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Blennius ciliatus Mitchell, op. cit., p. 374, pi. 1, fig. 6. 



Zoarces labrosus Cuvier, Regne Animal, t. ii. 



Zoarces labrosus Cuv. et VaL, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, t. xi. p. 466, 



pi. 342. 

 Zoarces fimbriatus Cuv. et VaL, op. cit., t. xi. p. 468. 



Zoarces anguillaris Storer, Report on the Fishes of Massachusetts, p. 66, 1839. 

 Zoarces anguillaris Delay, Natural History of New York ; Fishes, p. 155, pi. 



16, fig. 45. 

 Zoarces fimbriatus Dekay, op. cit., p. 156, pi. 16, fig. 44. 

 Zoarces anguillaris Storer, Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, p. 123 ; ib. 



in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. ii. p. 



375, 1846. 

 Zoarces fimbriatus Storer, op. cit., p. 123. 



Zoarces labrosus Cuv., Regne Animal, (ed. ill,) Poissons, pi. 79, fig. 1. 

 Zoarces anguillaris Storer, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and 



Sciences, vol. ii. 

 Zoarces anguillaris Gill, Catalogue of the Fishes of North America, p. 45, 1860. 

 Zoarces ciliatus Gill, op. cit. 

 Zoarces anguillaris Gunther, Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum, 



vol. iv. p. 296. 



Hah. New York and New England coast. 



The ''Zoarces anguillaris,'" when allowed to remain some time in weak 

 liquor, apparently represents the state called " Z. fimbriatus.' 1 '' Such change 

 was apparent after a few weeks in a large specimen, received through the 

 kindness of Mr. J. C. Brevoort, of Brooklyn. 



Subfamily LYCODINjE Gill. 



Genus LYCODES Reinhardt. 



Synonymy. 



Lycodes Reinhardt, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Naturviden- 



skabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlingar, deel vii. p. 153, 1838. 

 Lvcodes G anther, Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum, vol. iv. p. 



319, 1862. 

 Blennius sp. Sabine, 

 Zoarces sp. Richardson. 



Body elongated, subcylindrical anteriorly, compressed towards the tail and 

 gradually tapering. Anus subcentral, with a tumid border and a small pa- 

 pilla behind. 



Scales minute or obsolete. 



Head oblong, moderate, decurved in front to the snout. Eyes moderate, 

 mostly or entirely in the anterior half of the head. Nostrils near the snout 

 and above the maxillars ; the anterior simple ; the posterior tubular. 



Mouth with the cleft scarcely oblique, little extending backwards, the su- 

 pramaxillars ceasing under or before the front of the orbits. Lower jaw 

 shorter and received within the upper. Lips large ; the upper loose and 

 continuous ; the lower lobular or slightly pendant on each side. 



Teeth in the jaws, vomer and palatine bones conical, mostly uniserial on 

 the sides of the jaws and the palatines. 



Branchial apertures rather large, almost vertical, in front of the bases of 

 the pectoral fins and further, extending slightly above and below. 



Branchiostegal rays five or six. 



Dorsal fin commencing behind the bases of the pectorals, and, like the anal, 

 continuous with the caudal uninterruptedly. 



Pectoral Ads moderate, obliquely rounded, behind, inserted moderately high. 



Ventral fins minute, with three or four rays. 



1863.] 



