19. sTiCH^tJs. 281 



upper jaw scarcely longer than the lower ; ventrals veiy slender, 

 composedof three rays; caudal distinct. Palatine teeth. Light brown, 

 clouded with darker. 

 Coast of Greenland. 



2. StichaeTis medius. 



Clinus medius, Reinh. Datiske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. oq Mathem. 



Afhmidl. vii. 183$, pp. 114, 121, 194. 

 Lumpenus medius, Kroyer, I. c. 



D. 60. A. 43. V. 1/2. 



The heigljt of the body is one-tenth or one-eleventh of the total 

 length. The upper jaw shghtly overlapping the lower. Ventrals 

 slender, one-third the length of the head ; the lower pectoral rays 

 shorter than the middle ones ; dorsal and anal fins slightly continuous 

 with the caudal. Vomerine and palatine teeth none. Brown. 



Greenland. 



The diagnosis is taken from a specimen in the Leyden Museum. 



3. Stichaeus maculatus. 



Clinus maculatus, Fries in Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837, p. 51, and 



Fries och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 108. pi. 25. fig. 2. 

 Ctenodon maculatus, Nilss. SJcand. Faun. iv. p. 190. 



D. 59-61. A. 36. V. 1/2. Csec. pylor. 3. 



The height of the body is one-tenth or one-eleventh of the total 

 length. The upper jaw slightly overlapping the lower. Ventrals 

 slender, one-half as long as the head ; the lower pectoral ra} s longer 

 than the middle ones ; caudal free from dorsal and anal. Palatine 

 and vomerine teeth. Light brown, clouded with darker. 



Coast of Bohustens (Sweden). 



The diagnosis is taken from a specimen in the Senckenberg Museum. 



4. Stichsens islaudicus. 



Tang-brosme 4, St)-dm, Sdtidtn. i. p. 315. 



Blennius capita Ifevi, Mulir, Isl. Naturh. p. 85. tab. 4. 



islandicus, Walb. Art. Renov. iii. tab. 3. fig. 6. 



lampetrasfonuis, Wulb. I. c. p. 184 j Kroy. Natiirhist. Tidskr. i. 



1837, p. 32 (Clinus mohrii). 

 Centronotus islandicus, Bl. Schn. p. 157. 



lumpenus, Nilss. Prodr. p. 104. 



Blennius gi-acilis, Stuvitz in Nye Magaz. for Naturv. i. p. 406. pi. 3. 



Gunellus islandicus, Cut: 8f Vul. xi. p. 433. 



Clinus nebulosus, Fries, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837, p. 55. 



Lumpenus gracilis, Reinh. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. og Maihem. 



Af handl. y\\. 1838, p. 194. 

 nebulosus, Nilss. SJcand. Faun. Fisk. iv. p. 195. 



D. 69-72. A. 48-50. -V. 1/3. 

 Neither vomerine nor palatine teeth. The height of the body is 



