298 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



Family STICH^^ID^E. 



Siichaidw, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phila., 1864, 208. 



Slichwidw, Gill, Can. Nat., 18G.5, 247, 253; Ait. Fam. Fishes, 1873, 4. 



Sticha'inii', Jordan aud Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 755. 



Bleunioiil fi.shes with body low, elongate, and compressed, covered with cycloid scales. 

 Teetli usually well developed, but no molars. Snl)orbital ring not articulated witli i)ic- 

 operclc. Dorsal long, continuous, and the entire lin made up of stitt' oi- tlexible spines. 

 Anal long, usually with one or two small spines. Ventrals jugular, few rayed. Branchial 

 apertures juolongcd forwards and divided by a narrow istlimus. rscudobraiiclii;c. Gills 

 4, with a slit behind the fourth. Vertebra' numerous. Pyloric Cicca devcloijcd iu small 

 number. 



This family is chiefly littoral, and only one genus, Chirolophns, has been found in any 

 considerable depth. 



CHIROLOPHUS, Swainson. 



ChirolnphiiK, SWAixsox, Nat. Hist. Fish, etc., II, 1839, 275. 



C (I rel opinio, KrOyeh, Nat. Tidskr. (2), I, 1844, 236.— Strom, Norsk. Vid. S.dsk. Skr., 1881, 75. 

 Jilenniops, Nils.son, Skaiid. Faiiu. iv, 1853, p. 184. — ^GOnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., in, 287; Clialleii{;er Re- 

 port, XXII, 71. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with very small scales; lateral line none. Snout 

 .short; small teeth in thejaws, none on the palate. Dorsal fln long, formed by .spinesonly. 

 Ventrals very distinct, composed of 1 spine and several rays, distinctly jugular, ('audal 

 distinct. Gill-openings of moderate width, with the gill-membranes connected with eai^li 

 other; p.sendobranchia} present; branchiostegals six; air bladder and pyloric a|)pendages 

 none. (Giiiillier.) 



CHIROLOPHUS ASCANII, (Wai.uaum), Goore & Bean. 



Bhnniiis Ascanii, Walbaum, Art. reuov., lit, 173. 



Jilenniops Ascanii, GUNTIIEU, Cat. F"i8h. Brit. Mus., Ili, 284; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, xiil, 13!); CliallLUger 



Report, XXII, 71. 

 Carelophits Ascanii, Strom, Norsk. Vid. Selsk. Skr., 1881, 75. — Collett, Nyt. Mag. f. Natnrvid. Christ., 



XVIII, 1884, 68. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, and one-seventh of 

 the total. Snout short, ^\ith the cleft of the mouth very oblique. A short tentacle at the 

 nostril ; two pairs of fringed tentacles above the orbits, the posterior of which is about three 

 or four times the length of the anterior, and as long as the head is high. Neck with many 

 very small skinny Haps. Ventral tins .small; the two anterior spines sometimes elongate, 

 and provided with skinny appendages at the top, Eeddish brown, with several cross- 

 bands on the back. [Gvnthcr.) 



This Blenny Avas obtained during the cruise of the JV»-c»jj/He Itetwcen Shetland and 

 Faroe, iu 180 fathoms, and is recorded by Strom from 140 fathoms in Throudhjem Fjord. 



Family ANARRHICHADlDyE. 



Anarrhichini, Boxaparte, Catalogo Metodico, 1846, 7, 68, (sub faui., 117). 

 Anurrhichtifiirmesi, I'iLKEKEK, Teutanicn, 1859, xxv. 

 AnurrliivhaiUdw, Gill, Canadian Naturalist, 1865,247,252. 



Blennioid fishes with molar teeth strong, on vomei', palatines, and sides of lower jaw; 

 dorsal of flexible .spines only; .scales minute; gill-membranes joined to the isthmus; no 

 ventral fins; air-bladder present; no lateral line. 



