724 The Blennies: Blenniide 
very numerous fin-rays. /Ptilichthys goodei has go dorsal spines 
and 145 soft rays. Another group of very slender naked blen- 
nies is the small family of X7phastide from the South Pacific. 
Wa, / PHBL jt fh, 
Ma TE el 17P/ tg/'7; 
Fic. 629 —Bryostemma otohime Jordan & Snyder. Hakodate, Japan. 
Family Blenniide. 
The jaws have excessively long canines; there are no ventral 
fins. The dorsal fin is very high and the caudal ends in a long 
thread. 
Fic. 680 —Quillfish, Ptilichthys goodei Bean. Unalaska. 
The Blochiide.— Of doubtful relationship is the extinct 
family of Blochide. In this group the body is elongate, 
covered with keeled plates imbricated like shingles. The 
Fic. 631.—Blochius longirostris Volta, restored. 
Upper Eocene of Monte Bolea. (After 
Woodward.) 
dorsal is composed of many slender spines, and the vertebre 
much elongate. In Blochius longirostris (Monte Bolea Eocene) 
