450 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxv. 



3. BLENNIUS (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



Blenn'ms Artedi, Genera Piscium, 1738, p. 27. 



Blennius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1758, p. 256 (galerita). 



Solaria ForskIl, Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 22 {basiliscus). 



P/to?is Fleming, Brit. Anim., 1828, p. 207 {l(ievis=pholis); not Pholis Scopoli, 1777. 



Adonis Gronow, Cat. Fish., Ed. Gray, 1754, p. 93 {pavonbms=ocellaris) . 



Lipophrys Gill, American Naturalist, June, 1896, p. 498 {pfioUs). 



Body oblong, compressed, naked; head short, the profile usuall}' 

 bluntly rounded ; mouth small, horizontal, with a single series of long, 

 slender, curved, close-set teeth in each jaw, besides which, in the lower 

 jaw at least, is a rather short and stout fang-like canine tooth on each 

 side; premaxillaries not protractile; gill-openings wide, extending 

 forward below, the membranes free from the isthmus, or at least form- 

 ing a broad fold across it; dorsal fin entire, or more or less emarginate, 

 the spines slender; pectorals moderate; ventrals well developed, I, 3; 

 no pyloric cteca; lateral line developed anteriorly. Species numerous, 

 lurking under rocks and algae in most warm seas; some species in the 

 lakes of northern Italy. 



{Uennius, the ancient name, from fSXewa, slime.) 



4. BLENNIUS YATABEI Jordan and Snyder. 

 Blennius yatabci Jordan and JSnyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1900, p. 374, pi. xix; 



Head 3f in length; depth 3|; depth of caudal peduncle 2f in head; 

 eye 4i; interorlntal .space 12; D. XII, 16; A. I., 19; P. 14. 



Body rather short, compressed; the caudal peduncle deep, greatly 

 compressed; snout short, blunt, its outline rising abruptl}^ to border of 

 eye; mouth slightly oblique, maxillary extending to a vertical through 

 the posterior border of eye, shorter in some specimens; upper lips 

 wide and thin, jaws equal; teeth in a single row in each jaw, curved, 

 incisor-like, the cutting edges rounded, closely apposed to each other; 

 two strong curved canines in each jaw, no teeth behind the canines; a 

 single strong tooth on the vomer. Edge of shoulder-girdle without 

 protuberances; gillrakers on first arch reduced to 5 or 6 small projec- 

 tions. Nostrils with low rims, the anterior one with a small cirrus; 

 upper edge of eye with a long cirrus, one side of which is l^ranched. 

 Bod}^ naked; lateral line arched over the pectoral, the pores large and 

 distinct anteriorh', l^ecoming indistinct and finall}' disappearing on the 

 posterior third of body. Dorsal extending from occiput to basal rays 

 of caudal; a shallow notch between the spinous and soft part; the 

 spinous part highest near the middle, about 2 in head; the last spine not 

 reaching upward to edge of membrane, a peculiar character present in 

 each specimen; longest rays somewhat higher than the spines. Anal 

 in males bearing a large soft pad on first spine and ray, the membrane 

 between them deeply incised; in females the spines and rays are all 



