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high; i>ectoraLs two-tliirds lengtli of liead, tbe middle rays longest; 

 ventrals one-third lengtii of head. Dorsal and anal distinct from the 

 pointed caudal, which is nearly as long as head. Head 8; depth 14. 

 D. LXXI5 A. 46; V. I, 4; B. 7. L. IS inches. San Francisco to 

 Alaska; very abundant northward. 



(Bleniiitis angniUaris'PaWas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. iii, 17G, 1811: Leptogunnelhis gracilis 

 Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 26: Lumpenus antjuiUaris Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. 

 Surv. Fish. 123: Siichaius anguillaris Giiutber, iii, 282.) 



11S9. L.. fabricii (Ciiv. & Val.) Kroyer. 



Light brown, clouded with darker. Upper jaw scarcely longer than 

 tower. Vertical fins sejiarate; pectorals large; ventrals very slender. 

 Depth 14. D. LXIII; A. 41; V. I, 3. Greenland. [Cuv. & Val) 



{Blennius liinipenus Fabricius, Fauna Gioul. 151: Gunnellus fabricd Cuv. & Val. xi, 

 431: Stichceus lumpi'iius Giiuther, iii, 280.) 



420.— LiEPTOBlLEIVKIUS Gill. 

 (Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18G0, 21: type Blennius serpentinus Storer.) 



Body greatlj' elongate, covered with small scales; head rather slen- 

 der; teeth very small, in a single series in each jaw; none on the 

 vomer or i)alatines. Xo lateral line; no cirri; gill-openings somewhat 

 prolonged forwards, narrowly united to the isthmus. Dorsal fin very 

 long, continuous, of spines only; ventrals well developed, of 1 spine 

 and 2 or 3 rays ; pyloric C03ca present. This genus is hardly worthy 

 of separation from Lumpenus. {^.srtrdg, slender; Blennius.) 



a. Dorsal spiues 60-65. {Centrohlennius Gill.*) 



1190. L.. uiibilus (Rich.) J. & G. 



Pale olive, marbled with darker. Upper jaw slightly longest; no 

 teeth on vomer or palatines. Vertical fins not continuous; ventrals 

 slender, one-third length of head; pectoral fin ovate, the middle rays 

 longest. D. LXIII; A. 43; V.I, 4. Wellington Sound. [Eichardmn.) 



(Lumpenus nubilus Rich. Last Arctic Voyage, Fish. 13, pi. 28: Siicliaius nuMlus Giiu- 

 ther, iii, 564: Centrohlennius nubilus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 209.) 



aa. Dorsal spines 70-80. (Leptoblennius GUI.) 



1191. Jj. serpentinus (Storer) Gill. 



Olive above, with lighter cloudings; pale below; dorsal fin brownish, 

 with broad, oblique, Avhite bands; pectorals pale. Head not large, its 

 sides sparsely covered with small scales; eye as long as snout; max- 

 illary reaching front of pupil; gill-openings extending forward below, 

 for a distance less than length of snout; pectorals long, seven-eighths 



* Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 21 : type Lumpenus nubilus Rich. 



