114. BLENNIID^ APODTCHTIIYS. 769 
and anal joined to its base. Head 7; depth 10. D. LXXXIII; A. II, 
50. L. 12 inches. Kamtschatka and Aleutian Islands. {Pallas.) 
(Bknmus doUchogaster Pallas, Zoogr. Eoss.-Asiat. iii, 175, 1811: Centronotus dolicJio- 
gaster Giiutber, iii, 289.) 
aaa. Ventrals entirely wanting. ( Asf Riiiipell.) 
1173. in. ^eiaaellifornois (Ruppell) J. &. G. 
Eeddish br^^wu, with 10 brown cross-bands, most distinct on base of 
dorsal and anal; light blotches along dorsal fin, each between two of 
the brown cross-bands, and each with a brown spot in the center; a 
light, brown-edged, vertical band below eye. Veutrals none; snout 
short; cleft of mouth oblique; width of interorbital space less than 
diameter of eye; length of pectoral 3 in head. Dorsal spines short 
and stiff; caudal distinct. Head 8J; depth 8. D. LXXXI; A. II, 41. 
{Giinther.) Type supposed to be from Greenland. 
{Asternoptergx gunelliformis Riippell MSS.: Centronoius guneUifonnis Giinther, iii, 
288.) 
412.— APODICHTHYS Girard. 
(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 150: type Apodichthys flavidus Girard.) 
Body elongate, compressed, covered with \ery small scales; no lat- 
eral line; snout short; mouth moderate, oblique; teeth in the jaws 
moderate* stouter anteriorly; vomer with teeth; gill-membranes united, 
free from the isthmus. Dorsal fin long, low, even, of spines only; anal 
fin similar, preceded by a large spine in a pouch of skin; caudal fin 
short, connected with dorsal and anal; no ventral fins; pectoral fins 
small; intestinal canal short, without pyloric cceca. Small bright- 
colored fishes of the Pacific. (a:roy?, without feet; fish; in allu- 
sion to the want of ventral fins.) 
a. Anal spiue very long, pen-shaped, excavated on anterior surface. {Apodichthys.) 
1174. A. flavidus Girard. ' 
Color orange, varying with the surroundings to intense grass-green, 
brown, and dark purple; a few light round spots along axis of body 
posteriorly; a narrow black bar downwards and backwards from eye; 
a shorter, less-distinct bar from upper margin of orbit backwards to 
occiput; anal fin obliquely barred with brownish. Head short; mouth 
very oblique; maxillary reaching pupil; upper jaw with a series of con- 
ical teeth, behind which is a patch of smaller teeth; sides of mandible 
with conical teeth in a single series, forming a patch in front; vomer 
with three conical teeth; palatines toothless; naj)e equidistant between 
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