114. BLENNIID^ - LUMPENUS. 777 



o. Teeth on vomer and palatines ; pectorals with the upper and middle rays shortened, 

 shorter than the lower (Leptodinus* Gill.) 



11 6. L(. ma.cula.tus (Fries) Nilss. 



Yellowish; a series of 5 large dark spots along the base of the dorsal 

 fin, between which are smaller and fainter spots; dorsal and caudal 

 barred. Caudal fin truncate, free from dorsal and anal; veutrals half 

 as long as head; pectorals large, about as long as head. Anterior 

 rays of dorsal short and free. Teeth on vomer and palatines; lower 

 jaw included; maxillary reaching middle of eye. Head 6. D. LX; A. 

 36. (Collett.) Greenland to Spitzbergen; occasional southward, in 

 deep water. 



(Clinus maculatus Fries Kgl. Vet. Ak. Hancll. 1837, 49 : Clinus aculeatus Reinh. Dansk. 

 Vidensk. Selsk. Natur. Af haudl. vii, 114, 122, 194, 1838: Stichceus maculatus and aculeatus 

 Giinther, iii, 281; Collett, Norske Nord-Havs Exp. 1880, 67.) 



aa. Teeth on jaws and palatines, none on vomer; pectorals with the middle rays 



longest, the lower ones shortened. 

 6. Anterior half of anal fin with the rays shortened. (Anisarchus\ Gill.) 



11 7. JL. medius (Reinh.) Kroyer. 



Yellowish, nearly plain. Lower jaw scarcely included, the maxillary 

 reaching frout of eye; teeth on palatines, none on vomer; ventrals slen- 

 der, one-third length of head ; lower rays of pectoral shorter than mid- 

 dle ones, the fin shorter than head. Dorsal and anal slightly joined 

 to the truncate caudal ; anterior half of anal with the rays shortened. 

 Head 0; depth 10. D. LXI; A. 42; Y. I, 3. Greenland to Norway and 

 Spitzbergen. (Collett.} 



(Climis medius Reinh. Dansk. Vidensk. Afhandl. 1838, 114: Lumpenus medius Kroyer, 

 Naturh. Tidsskr. i, 377, 1837: Stichceus medius Giinther, iii, 281: Anisarchus medius Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209; Collett, 1. c.,62.) 



lib. Anal rays subequal. (Lumpenus.) 



118. L,. ang-uillaris (Pallas) Gill. 



Olive green above, pale below; sides marked above with dark olive 

 brown; a series of more or less distinct oblong blotches of olive brown 

 along middle of sides; dorsal barred or spotted; anal pale; opercle 

 with a dark blotch; head dusky above. Cheeks scaly; mouth some- 

 what oblique, the lower jaw included; maxillary reaching front of 

 pupil ; teeth on palatines, none on the vomer; sides of each jaw with 

 1 or 2 larger teeth. Gill-openings prolonged forward a distance greater 

 than length of snout; pyloric coeca 4, unequal. Fins all comparatively 



*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209: type Clinus aculeatus Reiuh. 

 slender; Tf/lzVo?, Clinus.) 



tGill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209: type Clinus medius Reinh. (avi<5o$, 

 unequal; apxo?, anus.) 



