1936] Schults: Keys to Fishes 193 



3a. Top of head covered with many fleshy cirri ; origin of anal fin under 

 the 12th to 15th dorsal spine ; no anal spines ; head blunt. 



4a. Snout 6 to 8 in head; the fleshy cirri of head extend to the origin of 

 dorsal fin but they are not developed on the rays, cirri smaller and 

 less mossy than in decoratum. Range : Washington to Fort Bragg, 

 California. Marine. Not common. 

 Ornamented Blenny. .333. Bryostemma litigator Jordan and Williams 



4b. Snout 4 to 5 in head; the fleshy cirri of head extend back to the 6th 

 dorsal spine. Range : Bering Sea, Petersburg, Alaska to Puget 

 Sound region. Marine. Not rare. 

 Decorated Blenny. . .334. Bryostemma decoratum Jordan and Snyder 



3b. Top of head without cirri; origin of anal fin under the 19th to 21st 

 dorsal spines ; 2 anal spines ; head pointed. Range : Washington and 

 Oregon. Marine. Not common. 

 Barred Blenny 335. Plcctobranchus evides Gilbert 



2b. Gill slit carried forward below, the gill membranes joined to isthmus with 

 or without a free fold across it. 



5a. Pectoral fin with the lower rays longer than middle and upper 

 rays; teeth on vomer and palatines. Range: North Atlantic; North 

 Pacific southward to Puget Sound. 

 336. Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries) 



5b. Pectoral fins with the lower rays not as above, the middle rays 

 are longer than upper or lower rays. 



6a. Anal spine I ; sides of body with black markings on a lighter 

 background of color. 



7a. Dorsal spines about LXXII, anal soft rays 45 to 50 ; about 

 21 gill rakers on 1st arch; gill membranes without a free fold 

 across isthmus ; no teeth on vomer, those on palatines small 

 or wanting. Range : Alaska to San Francisco. Marine. Com- 

 mon. 



Snake Eel 337. Lumpenus angiiillaris (Pallas) 



7b. Dorsal spines XLIX; anal soft rays 31; gill rakers present; 

 gill membranes with free fold across isthmus ; no teeth on 

 vomer or palatines. Range : Nanaimo, B. C. Marine. Rare. 

 338. Allolumpenus hypochromic Hubbs and Schultz 



6b. Anal spines III to V ; sides of body plain or with white cross 

 bars on a dark background of color ; anal soft rays 38 to 42. 



8a. No teeth on vomer or palatines ; body without white cross 

 bars ; dorsal spines LXII to LXXI ; gill rakers about 16 

 or 17; snout long and fleshy overhanging the premaxillary. 

 Range : Alaska to Nanaimo, B. C. Marine. Not common. 

 339. Lumpenella longirostris (Evermann and Goldsborough) 



8b. Vomerine and palatine teeth present ; sides of body with 10 

 to 12 narrow white cross bars ; dorsal spines LVII to LX ; 

 gill rakers rudimentary ; snout normal. Range : Alaska to 

 San Diego. Marine. Rare. 

 340. Poroclimis rothrocki Bean 



