoral-rcd i-ockfisli, S( hashxhs muvdonaldi (Eigeniiiaii &. Beeson), was takoii in a drag net fishing' on the bottom in 110 fathoms ofif Pt. Sur, lat. 36° 18' N., long. 122" 04' W. It was in a catch of bocaccio and cliilipc])pcr rockfish made by tho trawler T^VO BliOS. G. II, C'ai)tain Doni (irillo. Pi-eviously, the northei-ii limit of the range for coral-red rockfisli was Santa Monica Bay (Phillips, 1957). Therefore, the above capture extends the range about 250 miles to the northward. On September 22, 1!).")!), an 11-incli hlacksniifli, Chroinis piitirfipinnis (Cooper), was taken with baited hook in five fathoms of water in Carmel Bay, lat. 36° 33' N., long. 121° 56' W. It was left at Marty's ]\Iarket, Monterey, by a sport fisherman from the party-boat SEW ROZ. The northern limit of the range, j^reviously listed as Pt. Concep- tion (Roedel, 1953), is extended about 150 FIGURE 1. Popeye dory, Allocyfius follefti Myers, (7% inches total length) taken October 5, 1959, in 270 fathoms ofF Point Gordo, California. Photo by J. 6. Pliillips. A rare oreosomatid, tlie popeye dory, AHocyttus folletti Mvers, was taken on October 5, 1959, in 270 fathoms off Pt. Gorda, lat. 40° Ki' X., long. 124^ 40' AV. This specimen, seven and tliree-(|uarter inches long (Figure 1), appeared in the net of the dragger NOimfERX LIGHT, operated l)y tlic rrl)ani l)rolli('rs of Fort Bragg. Two ollici- popeye dories haxc l)cen taken iu Calitoi'iiia waters off Eni'eka and Vov\ P>ragg. REFERENCES , Julius B. 1957. A review of llic rocklishcs of CalirDruia ( I'ainily Sc-iuiiacuidac). Calif. Dept. and Game, Fish \\\\\\. 104, ;>8 (i. ("(imr
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