29. BLEPSIAS. 153 



of the body being three-fifths of the length of the head ; lateral line 

 slightly curved ; a series of black dots along the lateral line. 

 Sea of China. 



a. China. Presented by Sir J. Eichardson. "1 — Types of the 



6. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. J species. 



29. BLEPSIAS. 



Blepsias, Cuv. fy Val. iv. p. 373. 



Head and body compressed, the former with tentacles ; the prse- 

 operciilmn armed. Skin with smaU prickles. Two dorsals, the first 

 with seven ajjines, and much shorter than the second and the anal. 

 Ventrah thoracic, little developed. SmaU teeth in the jaws, on the 

 vomer and on the palatine bones. Branchiostegals six or seven*. 



Coast of Kamtschatka. 



1. Blepsias cirrhosus. 



Trachiniis cirrhosus, Pall. Zoof/r. Hoss. iii. p. 237. 

 Blepsias tiilobus, Ciiv. ^- Val. iv. p. 375. pi. 90. 



B. 6. D. 7 I 24. A. 19. V. 1/3. 

 The fii-st foui- dorsal spines separated from the others by a notch ; 

 the anal fin lower than the soft dorsal. Body covered with prickles. 

 Coast of Kamtschatka ; Gulf of Georgia. 



a, b. Fine specimens. New Orcas Islands, Gulf of Georgia. Pre- 

 sented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



2. Blepsias bUobus. 



Blepsias bilobus, Cuv. ^- Val. iv. p. 379 ; Cuv. R^gne Anlin. III. Poiss. 



pi. 24. f. 2. 

 Peropus bilobus. Beech. Voy. Zool. Fishes, p. 59. pi. 16. f. 3. 



B. 7. D. 7|:^. A. 19. Y. 1/3. 



The first dorsal not notched, and separated from the second ; the 

 anal fin rather lower than the soft dorsal. Body entu'ely covered 

 with prickles ; lateral Hue spiny. 



Coast of Kamtschatka. 



a. Type of the species (in spirits ; not di'ied, as stated by Cuvier). 

 Kamtschatka. Presented by A. CoUie, Esq. 



30. NAUTICHTHYS. 



Nautichthys, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 74. 



Head and body compressed, slightly elongate ; the upper surface of 

 the head and the opercles armed. Sldn studded -with minute prickles. 



* Cuvier states five brancliiostegals for Blepsias cirrhosus, but he examined 

 dried specimens. 



