Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 123 



in the dorsal, except on its posterior part. Ventrals jugular, small. Vent 

 with a tubercle. Teeth conical ; in two or three rows in front ; in a single 

 row on the sides ; none on the palate or tongue. Branchial rays, six. 



I. Zoarces anguillaris, Peck. 



Elongated, compressed posteriorly. Yellowish brown, mottled with darker blotches ; two 

 more or less distinct oblique hands upon operculum. In the living specimen, the dorsal is 

 almost white, salmon-colored at its edge. Pectorals and ventrals salmon-colored. Anal 

 salmon-colored at edge, flesh-colored at base, with seven distinct white blotches in its extent. 

 Lips very large ; the upper projects much beyond the lower. 



D. 118 or 120. P. 19 or 20. V. 2. A. 100. C. 19. Length, 3 feet. 



New Hampshire, Peck. Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, 

 Cuv., Dekay. 



Blennius anguillaris, Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad., II. pt. 2, p. 46, fig. 



Blennius labrosus, Large-lipped Blenny, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of NY.,: p 375 nl I 

 fig. 7. ' ' 



Le Zoarces a grosses levres, Zoarces labrosus, Cuv. et Val., xi. p. 466, pi. 3-11. 

 Zoarces anguillaris, Eel-shaped Blenny, Storer's Report, p. 66. 



" Thick-lipped Eel-pout, Dekay's Report, p. 155, pi. 16, fig. 45. 



2. Zoarces fimbriatus, Cuv. 



Head greenish brown. Body and tail salrnon-eolored. Dorsal fin dark green, margined 



with yellowish. 



D. 95- 16, 16-127. P. 20. V. 4. A. 115. C. 20. Length, 20 inches. 



New York, Mitchill. 



Blennius ciliatus, Fringed Blenny, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 37 !, pi . I, fig. 6. 

 Le Zoarces (range, Zoarces fimbriatus, Cuv. et Val., xi. p. 463. 

 Zoarces fimbriatus, Bordered Eel-pout, Dekay's Report, p. 156. 



3. Zoarces Gronovii, Cuv. 



Brown ; teeth fine and sharp, disposed in a single row in the upper jaw, and in the angles 

 of the lower jaw; but in the front of each jaw a double row. Scales small. Dorsal not 

 emarginated. Caudal pointed. Pectorals very large. Ventrals round. 



D. more than 80. P. 10. V. 2. A. more than 6. C. (?). Length, 6 inches. 



Precise locality not mentioned. 



Le Zoarces de Gronovius (Zoarces Gronovii, Cuv., Blennius Americanus, Bl., Schx.iC rv. et V.u., xi 



GENUS VIII. ANARRHICAS, Lin. 



Head smooth, rounded, muzzle obtuse ; body elongated, covered with mi- 

 nute scales ; dorsal and anal fins long, distinct from the caudal ; no ventral 



