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high; pectorals two-thirds length of head, the middle rays longest; 

 ventrals one-third length of head. Dorsal and anal distinct from the 

 pointed caudal, which is nearly as long as head. Head S; depth 14. 

 1). LXXI; A. 40; V. I, 4; 13. 7. L. IS inches. San Francisco to 

 Alaska ; very abundant northward. 



(Hlnuiiiix tiiif/iiillarin Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. iii, 176, 1811: Leptogunnellus gracilia 

 A.MVS, Pior. Cal. Acacl. Nat. Sci. i, "20: Lunqtcniix amjitillarin Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. 

 . Fiah. 12:j: Slichccu-s antjuiUuris Giiuther, iii, 282.) 



1189. L,. fabricii (Cuv. & Val.) Kroyer. 



Light brown, clouded with darker. Upper jaw scarcely longer than 

 lower. Vertical fins separate; pectorals large; ventrals very slender. 

 Depth 14. D. LX1II; A. 41; Y. I, 3. Greenland. (Cuv. & Val.) 



(lilenniu* luntjH-tni* Fahricins, Fauna Griml. 151: GinincUus fabricii Cuv. & Val. xi, 

 431: atii-liti'itis litnqx'nxs Giiuther, iii, 280.) 



420. UGPTOBtENNlUS Gill. 



(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. I860, 21: typo Llniithix mrpmtinus Ston-r.) 



Body greatly elongate, covered with small scales; head rather slen- 

 der; teeth very small, in a single series in each jaw; none on the 

 vomer or palatines. No lateral line; no cirri; gill-openings somewhat 

 prolonged forwards, narrowly united to the isthmus. Dorsal fin very 

 long, continuous, of spines only; ventrals well developed, of 1 spine 

 and 2 or ;i rays ; pyloric ccBca present. This genus is hardly worthy 

 of separation from Lumpenus. (/()?, slender; Blennius.) 



a. Dorsal spiues 60-65. (Centroblenmus Gill.*) 



1 19O. L,. u u iia us (Rich.) J. & G. 



Tale olive, marbled with -darker. Upper jaw slightly longest; no 

 teeth on vomer or palatines. Vertical fins not continuous; ventrals 

 slender, one-third length of head; pectoral fin ovate, the middle rays 

 longest. D. LXIIIj A. 43; V. I, 4. Wellington Sound. (Jficlninl^n.) 



(Lniii/it-inix Hiiliihtx K'irh. Last Arcli<- Voyage, Fish, l:?, pi. 28: SHchim* iinbiliix GUii- 

 tli.-r, iii, .'.ill: Ci-nlrolileniiiux nubility Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. l>!i. 'J 



aa. Dorsal sjiincs 70-80. (Leptoblennius Gill.) 



1191. L.. ^I'l'gX'iitiims (Storer) Gill. 



Olive above, with lighter cloudings; pale below; dorsal fin brownish, 

 with broad, obliqur, white bands; pectorals pair. Head not large, its 

 sides sparsely covered \\ilh small scales; eye as long as snout; max- 

 illary reaching front of pupil; gill-openings extending forward below, 

 for a distance less than length of snout; pectorals long, seven-eighths 



Gill, Pruc. A.a.l. Nai. Sci. Phila. 1-iiii, 21: type Lumpenus nubilus Rich. 



