114. BLEXNIIDyE ISESTHES. 
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these somewhat irregular and interrupted, converging backwards; op- 
ercular membrane and a broad stripe through middle of spinous dorsal 
deep orange-yellow; anal fin dark, the rays with white membranaceous 
tips; ? dark olive green, reticulated with narrow jiale green lines, and 
with several broad dark bars, which are more distinct posteriorly; ver- 
tical fins similarly marked ; head finely dotted with black ; a dusky spot 
at base of caudal in both sexes. Orbital tentacle very minute or want- 
ing; maxillary extending to rather beyond eye; interocular space very 
narrow, not concave. Dorsal fin not emarginate, the spines slender. 
Dorsal joined to base of caudal; anal free. Head 3i; depth 3J. D. 
XI, 19; A. 20. Xew York to Florida; chiefly southward. 
{Blennius hosquianiis Lac. Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 493, 1800 ( $ ); Giinther, iii, 229; Pholis 
novemlineatus Wood, Joorn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. iv, 280, 1824 {^): Chasmodes novem- 
lineatus Giiuther, iii, 229.) 
1154. C. 4i3ta.«lB’ifa.§ci!itus (Wood) C. & V. 
Body with 1 distinct brownish bands, a fifth broader and less marked 
on the neck; four round yellowish spots along base of anal; head 
spotted with blackish. Lower jaw slightly longer than the upper. 
Dorsal fin free from the caudal; anal fin highest anteriorly. D. 27; A. 
15. ( Wood.) Habitat uncertain, probably South Atlantic coast of the 
United States. 
(Pholis qiiadrifasciat us Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. iv, 282, 1824; Giinther, 
iii, 229.) 
403.— ISESTHES Jordan & Gilbert. 
(Gen. nov. : type Blennius r/endUs Girard.) 
This genus differs from Blennius iu the absence of canine teeth and 
in the restriction of the gill-openings to the sides, the gill-membranes 
being fully united to the isthmus as far as the base of the pectorals. 
The known species are American, (iVoy, equal; £(70{(Uj to eat; iu allu- 
sion to the uniformity of the teeth.) (See Addenda.) 
1155. I. gesitaiis (Grd.) J. &. G, 
Olivaceous, body and fins marbled and spotted with darker; anal 
pale-edged; a blue spot on the dorsal iu front; males with golden 
stripes on lower parts of head. Gill-openings extending downward to 
lower edge of pectorals. Head large, short and blunt, the profile of 
snout steep; supraorbital cirrus large, multifid, as high as eye; inter- 
orbital space convex, less than half width of orbit; no canines. Dorsal 
fin not emarginate, free from caudal, its spines stift', lower than soft 
raj’s, 2^ in head; pectorals reaching anal; ventrals half way to vent; 
