288 BLENNIID^. 



one spine and one ray ; dorsal spines short and stiff; caudal distinct. 

 Reddish-brown, marbled with darker ; a series of more or less 

 distinct dark spots along the base of the dorsal and anal fins ; a more 

 or less distinct band between the eyes, and a vertical band beneath 

 the eye. 



Sea of Japan. Coast of California. Gulf of Georgia. Vancouver 

 Island. 



a. Adult : skin in sjjiiits. Japan. 



b-c. Half-grown. New Orcas Islands (Gulf of Georgia). Presented 



by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 il-f. Young. Vancouver Island. Collected by Lieut.-Col. Hawkins. 



4. Centronotus apus. 



Blennius giinellus, Pall. Zoo(/r. Itosso-Asint. iii. p. 173. 



Ophidium ocellatiun, 3Iem. Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. iii. 1811,p.237.tab.8. 



tig. 2. 

 Gunellus apos, Cuv. (^ Vol. xi. p. 426. 



D. 80. A. 50. 



Similar to Centronotus gunellus. Ventral none ; caudal distinct. 

 Six black oceUatcd spots along the dorsal fin. 

 Coast of Kamtschatka. 



5. Centronotus gunellifomiis. 



Asternopteiyx gunellifomiis, Ruppell in 3Ivs. Senckenh. 

 Gunellus gronlandicus ? pinnis ventralibus carens, Riipp. Vefzetchn. 

 Senckenh. Samml. Fische, p. 16. 



D. 81. A.;^. 

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Ventrals none. The height of the body is contained eight times 

 and a half in the total length, the length of the head nine times and 

 a half. Snout short, with the cleft of the mouth obHque. The width 

 of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye. The 

 length of the pectoral is about one-third of that of the head ; dorsal 

 spines short and stiff; caudal distinct. Reddish-brown; with ten 

 brown cross-bands, most distinct on the base of the dorsal and anal 

 fins ; light blotches along the dorsal fin, each between two of the 

 brown cross-bands, and each with a brown spot in the centre, A 

 light, brown-edged vertical band below the eye. 



Greenland ? 



The typical specimen is in the Senckenberg Museum. 



6. Centronotus dolichogaster. 



Blennius dolichogaster. Pall. Zooc/r. Posso-Asiat. iii. p. 175. 

 Gunellus dolichogaster, Cuv. ^ Val. xi. p. 436. 



D.93. A. A 

 Snout very short, with the cleft of the mouth oblique ; a pair of 



