CRYPTACANTHODIDA. — LXXXIV. 159 
210. EUMESOGRAMMUS Gill. (ed, well; pécos, middle ; 
ypappn, line.) 
441. E.subbifurcatus (Storer). Brownish with pale blotches; 
black bars on head; D. with black dots; lateral line with upper 
branch only. Head 44; depth 5. D.XLIV. <A.30. Cape Cod; 
N. rare. (Lat., sub, almost; bis, two; furcatus, forked.) 
211. STICH AUS Reinhardt. (o7txdo, to set in rows.) 
442. S. punctatus (Fabricius). Scarlet; D. with black spots. 
Head 44; depth about 6$. D. XL. A. I, 35. Cape Cod, N. 
212. LEPTOBLENNIUS Gill. (Aemros, slender; Blennius.) 
443. L. serpentinus (Storer). Head small; olive, with pale 
shades; D. with oblique white bands. Head 9; depth 15. D. 
DOV hk. SO Vd, Bek Tatas Cape.Cad, N.. 
Famity LXXXIV. CRYPTACANTHODIDA. (THE 
WRYMOUTHS. ) 
Fishes allied to the Blenniide, but with the head cuboid, with 
vertical cheeks, conspicuous muciferous channels in jaws and pre- 
opercle ; top of head flat; snout short; lower jaw very heavy, cleft 
of mouth vertical; teeth conical, on jaws, vomer, and palatines; 
gill membranes joined to the narrow isthmus; P. short; V. want- 
ing; D. very long, of spines only, enveloped in thick skin; D., A., 
and C, joined. Body naked or scaly. Vertebree many. Genera, 2; 
species 2.-. Arctic: 
@, Body-sealeless. . . . CrRYPTACANTHODES, 213. 
213. CRYPTACANTHODES Storer. (kpumros, hidden; 
axavé@dns, spined.) 
444, C. maculatus Storer. Wry-mMouTH. Guost-FIsH. Brown, 
with dark spots, rarely immaculate. Head 64; depth 13. D. 
LXXIIT. A. 50.. L. 24. Cape Cod, N. 
Famity LXXXV. ANARRHICHADIDAL. (Tue Wotr- 
FISHES. ) 
Fishes similar to the Blennies in most respects, but with the 
vomer very thick and solid, with two series of coarse molar teeth ; 
palatines with similar teeth; jaws with canines in front, the pos- 
terior teeth below molar. Scales rudimentary; no lateral line ; 
gill membranes joined to isthmus. D. high, of flexible spines only. 
V. wanting. Air-bladder present. Vertebree numerous. Large 
fishes of northern seas. Two genera and 5 or 6 species; one of 
them commonly, others rarely, taken off our coast. 
a. Tail not very long, with a caudal fin, distinct from D. and A. 
ANARRHICHAS, 214, 
