Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 2401 



the soft rays ; caiidal lunate or forked, free from dorsal aud anal ; ventrals 

 small, I, 2; lateral line inconiplote; pectorals large. A strongly marked 

 genus, perhaps more lu^arly allied to Jihunius than to Emblemaria or 

 Chamojjsis. {o^ii, snake; Blennius, in allusion to the fang-like teeth.) 



a. D. X, 20; A. 20; depth 5* in leugtli. webbu, 2754. 



aa. I). XI, 22 ; A. II, 23 ; depth 4^ in length. STEINDACHNERI, 2755. 



2754. OPHIOBLEMVIUS WEBBII (Valenciennes). 



Head 5; depth 5L D. X, 20; A. 20; P. 16. A slender tentacle ahove eye 

 in front, and a much hroader one, divided into 4 to the base, above the 

 nostril. Snout obtuse, nearly vertical at tip; ey<^ large; 4 teeth at end of 

 upper jaw, strongly pointed, curved backward like hooks ; lower jaw with 

 4 teeth at tip, the two middle ones like ui>i)er teeth, the two outer hidden 

 and turned backward ; a little recurved tooth on side of lower jaw ; caudal 

 fin forked; dorsal somewhat notched at the last spine; Literal line ending 

 near middle of body. Olive green, light or dark; dorsal and anal dusky 

 violet, the base pale; back and sides often with fine points; a dark spot 

 behind eye; the silvery swim bladder showing through sides of belly. 

 (Steindachner). Tropical Atlantic; known only from the Canaries and 

 Barbados ; not seen by us. (Named for P. B. Weljb, one of the explorers of 

 the Canary Islands.) 



Blennophis vehbii, Yalenciennks, in Webb & Berthelot, lies Cauar., Poiss., 60, pi. 20, 

 f. 1,1844, Fortaventura, Canary Islands (Coll. Webb) ; "caught in niyri.ad.s at Puerto 

 de Cabras in August, eateu as Anchovias " (Webb); GiJNTHEK, Cat., ni, 259,1861; 

 Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, vi, 48, 1867. 



OpAioblenniuii webbi, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 756, 1883. 



2755. OPHIOBLENNIUS STEINDACHNERI, Jordan & Evermann, new species. 



Head 4 to 4i; depth 4 to 4^. D. XI, 22; A. II, 23; V. I, 2; P. 15. Head 

 much compressed; eye 3:^ in head ; snout 4^. Dorsal beginning above gill 

 opening, ending just before caudal, its soft rays somewhat higher than 

 the spines, the highest spine 1^ in head; caudal and pectorals each about 

 as long as head; ventrals li in head. Dark golden brown, sometimes 

 with a l)road cross band of dusky violet on back and dorsal fin; caudal 

 with 2 dark longitudinal stripes; dorsal and anal purplish or orange; an 

 intense, round, dark, ocellated spot beliind eye. (Steindachner.) West 

 coast of Mexico ; not seen by us ; recorded from near Mazatlan and the Tres 

 Marias Islands. (Named for Dr. Franz Steindachner.) 



Blennophi.i (Ophioblennius) webbi, Steindachner, Ich. Beitr.,viii, 41, 1879,5 specimens 

 70 mm. long, from Navidad near Mazatlan and the Tres Marias Islands. 



Ophioblennius steindaclmeri, Jordan &, Evermann, Check-List Fishes N. and M. A., 472, 

 1896, name only, Tres Marias Islands; after Steindachner. 



895. EMBLEMARIA, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Emblemaria, Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 627 (nivipes). 



Body slender, not eel-shaped, compi'essed, scaleless. Ventrals present, 

 jugular, each of 1 spine and 2 soft rays. A single high dorsal fin begin- 

 ning on the nape and extending to the caudal, with which it is not conflu- 



