114. BLEXXIID.E DELOLEPIS. 
779 
length of head; ventrals moderate, 2§ in head. Ilead 9; depth 15. 
D. LXX\ ; A. 50; ^ . I, 3. L. 12 inches. Cape Cod to Greenland. 
{nicnniii!! serpentinus Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist, iii, 30, 1848; Gill, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phi la. 1804, 209.) 
1192. li. laisapeta’srforjiass (Wall).) J. & G. 
Yellowish, with numerous brown spots of different sizes; cnudal 
banded. Xo teeth on vomer or palatines; maxillaiy reaching front of 
eye. Caudal free, acuminate; first three or four rays of dorsal short 
and almo.st free; pectoral convex, shorter than head; vent well for- 
ward. Head 9. I). LXXII; A. 50; Y. I, 3. {Collett.) Greenland to 
Xorway and Spitzbergen. 
(lilennius lampetra-fonnis Walbaum, Artd.di, Pise. 1792, 184: Clhius nehulosus Xils.s. 
Skaiul. Faun. 1855, 195: Siichccus islandicu-s Gunther, iii, 281 : BlenniHS gracilis Stuwitz. 
Xye Magaz. f. Xatiirv. i, 400, 1838: Clinus nebulosus Fries Vet. Akad. Haudl. 1637, 
.55: Leptohlennius gracilis Gill, 1. c. 210: Lumpenus lampctrceformis Collett, Xorske Xord- 
havs Exp. 1880, 71.) 
421.— DEI.OI.EPIS Bean. 
(Bean, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mas. 1882: type Delolepis virgatus Bean.) 
Body aiiguilliform, moderately compressed po.steriorly, covered with 
small, imbricated, cycloid scales; vent uearl 3 ’ median; a small anal 
jiapilla; lateral line continuous, straight, nearly^ median, composed of 
open pores, without prominent tubes. Head oblong, subquadraugular, 
naked, the muciferous channels well developed, the vertex shallow- 
concave; snout short, obtuse; nostril single, tubular, close behind pre- 
maxillary; eyes small, high, separated by an interspace of moderate 
width, surrounded by a series of shallow pits; mouth wide, oblique, 
terminal, the lower jaw i)rojecting beyond the upper; lips lleshy; ju’e- 
maxillaries slightlj^ protractile, with 2 rows of small conical teeth; a 
few larger teeth at tlie sjunphysis; vomer and i)alatines with a few 
rather large teeth; tongue smooth, adherent; mandible with a few 
shallow i^its, the series continued on the posterior border of preop- 
ercle; opercles unarmed. Gill-membranes attached to a narrow isth- 
mus; gill-rakers very short; pseudobranchim present. Branchioste- 
gals 0. Pectorals short, i^laced low, their bases vertical; ventrals 
none; dorsal beginning above gill-opening, composed entirely of 
spines; anal with 2 spines and man^" split rays; dorsal and anal con- 
tinuous with the caudal, which is rather long and pointed. Intestine 
short, with a few pjdoric coeca. {ogl-o^, visible; scale.) 
1193. I>. virg-atias Bean. 
Brownish yellow; a brown stripe along lateral line; another along 
