146 CLASS XIV. 



jaws. Palatine teetli none. Scales none. Sometimes a fimbriate 

 or pinnate cirrus over tlie eye on both sides. Ventral fins triradiate 

 or biradiate, jugular. 



Sp. Blennius ocellaris L., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 167, fig. r, Cuv. B. Anu, ed. 

 ill., Poiss. PL 77, fig. i; Yarrell Brit. Fish. I. p. 223; the dorsal fin 

 deeply incised ; on the first and higher part is a black, round spot, sur- 

 rounded by a white ring ; in the Mediter. and occasionally in the North 

 Sea, observed a few times on the English coast. 



Pholis Cuv. 



Blennechis Cuv., Valenc. 



Chasmodes Cuv., Yalenc. 



Family XXXV. Gohiodei MuELL. Anterior rays of dorsal 

 fin inarticulate, all thin, flexile. Ventral fins jugular, supported by 

 more than three rays, often broad and united together. (Swimming- 

 bladder in some ; in a few pyloric appendages, in most none.) 



I. Ventral fins distinct, with first ray aculeate, the rest split. 

 Four complete branchice. 



Opisthognaihus Cuv. Eyes large. Superior maxillary bones 

 large, protracted. Teeth thin, crowded into a belt in both jaws. 

 Scales small. Branchiostegous membrane with six rays. (Swim- 

 ming-bladder small.) 



Sp, OpistJiognathus Sonneratii Cuv. ; — Opisth. Cuvierii Valenc. Poiss. xi. 

 R- 343. 



Platyptera Van Hass. [Flatyjyterus) . Body scaly. Head short, 

 depressed. Mouth small, with very small teeth crowded in botli 

 jaws, in palate none. Branchial aperture large ; branchiostegous 

 membrane with six rays. Two distinct dorsal fins. 



Sp. Platyptera aspjro Gov., Valenc. Poiss. xii. PI. 360 ; fresh-water fishes 

 of Java (Bantam) and Celebes. 



Callionymus L. (excl. CalUonymus indicus). Head depressed, 

 broader than body, with eyes approximate, looking upwards. Body 

 naked. Jaws with thin crowded teeth ; palate edentulous. Bran- 

 chial aperture small, nuclial ; branchiostegous membrane with six 

 rays. Dorsal fins two, distant. Ventral fins jugular, broad. 



Sp. Callionyimis Lyra L. (male and CalUonymus Dracunculus fern.), Bloch 

 Ichth. Tab. i6i, fig. 2, Cuv. B. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 82, fig. i, Skan- 



