NO. 1293. JAPANESE BLENNOID FISHES— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 489 



orbit; 3 on the preorbital Ijone. The pore in the origin of the semi- 

 circular dark band around the nape is continued backward by a series 

 of 8 similar ones, ending near the upper anode of the gill opening. 

 A series of 10 or 11 pores, beginning near the front of the chin on 

 each side, extending Ixackward, and curving upward to the upper 

 anterior edge of the operculum. The gill membranes are broadly 

 united, but they are not joined to the isthmus. The dorsal origin is 

 over the end of the head; the tin is low and consists of spines, the 

 longest and strongest in the posterior third being slightly longer 

 than the eye. The distance of the vent from the tip of the snout 

 contains the head length 2| times. The anal is slightly lower than 

 the dorsal, the rays longest posteriori}'. The caudal is rounded, and 

 is barely separated from the dorsal and anal. The pectoral base is 

 broad, and the fin is two-thirds as long as the head. The intestine 

 is slender and is more than twice as long as the head. Stomach short, 

 pear shaped, with 6 slender, pyloric cajca of unequal length, the 

 longest about twice as long as the eye. The body is completely 

 scaled; the scales very small, cycloid, closely imbricated, with numer- 

 ous concentric strife, and they extend halfway up the mem})rane, 

 connecting the dor.sal spines. 



The general body color is brown; the sides sparcely and vaguely 

 mottled. The pectorals are pale. A narrow dark band extends from- 

 the middle of the eye downward and forward, a similar band running- 

 backward from the eye on the preopercle; an interrupted semicircular 

 band from eye to eye across the nape. D. LVII; A. II, 39 or 40. 

 (Bean and Bean.) 



(Named for Col. Nicolas Grebnitski, late governor of Komandorski, 

 to whose industr}' and zeal the Museum is indebted for many valuable 

 collections.) 



21. ERNOGRAMMUS Jordan and Evermann. 



Ernogrammus Jordax and Evermann, Fis^h. N. and IM. Aiiier., Ill, 1898, p. 2441 

 {oiiu-af/ramiiiits). 



This genus has the general characters of Sfu'h;eus, but there are 3 

 distinct lateral lines, each of which has numerous short, oblique 

 branches, ending in a large pore, these not extending across to join 

 the other lateral lines; dorsal high; pectorals and ventrals well devel- 

 oped; body not greatly elongate. 



(f'pvOb, branch; ypa;x/A?}^ line.) 



((. Dorsal spines about 41; pectoral banded; head with three oblique bands. 



b. Anal rays 28; depth 5 in length hexagramimis, 34 



hh. Anal rays 34; depth 6| in length cnneagravimus, 35 



((a. Dor.sal spines 49; anal rays 32; pectoral banded; head nearly plain... epaito, 86 



