298 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



Family STICH^EID^^. 



Sliclimdw, Gll.L, Troc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phila., 1864, 208. 



SlU-hmdd', Gil.l., Can. Nat., 1865, 247, 25:{; Arr. Fain. Fishes, 1873, 4. 



,Slicli(vin(i; JoRi>AN and Gilukkt, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mns., 7.05. 



Bleuuioid lislies with body low, elongate, aurt compressed, covered witli cycloid scales. 

 Teeth usually well developed, but no molars. Suborl)itul ring not articulated with pre- 

 opercle. Dorsal long, continuous, and the entire lin made up of stiff or tlexible spines. 

 Anal loug, usually with one or two small spines. Ventrals jugular, few rayed. Branchial 

 apertures j)rolonged forwards and divided by a narrow isthmus. Pseudobraiichia'. Gills 

 4, with a slit behind the fourth. Vertebra' numerous. Pyloric cieca developed in small 

 number. 



This family is chiefly littoral, ami only oiu^ genus, ChirolopMis, has been found in any 

 considerable depth. 



CHIROLOPHUS. Swainson. 



Chirolopliiis, Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish, etc., ii, 1839, 275. 



Carelophiix, Kuoyki:, Nat. Tidskr. (2), I, 1844, 236.— Strom, Norsk. Vid. Sclsk. Skr., 1881, 75. 

 BI(tnmo])S, Nii.ssoN, Skand. Fanii. iv, 1S.53, ji. 184. — Gunther, Cat. Fi.sh. Brit. Mns., in, 287; Challenger Re- 

 port, XXII, -71. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with very small scales; lateral line none. Snout 

 short; small teeth iu the jaws, none on the palate. Dorsal lin long, formed by sjunesonly. 

 Ventrals very distinct, composed of 1 spin(> aud several rays, distinctly jugular. Caudal 

 distinct. Gill-openings of moderate width, with the gill-membranes connected with each 

 other; pseudobrauchiae present; branchiostegals six; air bladder and pyloric appendages 

 none. {Giiiifhcr.) 



CHIROLOPHUS ASCANII, (Wai.haiim), Gooi>k & Beax. 



Blennius Ascanii, Walbaum, Art. renov., in, 173. 



Blenniops Ascanii, GuxTiiEU, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., iii, 284; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, xiii, 139; Challenger 



Report, XXII, 71. 

 Cardopltys Ascanii, .Strom, Norsk. Vid. Selsk. Skr., 1881, 75. — Coi.lett, Nyt. Mag. f. Natnrvid. Christ., 



XVIII, 1884, 68. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, and one-seventh of 

 the total. Snout short, with the cleft of the mouth very oblique. A short tentacle at the 

 nostril; two pairs of fringed tentacles above the orbits, the i)osterior of which is about three 

 or four times the length of the anterior, and as long as the head is high. Neck with many 

 very small skinny flaps. Ventral fins small; the two anterior spines sometimes elongate, 

 ami i)rovided with skinny appendages at the top. Iveddish brown, with several cross- 

 bands on the back. (Giinther.) 



This Blenny was obtained during the cruise of the Porcnpinc between Shetland and 

 Faroe, iu ISO fathoms, and is recorded by Striiin from 140 fathoms in Throndhjem Fjord. 



Family ANARRHICH ADID^E. 



Anarrhirliini, BoxapaRTE, Cat.alogo Motodico, 1840, 7, 08, (sub fani., 117). 

 Anarrliicha'/ormef, Bleeker, Tcntanicn, 18.59, XXV. 

 Aiuirrhivhadida; Gli.i,, Canadian Naturalist, 1865,247,252. 



I'leunioid fishes with molar teeth strong, on vomer, palatines, and sides of lower jaw; 

 dorsal of tlcxil)l(' .spines only; scah^s minute; gillnieuibrancs joined to Ihe isthmus; no 

 ventral fins; air-bladder lu-esent; no lateral line. 



