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cirri nearly as long as head, bifid above, and with fringes at the base. 

 Dorsal fin slightly emarginate, free from the caudal, the spines rather 

 stiff. Head very short and deep, its profile nearly vertical; both jaws 

 with very strong canines. Gill-membranes free from isthmus poste- 

 riorly. Head 5 in total length. D. XI, 17; A. 18. Open ocean, from 

 near the Azores; said to have been once taken off the coast of New 

 York. 



(Cuvier & Valenciennes, xi, 263; Giinther, iii, 217; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fish. 

 149, pi. 22, fig. 06.) 



aa. Orbital cirri none. (Pholis* Fleming. ) 



1160. B. cnrolinus (C. & V.) J. <fc G. 



Greenish, with 4 or 5 irregular dark spots or shades along the back ; 

 dorsal with a large black spot in front; anal brown-edged. Body 

 rather long and slender, more elongate than in Blennius pholis, more 

 compressed, the head longer; maxillary extending to opposite middle 

 of eye; teeth |, with strong canines in both jaws. Gill-membranes free 

 from isthmus; no trace of tentacles above eye. Dorsal spines slender, 

 a little lower than the soft rays, the fin little emarginate; dorsal and 

 anal not joined to the caudal. D. XII, 18; A. 17. South Carolina. 

 Only the original type in the museum at Paris known; from this the 

 present description was taken. 



(Pholis carolinus Cuv. & Val. xi, 276.) 



408. NEOC LINUS Girard. 



(Giranl, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fisb. x, 114, 1858: type Neoclinus blanchardi Girard.) 



Body compressed, rather elongate, covered with minute cycloid scales; 

 literal line present, incomplete, high anteriorly; head naked, the cheeks 

 tumid; upper jaw protractile; maxillary greatly produced backward, 

 more than two-thirds length of head, reaching far beyond the eye; 

 both .jaws, voaier, and palatines with stout, unequal, conical teeth in 

 a single series, besides which, in the front of the jaws, are smaller 

 teeth; nasal and supraocular region with fringed tentacles; gill-mem- 

 branes broadly united, free from the isthmus; gill-rakers weak. Dor- 

 sal tin loinf, scarcely emarginate, its anterior two-thirds composed of 

 slender, flexible spines, which arc similar to the soft rays, all of which 

 are simple,; anal long, its rays all simple: ventrals moderate, I, 3; cau- 

 dal tin distinct; pectorals rather broad, rounded; no air-bladder; no 

 pyloi iccceca. Pacific Ocean. (>'?, new; xAw*?, Cliims.) 



* Fleming. I'.ril. Aiiiin. "JO? : 1\pe /Hi iniiitx ]ilnilin I,. (OoA/?, ancient name, of some 

 fish which was believed to shelter itself iii a cloud of mucous which it produced.) 



