118 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



D. 27. P. 14. V. 3. A. 18. C 111- Length, 3 inches. 

 South Carolina, Wood. 



Blennius punctatus, Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., iv. p. 279. 



Le Blennie tacrine (Blennius punctatus, Wood), Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 267. 



Blennius punctatus, Dekay's Report, p. 149. 



GENUS II. PHOLIS, Fleming. 

 Neither cirrhi nor fleshy crests upon the orbits. 



1. Pholis subbifurcatus, Storer. 

 Dorsal fin extending to the tail ; filaments upon the nostrils ; three dark-colored bands 

 passing from the eyes ; lateral line subbifurcated. 



D. 43- P. 13. V. 3. A. 30. C 14. Length, 5 inches, 5 lines. 

 Massachusetts, Storer. 



Pholis subbifurcatus, Subbifurcated Pholis, Storek's Report, p. 63. 

 " " Radiated Shanny, Dekay's Report, p. 150. 



2. Pholis Carolinus, Cuv. 



Greenish, with four or five irregular clouded spots along the back. Brown points irregu- 

 larly scattered upon the fins. Sixteen teeth in the upper, fourteen in the lower jaw, with 

 stout canines. 



D. 12-18. P. (.')• V. (?). A. 18. C. (?). Length, 4 inches. 



South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Pholis Carolin, Pholis Carolinus, Cov. et Val., xi. p. 276. 

 Pholis Carolinus, Dekay's Report, p. 151. 



GENUS III. CHASMODES, Cuv. 

 The branchial aperture open only above the pectoral fin. Mouth deeply 

 cleft, with teeth only on the anterior part of the jaws ; these are firm, regular, 

 and in a single row. 



1. Chasmodes Bosquianus, Cuv. 

 With six clouded vertical bands. Dorsal united with the caudal. A minute filament over 

 the eye. 



D. 29. P. 14. V. 2. A. 19. C. 15. Length, 3 inches. 



Chesapeake Bay, Mitchill. New York, Cuv., Dekay. South Carolina, Lesueur. 



Blennius Bosquianus, Lacep., Shaw's Gen. Zool., IV. p. 173. 



Blennius Pholis, Smooth Blenny, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 374. 

 ?v ^Blennius Hentz, Lbsueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., IV. p. 363. 



Le Chasmodes Bosquien (Chasmodes Bosquianus, Cuv.), Cuv. et Val., xi. p. 295, pi. 327. 

 Chasmodes Bosquianus, Six-banded Chasmodes, Dekay's Report, p. 151, pi. 24, fig 73. 



