120 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North Jlmerica. 



towards its extremity. Head compressed, a little longer than high. A simple, slender ten- 

 tacle upon the eyebrow, half the height of the head ; and a small one, with five divisions, 

 at the nostril. 



D. 12-20. P. 13. V. 2- A- 21. C 11. Length, 4 to 7 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Salarias periophlhalme (Salarias periophlhalmus, Cuv.), Cuv. el Val., xi. p. 311. 



GENUS V. CLINUS, Cuv. 



Short, pointed teeth, scattered in several ranges, the first of which is the 

 largest. Their muzzle is less obtuse, their stomach wider, and their intes- 

 tines shorter than in the Salarias. 



1. Clinus gobio, Cuv. 



Russet-gray, with traces of clouded brownish bands ; one dark-brown band at the base of 

 the tail. Plead large ; diameter of eyes equal to two fifths the length of the head- Pre- 

 opercle and opercle rounded. Twenty-six equal teeth in the upper jaw, extending to the 

 angle ; sixteen in the lower jaw, occupying half of the length of the jaw on each side, the 

 two last stouter and more hooked. 



D. 18-9. P. 14. V. 2. A. 2-17. C. 15. Length, 2 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Clinus chabot, Clinus gobio, Cuv. et Val., XI. p. 395. 



GENUS VI. GUNNELLUS, Fleming. 



Body elongated, much compressed. Head oblong. Mouth small. Teeth 

 velvet-like, or in cards. Dorsal rays spinous throughout. Ventrals exces- 

 sively small, and reduced often to a single spine. 



1. Gunnellus vulgaris, Fleming. 



Deep olive, with a row of dark ocellated spots, varying in number, but generally from ten 

 to twelve, along the line of the back, extending partly on to the dorsal fin ; belly whitish ; 

 pectorals yellow. Dorsal united to the caudal. Ventrals mere spines. 



D. 76 or 77. P. 11 or 12. V. 1-1. A. 2-40. C. 15. Length, 4 to 12 inches. 



Greenland, Fabricius. 



Blennius gunnellus, Lin., Syst. Nal., i. p. 443. ; 



" " Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 149. 



" " Bloch, II. p. 162, pi. 171, fig. 1. 



