114. BLENNIID2E APODTCHTHYS. 769 



and anal joined to its base. Head 7; depth 10. D. LXXXIII; A. II, 

 50. L. 12 inches. Kamtschatka and Aleutian Islands. (Pallas.) 



(Blcnmus dolichogaster Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. iii, 175, 1811: Centronotus dolicho- 

 gaster Giiuther, iii, 289.) 



aa. Ventrals entirely wanting. (Asternopteryx Riippell.) 



1173. M. giasaelliforntis (Riippell) J. &. G. 



Reddish brown, with 10 brown cross-bands, most distinct on base of 

 dorsal and anal; light blotches along- dorsal fin, each between two of 

 the brown cross- bands, and each with a brown spot in the center; a 

 light, brown -edged, vertical band below eye. Ventrals none; snout 

 short; cleft of mouth oblique; width of interorbital space less than 

 diameter of eye; length of pectoral 3 in head. Dorsal spines short 

 and stiff; caudal distinct. Head S; depth 8. D. LXXXI; A. II, 41. 

 (Glinther.) Type supposed to be from Greenland. 



(Asternopleryx gunclliformis Riippell MSS. : Centronotus gunelliformis Gunther, iii y 



288.) 



412. APODICHTHYS Girard. 

 (Girard, Proc. Acacl. Nat. Sci.'Phila. 1854, 150: type Apodichtliys flauidus Girard.) 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with very small scales; no lat- 

 eral line; snout short; mouth moderate, oblique; teeth in the jaws 

 moderate, stouter anteriorly; vomer with teeth; gill-membranes united, 

 free from the isthmus. Dorsal fin long, low, even, of spines only; anal 

 fin similar, preceded by a large spine in a pouch of skin; caudal fin 

 short, connected with dorsal and anal; no ventral fins; pectoral fins 

 small; intestinal canal shori, without pyloric ccsca. Small bright- 

 colored fishes of the Pacific, (a-ou?, without feet; hOuq, fish; in allu- 

 sion to the want of ventral fins.) 



a. Anal spine very long, pen-shaped, excavated on anterior surface. (Apodichthys.) 



1174. A. flavidus Girard. 



Color orange, varying with the surroundings to intense grass-green, 

 brown, and dark purple; a few light round spots along axis of body 

 posteriorly; a narrow black bar downwards and backwards from eye; 

 a shorter, less-distinct bar from upper margin of orbit backwards to 

 occiput; anal fin obliquely barred with brownish. Head short; mouth 

 very oblique; maxillary reaching pupil; upper jaw with a series of con- 

 ical teeth, behind which is a patch of smaller teeth; sides of mandible 

 with conical teeth in a single series, forming a patch in front; vomer 

 with three conical teeth; palatines toothless; nape equidistant between 

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