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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



THE CRESTED BLENNY (sw. tangsnartan). 

 CHIROLOPHIS GALERITA. 



Phite XI, figs. 2 and 3. 



Tivo jmirs of fimhriated dermal appenducies above the eyes, the posterior jiair J>ehi(i the loitf/er: one simple dermal 

 /tap on each side of the snout, outside the anterior nostril, and sever(d of varyinfi size sparsely set in several {3 

 or ')) ron-s on the fop of the head and the occiput. Length of the head from 15 to IS % of that of the t/ody. 

 (ireatest depth of the tiodji in old specimens someivhat greater than the length of the head, in young equal to the 

 latter. Breadth across the cheeks ahoat ^3 of the length of the head. Least depth of the l/ody (in front of the 

 ttase of tin' caadal fn) in old specimens equal to the longitudinal diameter of the orbit, ivhidi is ahoid '/s of the 

 length of the head and a little less than the length of the snout. Eyes set high, close to the forehead. Number 

 of teeth in each Jan- from SO to JOO. A dermal flap, like that of the opercnlum, above the insertion of the 

 pectoral fn, at the hind margin of the gill-opening ; and at the same point, just above the upper part of the in- 

 sertion of the pectoral flns, a liony ridge, covered with, skin, curved oiitumrds, and starting from the anterior 



• 

 mari/in of the clavicular bone. Distance between the dorsal fn and the tip of tliv snout somewhat less than the 



length of the head: the base of this fn ab<nit 70 % of the length of the body: the anterior rays sometimes {most 

 often in the males and old specimens) elongated and furnished with dermal appendages, the rest of the fn fairly 

 straight, with a height equal to ((bout 7 % (f the length of the body, back to cdiout the 12th r((y from the end, 

 from u-hich point the length of the r((ys gradually diminishes. Distance between the anal fn ((nd the tip of the 

 snout about 4:J % of the length of the body; its base about V2 '^'^ length of the body: the rays slightly sliorter, 

 but freer at the point, th((n those of the dorsal fin. Pectoral fins rounded, in length about 14 % of the length of 

 the body or 7(1 % of th((t (f the head. Ventral fins, even externally, divided into four parts: the third ray long- 

 est, being a little less tlian ' ^ of the distance between these fins and the beginning of the anal fin or than '/g of 

 the greatest depth of the body, or someirliat more than */, of the length of the caudal fin, (vhich is rounded. 

 Coloration in young specimens yellowish brou-n, icith dark, olive-broivn, transverse bands on the sides and^ 

 spots of simitar colour on the dorsal fin and along its tiase: also trith a dark ring round the eye, from ivhich 

 there runs a stripe to the corner of tJie mouth: in old specimens plain yellow or reddish broirn, with irregular, 

 dark spots at the hind p((rt of the dorsal fin. Sometimes" a roir of lighter, r(nind spots along the dorsal sides 



or the middle of the body. 



R. bi: 0(5); D. 50''; A. 



,Syn. 



35 ' 



F. 14; 



V. -; a. x-h \2'' + .v. 



Blennius I'rista capitis transversa, cniacea (cit. Art.), Stroem, 

 i/ondm. Beskr., vol. I, p. 322. 



Blennius (lalerita, Lin. (p. p. uec Honuel., nee Art.), Sijst. 

 Nat., ed. XII, toin. I, p. 441; AscANlus, Ic. ]\cr. Nat., 

 call. 2, p. 8, tab. XIX; NlLSS., Prodr. Iclitli. Scand., p. 

 102; Id. (Blenniops) Sl.and. Fn., Fish:, p. 185. 



Blennius Ascanii, Wai.u., Iclitli. Art., part. Ill, p. 173, Reinii., 

 Maancdskr. f. Litter., 1833, p. 25!); Gthr (Blenniops), 

 Brit. Mils. Vat., Fislt., vol. Ill, p. 284; Mgrn (Uarelophus), 

 Ufvers. V(;t.-Akad. Forh. 1867, p. 2C1; EsM., Forh. Skand. 

 Naturf. M. Clinia, 1868, p. 523; CoLl,., Forli. Vid. Selsk. 

 Clinia, 1874, Tilla:'gsli., p. 76; M.\lm (Blenniops), Gbgs, 

 Boh. Fn., p. 471, tab. 8, fig. 2; Hanssox (Careloplnis), 

 Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1880, No. 4, p. 21; Day, Fisli. 

 G:t Brit., Irel., vol. I, p. 206, tab. LX, fig. 3; Coll., N. 



Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd. 20 (1884) p. 68; Lill.i., ^v., 



Norij. Fisk., vol. I, p. 491; Petersen, Vid. Meddel. Naturh. 



For. Kbhvn 1884, p. 156; Gthr (Blenniops), Rep. Deep- 

 sea FisJt., Chall. Exp. (vol. XXII), p. 71. 

 Ccntronotus Brosme, Bl., Syst. Ichtli., ed. Schn., p. 167; 



Reinh., 1. c. 

 Blennins palmicornis, Yarr., Brit. Fish., ed. 1, vol. I, p. 



233 (nee Cuv.); Bl. Yarrellii, Cuv., Val., (emend.). Hist. 



Nat. Poiss., vol. XI, p. 218; Sw.mns. (Chirolophis), Class. 



Fish, etc., 1. c.; Kroy., Naturb. Tidskr. Kbbvn , ser. 1, vol. 



I, p. 372; Yabr., Brit. Fish., ed. 2, vol. I, p. 263; Couch, 



Fish. Brit. IsL, vol. II, p. 233. 

 GiinneUiis Stroemii, Cuv., Val., 1. c., p. 444 ; Kroy. (Uarelophus), 



Natnrb. Tidskr., Kbbvn, ser. 2, vol. I, pp. 227 et 236; Id., 



Damn. Fiske, vol. 1. p. 600; 



Ohs. Tbc rule in accordance witli wliicli the preceding species 

 lias been generally suft'ered to retain the Linniean specifi<' name of 



" .According to NiLSSuN. Couch and Collett. 

 '' 51 — 53, according to NlLSSON. 

 1 

 39^0' 

 '' 13 according to Nilsson and Lim..)Eiior(;. In the specimen described by Hansson 3+12 + 1. 



