296 BLENNIID^. 



Brownish-gi'ey, irregularly marbled with reddish-brown ; a series of 

 dark spots along the base of the dorsal fin. 



German Ocean. Baltic, southwards to the British Channel. 



a. Adult : stuffed. English coast. 



b. Adult female with young. Greenwich. Presented by W. Yarrell, 



Esq. 



c. Adult. London market. 



d. e. Adult : stuffed. Frith of Forth. 



/, g, h-l; l-m. Adults, half-grown, and young. Frith of Forth. 

 71. Fine specimen. Baltic. Presented by Prince Max of Neuwied. 

 o-p. Adult : skins. 



q-r. Adult and half-grown : skins. From Gronow's Collection, 

 s. Young. 



2. Zoarces anguillaris. 



Blennius anguillaris, Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad. ii. pt. 2. p. 46. fig. 3. 

 ■ labrosus, Mitch. Lit. ^ Phil. Trans. New York, i. p. 375. pi, 1. 



fig- 7. 

 Zoarces labrosus, Cuv. ^ Vol. xi. p. 466. pi. 342 ; Cuv. E^gne Atitm. 



III. Poiss. pi. 79. fig. 1. 

 anguillaris, Sforer, Report Fishes Massachuss. p. 66 ; Dekay, New 



York Fauna, Fishes, p. 155. pi. 16. fig. 45. 



Variety. 

 Blennius ciliatus, 3Iitch. I. c. p. 374. pi. 1. fig. 6. 

 Zoarces fimbriatus, Cuv. ^- Vol. xi. p. 468 ; Dekay, I. c. p. 156. pi. 16. 

 fig. 44. 



D. 92-97 1 21-16 | 12-22 (or 125-135). A. 103-110. Y. 4. 

 Bro'miish, marbled with darker ; an oblique blackish streak from 

 the eye to the angle of the pra;opcreulum. 



Atlantic coasts of the northern parts of the United States. 



a. Large specimen. Boston. Presented by W. Winstone, Esq. 



30. NEMOPHIS. 



Nemophis, Kaup, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 168. 



Tail exceedingly elongate, compressed ; body naked ; snout of 

 moderate extent, mouth very small. Both jaws with canine teeth ; 

 those of the lower jaw exceedingly long, moving in a channel of the 

 upper jaw. Dorsal and anal fins exceedingly long, without a distinct 

 spinous portion, surrounding the extremity of the tail ; caudal and 

 ventral fins absent. Gill-opening reduced to a small foramen on the 

 side of the neck. 



Hab. ? 



1. Nemophis lessonii. 



Kaup, I. c. 



The dorsal fin commences behind the eye, which is rather large. 

 Silvery; dorsal and anal fins blackish. 



The typical specimens, nine Par. inches long, are in the Museum 



