784 CONTKIBUTIONS TO NORTH AJVIERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
425.— ZOARCES Cuvier. 
Uelpouts. 
(Cuvier, RJ^gne Anim. ed. 2, ii, 240, 1829: type Blennius viviparus L.) 
Body elongate, compressed, tapering posteriorly j head oblong, heavy, 
narrowed above, the profile decurved; mouth large; teeth strong, conic, 
bluntish, in 2 series in the front of each jaw, and 1 series on the sides; 
teeth in outer series larger; no teeth on vomer or iialatines. Dorsal fin 
very long, low, some of its jiosterior rays much lower than the others, 
developed as sharp spines; pectoral fins broad; ventrals jugular, of 3 
or 4 soft rays. Scales small, not imbricated, imbedded in the skin. 
Size large. [!^d>apxrjq^ viviparous.) 
a. Numbers of fin rays and vertebrae increased. {Macrozoarces Gill.) 
1200. Z. aiigiiillai’is (Peck) Storer. — Eelptout; Mutton-fish; Mother of Eels. 
Eeddisli brown, mottled with olive, the scales paler than the skin 
about them ; dorsal fin marked with darker ; a dark streak from eye 
across cheeks and opercles; lower jaw included; maxillary reaching be- 
yond orbit; pectoral long, about two-thirds length of head; ventrals 
one- fifth head ; highest ray of dorsal about equal to snout ; the poste- 
rior spines about one-third length of eye; first ray of dorsal above pre- 
opercle. Ilead C; depth 7. D. 95, XVIII, 17; A. 105. L. 20 inches. 
Delaware to Labrador; rather common northward. Two forms, per- 
haps distinct species {anguillaris, ciliatus) occur, distinguished by the 
size of the jaws. 
{Blennius anguillaris Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad. Sci. ii, 46; Storer, Fish. Mass. 263; 
Giintber, iii, 296: Enchelyopus anguillaris Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 258: 
Zoarces lahrosus and Z. fimhriatus Cuv. & Val. xi, 466, 468: Blennius ciliatus Mitch. 
Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 375, 1815, the large-mouthed form.) 
426.— EYCODOPSIS Collett. 
{Leurynnis Lockingtou.) 
(Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, 381: type Ly codes pacificus Collett.) 
Body elongate, eel-shaped, covered with small, smooth, imbedded 
scales. Head large; snout broad and long; interorbital space very 
narrow; mouth large, horizontal; teeth conical, those of the upper jaw 
iu a single row; those of the lower in a band in front, the inner series 
enlarged, larger than the upper teeth; no teeth on vomer or pala- 
tines. Ventral fins very small; vertical fins continuous, without spines. 
{}X)y.w8rj<;^ Lycodes; appearance. 
