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high; pectorals two-thirds length of head, the middle rays longest; 
ventrals one-third length of head. Dorsal and anal distinct from the 
pointed caudal, which is nearly as long as head. Head 8; depth 14. 
1). LXXI; A. 4G; V. I, 4; B. 7. L. 18 inches. San Francisco to 
Alaska ; very abundant northward. 
(lileitniiis an<juiUaris Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. ill, 176, 1811: LeptogunneUus gracilis 
Ayres, IToc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 26: Lumpenus anguillaris Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. 
Surv. Fish. 123: Siichcvus anguillaris Giiuther, iii, 282.) • 
11§9. 1.. labs’icii (Ciiv. & Val.) Kroyer. 
Light brown, clouded with darker. Upper jaw scarcely longer than 
lower. Vertical tins separate; pectorals large; ventrals very slender. 
Depth 14. D. LXIII ; xA. 41; V. I, 3. Greenland. {Cuv. tO Yah) 
{Blennius lumpenus Fabricius, Fauna Groul. 151: Gunnellus fabrkii Cuv. & Val. xi, 
431: Stichceus lunqx'nus Gunther, iii, 280.) 
420.— LEPT©Bl.E]Vi\lUS Gill. 
(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 21: type Blennius serpentinus Storer.) 
Body greatly elongate, covered with small scales; head rather slen- 
der; teeth very small, in o single series in each jaw; none on the 
vomer or palatines. Xo lateral line; no cirri; gill-openings somewhat 
prolonged forwards, narrowly united to the isthmus. Dorsal fin very 
long, continuous, of spines only; ventrals well develo})ed, of 1 spine 
and 2 or 3 rays ; pyloric coeca present. This genus is hardly worthy 
of separation from Lumpenus. (/is-roc, slender; Blennius.) 
a. Dorsal .spiues 60-65. {Centroblennius Gill.*) 
laOO. Li. iiiibiltis (Rich.) J. & G. 
Pale olive, marbled with darker. Upiter jaw slightly longest; no 
teeth on vomer or palatines. Vertical fins not continuous; ventrals 
slender, one-third length of head; pectoral fin ovate, the middle rays 
longest. D. LXIII; A. 43; V. I, 4. Wellington Sound. {Richardson.) 
{Lumpenus nuhilus Rich. Last Arctic Voyage, Fish. 13, pi. 28: Stichceus nuhilus GUu- 
ther, iii, 564: Centroblennius nubilus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209.) 
aa. Dorsal spines 70-80. {Leptoblennius GiW.) 
1191. L. scrpcaitiitiis (Storer) Gill. 
Olive above, with lighter cloudings; pale below; dorsal fin brownish, 
with broad, oblique, 'white bands; pectorals pale. Dead not large, its 
sides sparsely covered with small scales; eye as long as snout; max- 
illary reaching front of pupil ; gill-oiienings extending forward below, 
for a distance less than length of snout; pectorals long, seven-eighths 
*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 21: type Lumpenus 7tubilus Rich. 
