111. BLENNIID.E LUMPENUS. 777 



a. Teeth on vomer aud palatiuos ; pectorals with the upper and middle rays shortened, 

 shorter than the lower {Leptoclinus* Gill.) 



11S6. L.. naaculatus (Fries) Nilss. 



Yellowish; a series of 5 large dark spots along the base of the dorsal 



tin, between which are smaller and fainter spots; dorsal and caudal 



barred. Caudal fin truncate, free from dorsal and anal; ventrals half 



as long as head ; i^ectorals large, about as long as head. Anterior 



rays of dorsal short and free. Teeth on vomer and palatines; lower 



jaw included; maxillary reaching middle of e^ e. Head 6. D. LX; A. 



30. {Collett.) Greenland to Spitzbergen; occasional southward, in 



deep water. 



{CUnus maeulatus Fries Kgl. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1837, 49: CUnus aculeatus Eeinh. Dansk. 

 Vidensk. Selsk. Natur. Af handl. vii, 114, 122, 194, 1838: Stivhanis maculatun and aculeatus 

 Giiuther, iii, 281; Collett, Norske Nord-Havs Exp. 1880, 67.) 



aa. Teeth on jaws and palatines, none on vomer; pectorals with the middle rays 

 longest, the lower ones shortened. 

 b. Anterior half of anal tin with the rays shortened. {Ani8archus\ Gill.) 



1187. L<. niedaus (Reinh.) Kroyer. 



Yellowish, nearly plain. Lower jaw scarcely included, the maxillary 

 reaching front of eye; teeth on j)alatines, none on vomer; ventrals slen- 

 der, one-third length of head ; lower rays of pectoral shorter than mid- 

 dle ones, the fin shorter than head. Dorsal and anal slightly joined 

 to the truncate caudal; anterior half of anal with the rays shortened. 

 Head G; depth 10. D. LXI; A. 42; V. I, 3. Greenland to Norway and 

 Spitzbergen. {Collett.) 



(CUnus medius Eeinh. Dansk. Vidensk. Afhandl. 1838, 114: Lumpenus medius Kriiyer, 

 Naturh. Tidsskr. i, 377, 1837: Stivhwus medius Giinther, iii, 281: Anisarclnm medius Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila. 18G4, 209; Collett, 1. c. C2.) 



hb. Anal rays subeqnal. {Lumpenus.) 



118S. L.. an^uilUtris (Pallas) Gill. 



Olive green above, pale below; sides marked above with dark olive 

 brown; a series of more or less distinct oldong blotches of olive brown 

 along middle of .sides; dorsal barred or S])otted; anal pale; opcrcle 

 with a dark blotch; head dusky above. Cheeks scaly; mouth some- 

 what oblique, the lower jaw included; maxillary reaching front of 

 pupil; teeth on palatines, none on the vomer; sides of each jaw with 

 1 or 2 larger teeth. Gill-openings prolonged forward a distance greater 

 than length of snout; pyloric couca 4, unequal. Eius all comparatively 



*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209: type CUnus aculeatus Reinh. (XeTtroi, 

 Blender; kAzVo?, CUnus.) 



tGill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209: type CUnus medius Reinh. {ayt6oi, 

 unequal; apxo?, anus.) 



