260 BLENNIID^. 



2. Neoclinus satiricus. 

 Girard, Pt^oc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 57. 

 B. 6. D. 42. A. 29. V. 1/3. 

 Head without tentacles. Uniform brownish. ((??>.) 

 Bay of Monterey, California. 



9. CEBIDICHTHYS. 



Cebidichthys, At/res, Proc. 'Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. i. 1855, p. 59. 



Body very elongate, covered with minute scales ; lateral line di- 

 stinct ; snout obtuse ; jaws with conical teeth ; villiform teeth on the 

 vomer and the palatine bones. One dorsal fin, with an anterior 

 spinous and a posterior soft portion, both formed by many rays ; 

 caiidal distinct ; ventrals none. Branchiostegals six ; gill-opening of 

 moderate width, with the gill-membranes united below the throat. 



Western coasts of North America. 



1. Cebidichthys violaceus. 



Apodichthys violaceus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854,p. 150. 

 Cebidichthys crista-galli, Ayres, I. c. pi. 1, figs. 1-3. 



violaceus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 121 (pi. 25 b. 



figs. 4, 5). 



B. 6. D. ^. A. 42. 



42 



Crown of the head with a longitudinal crest ; the maxillary reaches 

 to the vertical from the posterior margin of the eye. Uniform 

 brownish-violet : a dark streak from the occiput to the eye ; two 

 others across the cheek. 



Western coasts of North America. 



Gii'ard thinks it possible that this fish is specifically, or at least 

 generically, identical with Blennius alectrolophus, PaDas. 



10. MYXODES. 



Myxodes, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. ^ Val. xi. p. 397. 



Body somewhat elongate, covered with small scales ; snout of 

 moderate extent ; jaws with a single series of teeth, without canines^; 

 no teeth on the palate. Dorsal fin long, continuous, formed by many 

 spines and a few soft rays. Yentrals jugiilar, composed of a small 

 spine, hidden in the skin, and of three rays. Gill-opening wide ; 

 eix branchiostegals ; pyloric appendages absent. 



Coast of Chile, 



1. Mjrxodes viridis. 



Myxodes viridis, Cuv. iff Val. xi. p. 398; Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. 



p. 283, Atlas Ictiol. lam. 10. fig. 1. 

 ? Myxodes ocellatus, Cxiv. i<f Val. xi. p. 400. pi. 335 ; Gay, I. c. p. 285. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. I-. V. 3. 



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The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 



