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of pupil and base of caudal, higher anteriorly. Anal inserted a 
little in advance of rayed dorsal, its margin notched and tips of 
radii free. Caudal a little rounded. Pectoral broad, reaching 
vent. Ventral inserted nearly midway between front rim of 
orbit and origin of pectoral. Brownish, faintly barred darker. 
Vertical fins dark-edged, and spinous dorsal dusky or blackish in 
front. Length 23¢ inches. Beesley’s Point. 
This little fish is only known to me from our coast by the above- 
described example, which was taken many years ago by Samuel 
Ashmead. It is said to be abundant further south than our 
shores in shallow water, in empty shells, and clusters of tunicates. 
The sexes are unlike, the male being distinguished by the high 
suborbital crest. 
Genus PHotis Walbaum. 
The Gunnells. 
Pholis gunnellus (Linneus). 
PLATE 02. 
Gunnell. Butter Fish. 
This species may be known by its long, compressed, band- 
shaped body, uniserial blunt teeth, and the dorsal fin being com- 
posed entirely of many spines. 
I have never seen any New Jersey examples, though it has been 
recorded as far south on our shores as Delaware Bay by Dr. 
Abbott. It reaches a length of a foot, and occurs mostly on 
rocky shores among algze. 
Muraenoides mucronatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818. 
Family ANARHICHADID. 
The Wolf Fishes. 
Body oblong or elongate. Bones very thick and strong, profile 
strongly decurved. Mouth very large, oblique, jaws anteriorly, 
with very strong conical canines. Sides of lower jaw with very 
