PISHES OP NEW YORK 669 



mouth moderate, the maxillary extending to below front of 

 pupil, one third as long as head, the lower jaw slightly shorter 

 than upper; eye small, one fifth as long as head; snout slightly 

 longer than eye. Dorsal origin over top of gill opening; dorsal 

 fin subeontinuous with the caudal, its longest spine two sevenths 

 as long as the head. Caudal fin rounded in adult (emarginate 

 in young), the middle rays two thirds as long as the head. Anal 

 origin under 17th spine of dorsal, the fin well separated from 

 the caudal, its longest ray one third as long as the head. 

 Pectoral extending to below the 14th spine of the dorsal, its 

 length one sixth of the total without caudal. Ventral nearly 

 under dorsal origin, one third as long as the head. Back little 

 arched; ventral outline also arched. Lateral line single, in the 

 upper fourth of the hight of body, and ending about the middle 

 of the total length including caudal. Scales small, but larger 

 than inUlvaria subbifurcata. D. XLVIII to L; A. 

 32 to 36; V. I, 3; P. 15. 



Color bright scarlet, the cheeks with five or six small dark 

 blotches; smaller dark blotches on opercle and interopercle; a 

 dark streak from snout through eye and extending behind the 

 eye; five roundish dark spots, about as long as the eye, each 

 with a white band near its upper margin, on the dorsal fin at 

 almost regular distances apart; the anal fin with eight to ten 

 narrow oblique crossbars; caudal with about six narrow, con- 

 centric, dark rings. 



This blenny inhabits the Arctic seas from Greenland to North 

 Siberia, south to Bristol Bay and Cape Ood. Young individuals 

 were found in considerable numbers in Plover bay, Siberia, and 

 at Cape Lisburne, Alaska. The species grows to the length of 

 about 7 inches. The young are so different in appearance from 

 the adult that they have been described as the type of a distinct 

 genus. The occurrence of the species in New York waters is 

 very doubtful. 



Genus iaimpenus Reinhardt 



Body greatly elongate, moderately compressed, covered with 

 small scales; lateral line indistinct or obsolete; head long; snout 



