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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



THE SHANNY (s\v. .skyggfisken"). 



ISLEXNIUS PIIOLIS. 



Fiij. 61. 



l[c<i(l /rlflioiif (icniKil friin/f's abafc flic ei/cs. hiif flic liiiiil iiiiirt/ii/ of flic inifcyior iiosfrif,^ nii-scd (Did firoken up hifa 

 a friii(/c. Ercn flic aiifci'ior parf of flic dorsal fiii irifli niifs soff af flic f'lp. One or firo ciniiiic fccfli on each- 

 side of flic iijijtcr (did loircr Jdicft, hch'nid flic end of fhc froiif roir, irli'icli (■o)isisfs of from ]') fo ,24 compressed fcefli. 



Fig. 61. Slmiiny (Bleiiniiis pholis), taUcij on the fisliiii.n-liank of JfedcTCMi (im tlie coast of Norway), iit a ileptli of fioiii GO lo 100 fathoms, 



according to the statemeiifs of the fishermen, a: natnnil size; li: the head, niagn. 2 dinm., in order to sliow the position of tlie nostrils and 



tlie dermal flap of the anterior nostril. The lips too, are turned slightly hack to show the teeth. 



R. hi: G; D. 

 L. lat. pui: 40—50. 



12* 



18 1. 19' 



A. 10'': P. 13; V. 



a. ,f + 9+,r; 



k-ix PlioUii RoNDiCL.; vide Ar.T. Si/n., 



Si/u. Vix Ocolic:, AiusTOT. 



p. 116. 

 Catapliractns Icevis, Jagg apud R.mium, Si/n. Metli. Pise, p. 



164, tab. 1, fig. 10. 

 Blennhts Pliolis (p. p.) Lin., !Sijst. Nat., cd. X, toni. I, p. 257; 



Bl., Fisch. DeutscliL, part. II, ]>. 184, tab. LXXI, figg. 2 et 3; 



Yarr., I/ist. Brit. Fisli., cd. II, vol. I, p. 260; Gthk, Vat. 



Brit. Mils., Fisli., vol. Ill, p. 226; Steind., Stzber. Akad. 



Wiss. Wien, LVII, i, (1868), p. 674; Cult,., Vid. Selsk. 



Forh. Crist. 1874, Tilhi'gsh., p. 72; ibid. 1879, No. 1, p. 



58; Day, F;.s//. G:t Brit., Irel., vol. I, p. 203, tab. LX, 



fig. 2; MoHEAU, Hist. N^ai. Puis-^. Fr., toni. 2, p. 143. 

 Pliolis Iwris, Flem., Hist. Brit. .Aiiiiii.. p. 207; Cuv., Val., 



Hist. Nat. Puiss., vol. XI, p. 269: KnoY., Daiim. Fiske, 



vol. I, p. 330; NiLSs., Sl^aiid. Fit., Fisl... p. 182; LiLU., 



iSv., Nortj. Fi.<flc., vol. I, p. 517. 



The Shaiiny, which attains a lengtli of IGO mm., 

 is in form of body relatively the deepest and thickest 

 of the Scandinavian Blennioids, the greatest depth of 

 the body being 19 or 20 % of the length, and the 



" NiLSSON, 1. C 



* Sometimes 1 1 

 20, 

 <* „ 18—20, 



according to Day. 



greatest breadth, across the cheeks, from 14 to 16 %. 

 The brc;:dth at the axils is equ;il to, or only slightly 

 less than, tlie l)readth across the cheeks, and the pos- 

 terior part of the body is nioi'c compressed at the 

 dorsal edge than at the ventral. With this exception 

 it tapers fairly evenly towards the tail, ^vhich is strongly 

 compressed, though the alxlomen is, as usual, more 

 swollen, even laterally. The least depth of the body 

 in a young specimen, 93 mm. long, measured 6'8 % 

 of the length, and in an older specimen, 12.5 mm. long, 

 7"7 %. The head, with the eyes set high and the snout 

 .steeply sloping, measures in voung specimens 27 96 of 

 the lengtli of tlie body, in old 26 96. The gape is 

 fairly small, |)laced low down and almost horizontal, 

 with the ujipcr i;\w projecting slightly in front of the 

 lower, and with its swollen labial .skin extending back 

 to a point almost vertically beloAv the middle of tiie 

 eye, the longitudinal diameter of which is 18 94 of the 

 length of the head in young specimens, 16 % in old. 



