122 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



5. Gunnellus dolichogaster, Pallas. 



Olive-brown, clouded with greenish and yellowish. Green spots above the lateral line, 

 and a yellow band along the lower edge of the belly. The dorsal and anal fins are brown, 

 with pale vertical bands. The caudal and pectorals are tinged with yellowish. The lower 

 jaw is the longer. The anus is situated before the middle of the body, but the ovaries are 

 extended far behind it. The ventrals are two small bony tubercles projecting through the 

 skin. 



D. 93. P. 14. A. 2-50. C. 30. Length, 1 foot. 



Northwest Coast, Cuv. 



Le Gonnelle a long ventre (Gunnellus dolichogaster, Cuv., Blennius dolichogaster, Pallas), Cov. et Val., 

 xi. p. 436. 



6. Gunnellus Groenlandicus, Reinhardt. 



Yellowish gray, marbled with brown upon the back, with a dozen yellowish points above 

 the lateral line between the pectorals and the anus ; back of the anus the spots are 

 more numerous, and disposed beneath as above the lateral line in ten or twelve vertical 

 bands. A dozen vertical brown bands anterior to anal fin. Along the base of the dorsal 

 fin a series of ten large, roundish, yellowish spots, which are marbled with blackish spots. 

 Three black lines upon the head. Fins yellowish. Scales very small. Neck and cheeks 

 covered with pores. 



D. 89. P. 12. V. 1. A. 2-43. C. 24. Length, 5 inches, 9 lines. 



Greenland, Reinhardt. 



Le Gonnelle du Groenland (Gunnellus Groenlandicus, Reinhardt), Cuv. et Val., xi. p. 442, pi. 340. 



7. Gunnellus mucronatus, Mitchill. 



Yellowish brown, presenting a waved appearance, with twelve or more ocellated black 

 spots along the base of the dorsal fin, surrounded with a lighter circle. Dorsal continued 

 nearly to, but not united with, the anal fin. Two short spines in the place of the ventrals. 



D.75to78. P. 11 or 12. V. 1. A.2-36to40. C. 16 to 18. Length, 4 to 12 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Ophidium mucronatum, Spinous Ophidium, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 361, pi. 1, 



fig. 1. 

 Le Gonnelle epineux (Gunnellus mucronatus, Cuv., Ophidium mucronatum, Mitch.), Cuv. et Val., II. 



p. 427. 

 Blennius (Centronotus) gunnellus, Lm., Spotted Gunnelle, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 91. 

 Muranoides guttata, Spotted Gunnel, Lacep., Stoker's Report, p. 65. 

 Gunnellus mucronatus, American Butter-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 153, pL 12, fig. 36. 



GENUS VII. ZOARCES, Cuv. 



Body elongated, and covered with a mucous secretion, in which are im- 

 bedded very small scales. Dorsal, anal, and caudal united ; no spinous rays 



