111. BLENNIIDiE STICH^US. 775 



and palatiue teeth present; 3 lateral lines on each side, the median 

 continued to the base of the caudal ; ventral fin half as long as the pec- 

 toral, which is much shorter than head; dorsal tin terminating just at 

 root of caudal. Head 4 ; depth nearly 6. D. XLIX ; A. 34 ; V. 3. 

 Greenland. [G'dnther.) 



{Clunis 2)rcvcisus Kroycr, Naturli. Tidsskr. i, 25, 183G: Clinus unimaculatus Reinli. 

 Vid. Selsk. vii, 114, 1837: Slichceus unimaculatus Giiuthcr, iii, 283; Gill, 1. c. 210.) 



aa. Lower luteral lino wanting. 



11§3. E. smbbifurcatMS (Storer) Gill. 



Brownish, with several round ])aler blotches above at the base of 

 the dorsal fin; spaces between these blotches darker, appearing like 

 bars; a broad black bar crossing the opercle obliquely from below the 

 orbit, and two paraHel dark bars running backwards from orbit; belly 

 yellowish white; dorsal fin with numerous black dots. Mouth rather 

 large; maxillary reaching to below orbit; back somewhat arched; ven- 

 tral outline nearly straight; eyes large; lower lateral line wanting; 

 upper branch of lateral line about two-thirds length of head. Head 4^ ; 

 depth nearly 5. D. XLIV; A. 30. North Atlantic, south to Cape Cod. 



(PhoUs subbifurcatus Storer, Rep. Fish. Mass. 1839, 03.) 



417.— STICH^US Reiuhardt. 



(Rcinliardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Natur. og Math. Afhaudl. 1837, 109: type Bhnnius imnc- 

 iatus Fabricius.) 



Body comparatively short and compressed, covered with small scales; 

 teeth on jaws, vomer, and i)alatines. Lateral line present, single, me- 

 dian; pectorals and ventrals well developed. Dorsal moderately high, 

 of spines only, free from the caudal ; gill-openings continued forward 

 below, the membranes narrowly united to the isthmus; pyloric coeca 

 present. {(Tzr/dcuj to set in rows.) 



1184. S. piincta.tiii«» (Fabric.) Kroyer. 



Scarlet; dorsal with a series of round black spots, white-edged pos- 

 teriorly; head below with 5 brownish cross-bands; a brown streak 

 from snout through eye. Snout subconical. Dorsal spines of mod- 

 erate length. Eye half interorbital width. Head 5^ in total length; 

 depth 8. D. XL; A. I, 35. {Gilntkcr.) Polar seas, south to Cape Cod 

 and Alaska. 



{Blennius punctatus Fabric. Faun. Griin. 153, 1780: ICroyer, Naturh. Tidsskr. i, 377, 

 1837; Gunthcr, iii, 283.) 



