114. BLENNIIDiE APODICHTIIYS. 769 



aud anal joined to its base. Head 7; deptli 10. I). LXXXIII; A. II, 

 50. L. 12 inches. Kamtschatka aud Aleutian Islands. {PaUas.) 



(BlctnihiN dolichot/uftlcr Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. iii, 175, 1811: Ccntronotus dolicho- 

 <7fl«/fr Gihither, iii, 2fiO.) 



aaa. Veutrals entirely wanting. (Jsf erHojj(e>-i/a; Eiippell.) 



1173. M. KMBtoIliforiuis (Riippoll) J. & G. 



Keddish brown, witli 10 brown cross bands, most distinct on base of 

 dorsal and anal ; ligbt blotches alons>- dorsal fin, each between two of 

 the brown cross-bands, and each with a brown spot in the center; a 

 light, brown-edged, vertical band below eye. Ventrals none; snout 

 short; cleft of month oblique; width of interorbital space less than 

 diameter of eye; length of pectoral 3 in head. Dorsal spines short 

 and stiff; caudal distinct. Head 8i; depth 8. D. LXXXI; A. II, 41. 

 {Giinther.) Type supposed to be from Greenland. 



{.intcniopUryx guticUiformis Kiippell ilSS. : Centronoius rjimeUiformis Giinther, iii, 



412.— APODICHTHYS Girard. 



(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 150: type Ajjodiehlhys Jlav'ulus Girard.) 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with \ery small scales; no lat- 

 eral line; snout short; mouth moderate, oblique; teeth in the jaws 

 moderate, stouter anteriorly; vomer with teeth; gill-membranes united, 

 free from the isthmus. Dorsal tin long, low, even, of spines only; anal 

 fin similar, preceded by a large spine in a pouch of skin; caudal fin 

 short, connected with dorsal and anal; no ventral fins; pectoral fins 

 small ; intestinal canal short, without pyloric ccBca. Small bright- 

 colored fishes of the Pacific, {a-ooc, without feet; t/.Ou:;, fish; in allu- 

 sion to the want of ventral fins.) 



a. Anal spine very long, pen-shaped, excavated on anterior surface. {A2)odichthijs.) 



117<1. A. fluvjdus Girard. 



Color orange, varying with the surroundings to intense grass-green, 

 brown, and dark puri)le; a few light round spots along axis of body 

 iwsteriorly ; a narrow black bar downwards and backwards from eye; 

 a shorter, less-distinct bar from upper margin of orbit backwards to 

 occij)ut; anal fin obli(xuely barred with brownish. Head short; mouth 

 very oblique; maxillary reaching pupil; upper jaw with a series of con- 

 ical teeth, behind which is a patch of smaller teetli; sides of mandible 

 with conical teeth in a single series, forming a patch in front; vomer 

 with three (;oniL*al teeth; palatines toothless: nape equidistant between 

 Lull. Xat. Mus. Ko. IG 40 



