114. BLENNIID^ CHIROLOPHUS. 
765 
reddish; about 5 indistinct dark cross-bars; a distinct ocellated black 
spot on posterior part of dorsal fin; caudal fin translucent, speckled; 
a black bar at its base; base of pectorals violet, bordered with black, 
the rest of the fin checkered; ventrals barred. Ilead stont, broad, 
conical; mouth little oblique; eyes large; nasal, supraocular and nu- 
chal regions with fringed cirri, those at the nape flap like. First and 
second dorsal spines low, a little higher than the third, which, in turn, 
is higher than the fourth, and separated from it by an interspace; the 
membrane between the third and fourth spines deeply emarginate; 
anterior spines not forming a separate fin; highest anterior spine not 
higher than the highest of the posterior part of fin. Head 4; depth 4J. 
D. Ill, XXVIII, 1; A. II, 20; V. I, 3; Lat. 1. 38. L. 24 inches. San 
Diego, California, southward to Mazatlau; abundant in rock-pools. 
{Cremnoiates integripinnlis Rosa Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 147.) 
410.— CHSROI.OPIIUS Swaiuson. 
{Blcnniops Nilsson: CareJoplius Krciyer.) 
(Chirolophis Swainsou, Class. Fish, ii, 275, 1830: type Blennias yarrelli C. & V. — BIen- 
nius ascanii Walb.) 
Body moderately elongate, covered with small scales; no lateral line; 
snout short; no teeth on vmmer or palatines; teeth in jaws small; gill- 
membranes united, free from tbe isthmus; nostrils, orbital region, and 
neck with dermal flaps, the supraorbital flaps high. Dorsal fin long, 
of spines only; ventrals well-developed, jugular; caudal fin distinct. 
Xo air-bladder or pyloric cceca. Xorthern seas; one species known 
from Europe; a second species, imperfectly described by Pallas, may 
be provisionally placed with it. hand ; ko<poq^ crest ; apparently 
xa/ja, head, was intended, which would make Careloplius.^'’) 
lie?. C. (?) polyactoceplaalMS (Pallas) J. & G. 
Form of Zoarces. Body compressed, 'covered with soft imbedded 
scales; head very short, retuse; lower jaw longer; “both jaws without 
teeth”; (I) eyes approximate; interorbital space with 2 minute cartilag- 
inous spinules; 2 large superciliary cirri; vertex behind orbits subex- 
cavated, with 2 series of erect cirri. Dorsal fin beginning at the neck, 
extending to the caudal ; ventrals undescribed. D. LXX. Kamt- 
sebatka {Pallas) and Alaska. 
(Blennius polyactocephalus Pallas, Zool. Ross.-Asiat. iii, 179, 1811.) 
