784 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AilERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



425.— ZOARCES Cuvier. 



Uelpouts. 



(Cuvier, R?5gne Aniiu. ed. 2, ii, 240, 1829: type Blennius vivipai'us L.) 



Body elongate, comi)ressed, tapering posteriorly ; head oblong, heavy, 

 narrowed above, the j)rofile decurved; month large; teeth strong, conic, 

 bluntish, in 2 series in the front of each jaw, and 1 series on the sides; 

 teeth in outer series larger; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Dorsal fin 

 very long, low, some of its posterior rays much lower than the others, 

 developed as sharp spines; pectoral fins broad; ventrals jugular, of 3 

 or 4 soft rays. Scales small, not imbricated, imbedded in the skin. 

 Size large. (Cwa/^zry?, viviparous.) 



a. Numbers of fiu raj's aud vertebrae increased. (Macrozoarces Gill.) 



1200. Z. angfiiitlaris (Peck) Storer. — Eelpout; Multon-fish; Mother of Eels. 



Eeddish brown, mottled with olive, the scales paler than the skin 

 about them; dorsal fin marked with darker; a dark streak from eye 

 across cheeks and opercles; lower jaw included; maxillary reaching be- 

 yond orbit ; pectoral long, about two-thirds length of head ; ventrals 

 one-fifth head ; highest ray of dorsal about equal to snout ; the poste- 

 rior spines about one-third length of eye ; first ray of dorsal above jjre- 

 opercle. Jlead G; depth 7. D. 95, XVIII, 17; A. 105. L. 20 inches. 

 Delaware to Labrador; rather common northward. Two forms, per- 

 haps distinct species {anguillaris, ciliatus) occur, distinguished by the 

 size of the jaws. 



(Blennius anguillaris Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad. Sci. ii, 46; Storer, Fish. Mass. 203; 

 Giinther, iii, 296: Eucheli/ojjus anguiUaris Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 258: 

 Zoarces lahrosus aud Z. Jimhriatus Cuv. & Val. xi, 466, 468: Blennius ciliatus Mitcli, 

 Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 375, 1815, the large-mouthed form.) 



426.— r.YCODOPSIS Collett. 

 (Leurynnis Lockingtou.) 



(Collett, Proc. ZoiJl. Soc. London, 1879, 381: type Lycodes pacificus Collett.) 



Body elongate, eel-shaped, covered with small, smooth, imbedded 

 scales. Head large; snout broad and long; interorbital space very 

 narrow; mouth large, horizontal; teeth conical, those of the upper jaw 

 in a single row; those of the lower in a band in front, the inner series 

 enlarged, larger than the upper teeth ; no teeth on vomer or pala- 

 tines. Ventral fins very small; vertical tins continuous, without spines. 

 {)X)/.w8ri<;^ Lycodes; 6\}n<;^ appearance. 



