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endeavour to guard his embryo hi-ood, flic little aerie 

 was mei'cilessly stripped of every egg. At tlie <Mid of 

 tliat period an untimely end bcf'cl our little hero; wea- 

 ried out with liis exertion lie was at length iuial)le 

 to v<)\)C \\'\t\\ llu' odds arrayed against him, and was 

 found one morning literally torn to pieces at the foot 

 of the ledge he had so long defended, a huge fellow, 

 nearly twice his size, an<l who had doubtless been 



Except as bait, this fish can be of no economical 

 value to man. 



The Shanny is by no means rare on the south- 

 west coast of Norway, at least in the neighbourhood 

 of Bergen, where Reinhardt (Maanedskr. f. Litter., 

 1833, p. 231) made the observations on which he based 

 the first statement as to its geographical extension 

 nortlnvards; but in Sweden it has never been observed. 



chiefly instrumental in bringing about his overthrow, | Its true home is on tiie coasts of Great Britain an( 



now occupving the ])Ost of honour. ( )ne otiier little 

 episode concerning the object of this notic-e remains to 

 be chronicled. While the female was depositing her 

 sj)awn, an operation whicli extended over several days, 

 her 1)rave little partner was seen on several occasions 

 to descend to the bottom of the tank, and hurriedly 

 snatching up a fragment of the food supplied for the 

 general meal, to return with it aloft and place it at 

 the disposal of his ladylove." 



Ireland, extending southwards at least as far as Gi- 

 braltar (Steindachnek) and into the Mediterranean at 

 least as far as Barcelona (Steixdaciinek). In the Me- 

 diterranean, however, it is not so common as in tlie 

 Atlantic (Valenctexxes), and its occurrence east of 

 Spain has been denied (Moueau, 1. c. and Giglioli, 

 Espoz. iiifeni. (U I'esca in Berlino 1880, Cat. Sez. 

 Ifal., p. 91). 



Genus CHIROLOPHIS. 



JJiiid part of the txxti/ ribbon-shaped ainJ covered ivith rerij small sc((les. Head naked (irithout scales), bat a-ith 

 dermal fringes on the top. Jans famished, almost throaghoat their niari/in, irifh an arcuate, nnhroken roir of 

 conical teeth, somewhat compressed and jioi)ded at the apex (/lartli/, hon-erer, especially in the front part of the 

 Jaa-s, alternating, everij other tooth beinf/ set farther in than the next to it): no canines at the ends of the roas. 

 Head, especially the snout, short: mouth broad, obliquely ascending. Gill-openings large, but vertical; hran- 

 chiostegal membranes joined to each other under the isthmus., to n-hich they are united. One continuous dorsal fn, 

 containing only spinous rays, along the whole of the back behind the head. Anal fin long and with a small spi- 

 nous ray at the beginning: the rest of the rays articulated and branched. Ventral fins short, jugular and con- 

 taining one spinous and three branched rays. Bays of the pectoral fins repeatedly branched. Branched rays of 

 the caudal fin feu- {under 14). Only the anterior part of the lateral line distinct. Branchiostegal rays 6°. 

 Pseudobranchice present. Air-bladder wanting. Pyloric appendages present, but small''. 



Of this genus only one species is known with 

 any certainty", and even this has borne six different 

 generic names. The best and fullest descriptions of 

 it have been given by Kroyeu, who gave it the name 



of Carelophus'', and Nilssox, by whom it was called 

 Blenniops' : but botli these writers were anticipated 

 h\ SwAix.sox, who established the geiuis Chiro- 

 lophis'. 



" Soiiietiiiies ;">, accordinir to Nii.ssoN ami CoL'CH. 



* According to Kboyer and NiLSSOK. 



" Paixas's (Zoogr. Ross. As., Ill, p. 179) Blciinius poli/actoceptialus from Kamclialka probalily l>elongs to this genus (cf. .JoRP., GiLB., 

 Bull. U. S. Nnt. llus., No. 10, p. 765), and is possibly even the same species as Ctiirolopliu galerita; but it is described from a dried spe- 

 cimen and not further known. 



•* Naturh. Tidskr., Kbhvn, 'itden Ka^kkes l:stc Bind (184.1 — 1845). pp. •227 and 236: Kdgt], liead, and )'6q)0g, crest. 



' 6lcaiid. Fn., Fisk:. p. 185 (1855). 



/ Nat. Ifist., C'fa.w. Fist,., Amp/i., Kept.. (Lardn. Cab. Encycl.) vol. II, p. 275. (1839): XeIq, liaml. 



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