284 r.LENNIIDjK. 



9. Stichaeus hexagrammus. 



Schlegel, Fmot. Japun. Poiss. p. 136. pi. 73. fig. 1. 

 B. 6. D. 40. A. 29. V. 3. 

 The height of the body is contained six times and a haK in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and a half. Snout 

 conical, with the cleft of the mouth nearly horizontal. Three lateral 

 lines on each side. The ventrals are shorter than the pectorals. 

 Dorsal continuous with the caudal. Brownish : two oblique streaks 

 behind the eye ; pectoral dotted with b^o^vn. (Schleg.) 

 Bay of Siraabara (Japan). 



20. BLENNIOPS. 



Blennius, sp., auct. 



Blenniops, Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 184. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with very small scales ; lateral 

 line none. Snout short ; small teeth in the jaws, none on the palate. 

 Dorsal fin long, formed by spines only. Yentrals very distinct, com- 

 posed of one spine and several rays, distinctly jugiilar. Caudal di- 

 stinct. Gill-openings of moderate width, with the gill-membranes 

 connected -ndth each other ; pseudobranchia? present ; branchiostegals 

 six ; aii'-bladder and pyloric appendages none. 



British and Scandinavian coasts. 



1. Blenniops ascanii. 



Blennius, sp., Strom, Sdndm. i. p. 322 (not s\ti.). 



Brosme toupee, Ascan. Ic. tab. 19. 



Blennius galerita, part., L. Syst. i. p. 441 *. 



galerita, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 27(3. pi. 35 ; Fkm. Brit. Anim. 



p. 207 ; Nihs. Prodr. Ichth. Scand. p. 102 ; Tiirton, Brit. Faun. p. 92 ; 



(not i.). 

 ascanii, Walbaum, Art. Renov. iii. p. 173 ; Reinhardt, Maanedsk. 



f. Liter. 1833, p. 259 ; Kroyer, Naturhist. Tidskr. i. 1837, p. 372. 

 Centronotus brosme, Bl. ScJin. p. 167. 

 Blennius coquillad, Lacep. ii. p. 477. 



pennautii, Jenyns, Catal. Brit. Vert. Anim. p. 24. 



palmicomis, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 1st edit. i. p. 233; Jenyns, 



Man. p. 380; (not Cuv.). 

 yarreUii, Cur. Sf Val. xi. p. 218 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 2ud edit. 



i. p. 263, and 3rd edit. ii. p. 37 It- 

 Gimellus stroemii, Cur. Sf Val. xi. p. 444. 

 Blenniops galerita, Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 185. 



B. 6. D. 50-51. A. 36-39. V. 1/3. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and one-seventh of the total. Snout short, with tlie cleft of the 

 mouth very oblique. A short tentacle at the nostril ; two pairs of 



* See Blennius galerita, p. 222. 



t Yarrell, although in possession of very fine specimens, omitted to mention 

 the scales covering the entire body of the fish, and placed the species in a scaleless 

 genus ; in consequence of which, Valenciennes created the nominal species of 

 B'.ji/arrcllii. 



