368 GADIBiE. 



Gadus fuliginosus, Walb. in Schrift. Gesellsch. Naturf. Freund. Berl. 



V. 1784, p. 107. 



trifurcus, Walb. Art. iii. p. 139. 



minimus, WaJb. Art. iii. p. 143. 



Phycis fusca, Bl. Schn. p. 57. 



Blennius raii, Bl. Schn. p. 171. 



Batrachoides blennioides, Lacep. ii. pp. 451, 456. 



Blennius tridactjdus, Lacep. ii. p. 484. 



Raniceps trifurcatus, Flem. Brit. An. p. 194 ; Jen. Mati. p. 453 ; Yarr. 



Brit. Fishes, 2nd edit. ii. p. 292, and 3rd edit. i. p. 598 ; Parn. Wern. 



Mem. vii. p. 359. tab. 36, or Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 199. pi. 36 ; 



TJiomps. Nat. Hist. Irel. iv. p. 188. 



jago, Flem. Brit. An. p. 194. 



niger, Niks. Prodr. p. 50, and Skand. Faun. Fish. p. 594 ; Fries 



Sf Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 92. pi. 21. 

 Batrachocephalus blennioides, Holb. Goth. Vet. Seellsk. n. Handl. iii. 



p. 39. c. fig. 

 Raniceps fuscus. White, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 96. 

 D. 3 I 66. A. 60. V. 6. 

 Lower jaw shortest, with a short barbel. Dark-brown. 

 Coasts of northern Europe. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut.F.F.Spence,R.N. 



b. Adult. Berwick. Presented by Dr. G. Johnston. 



c. Adult. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



d. Adult : stiiffed. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



e. Half-grown. Frith of Forth. From the Collection of the Zoo- 



logical Society. 

 /. Young : skin. Frith of Forth. 

 fj. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. 

 h, I. Fine specimens. Bahuslan. Presented by Hr. A. W. Malm. 



20. BREGMACEROS. 



Bregmaceros, Thomps. in Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1840, iv. p. 184. 

 Calloptilum, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 94. 



Body fusiform, compressed posteriorly, covered with cycloid scales 

 of moderate size. Two dorsal fins : the anterior reduced to a single 

 long ray on the occiput; the second and the anal much depressed in 

 the middle, nearly divided into two : ventrals very long, composed of 

 five rays, the outer of which are very elongate. Minute moveable 

 teeth round the margin of the mouth and on the vomer, none on the 

 palatines. No air-bladder; no pyloric appendages. Gill-openings very 

 wide, the giU-membranes being united below the throat, not attached 

 to the isthmus. Pseudobranchije none ; seven branchiostegals. 



China Seas and Philippines. 



1. Bregmaceros macclellandii. 



Bregmaceros McClellandii, TJiomps. I. c. (fig. bad). 

 Calloptilum mirmn, Richards. I. c. p. 95. pi. 46. figs. 4-7. 



B. 7. D. 1 I lG + X-l-15. A. 22-I-X + 20. V. 5-6. L. lat. 64. 

 L. transv. 14. 

 The occipital dorsal ray is very slender, longer than the head ; the 



