114. BLENNIID^ LUMPENUS. 777 
a. Teeth on vomer and palatines ; pectorals with the upper and middle rays shortened, 
shorter than the lower {Leptoclinus* Gill.) 
11 §6. li. maculatiis (Fries) Nilss. 
Yellowish; a series of 5 large dark spots along the base of the dorsal 
fin, between which are smaller and fainter spots; 'dorsal and caudal 
barred. Caudal fin truncate, free from dorsal and anal; ventrals half 
as long as head; pectorals large, about as long as head. Anterior 
rays of dorsal short* and free. Teeth on vomer and palatines; lower 
jaw included; maxillary reaching middle of e^e. Head C. 1). LX; A. 
3C. {Collett.) Greenland to Spitzbergen; occasional southward, in 
deep water. 
{CUnus maculatus Fries Kgl. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1837, 49: Clinus aculeatus Reinh. Dansk. 
Vidensk. Selsk. Natur. Af handl. vii, 114, 122, 194, 1838: Stichceus maculatus and aculeatus 
Gunther, iii, 281; Collett, Norske Nord-Havs Esp. 1880, 67.) 
aa. Teeth on jaws and palatines, none on vomer; pectorals with the middle rays 
longest, the lower ones shortened. 
h. Anterior half of anal tin with the rays shortened. {Anisarchus^ Gill.) 
1187. It, medius (Reinh.) Kroyer. 
Yellowish, nearly jtlain. Lower jaw scarcely included, the maxillary 
reaching front of eye; teeth on palatines, none on vomer; ventrals slen- 
der, one-third length of head ; lower rays of pectoral shorter than mid- 
dle ones, the fin shorter than head. Dorsal and anal slightly joined 
to the truncate caudal ; anterior half of anal with the rays shortened. 
Head G; depth 10. » D. LXI; A. 42; V. I, 3. Greeulaud to Xorway and 
Sj)itzbergen. (Collett.) 
{Clinus medius Reinh. Dansk. Vidensk. Af handl. 1838, 114: Lumpenus medius Kroyer, 
Naturh. Tidsskr. i, 377, 1837: Stichceus medius Gunther, iii, 281: Anisarchus medius Gill, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209; Collett, 1. c. 62.) 
hh. Anal rays subequal. {Lumpenus.) 
1188. L<. auguiSBaris (Pallas) Gill. 
Olive green above, pale below; sides marked above with dark olive 
brown; a series of more or less distinct oblong blotches of olive brown 
along middle of sides; dorsal barred or spotted; anal pale; opercle 
with a dark blotch; head dusky above. Cheeks scaly; mouth some- 
what oblique, the lower jaw included; maxillary reaching front of 
pupil ; teeth on palatines, none on the vomer; sides of each jaw with 
1 or 2 larger teeth. Gill-openings prolonged forward a distance greater 
than length of snout; pyloric coeca 4, unequal. Fins all comparatively 
*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209: type Climis aculeatus Reinh. {Xenroi, 
slender; nXivoi, CUnus.) 
tGill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209: typo Clinus meditis Reinh. {avidoi, 
unequal; apxo5, anus.) 
