150 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 
GENUS PHOLIS. Fleming. 
No cirri on the orbits, nor even fleshy crests. 
Oss. This subdivision, first proposed by Fleming, has been adopted by Cuvier, although it 
is considered of little importance. In all other respects it resembles the preceding genus, 
from which it has been separated. It contains but few species, among which we notice on 
our coast 
THE RADIATED SHANNY. 
PHOLIS SUB-BIFURCATUS. 
The Sub-bifurcated Pholis, P. sub-bifurcatus. Storer, Massachusetts Report, p. 63. 
Characteristics. Dorsal extending to the tail. Filaments on the nostrils. Three dark bands 
passing from the eyes. Lateral line sub-bifurcated. Length 51 inches. 
Description. Length of the head to the total length as one to three. Jaws protractile, and 
armed with prominent sharp teeth. A minute filament over the nostril, one-third of a line in 
length. Lips large and fleshy. The lateral line commences just above the angle of the 
opercle, and having advanced two lines, sub-bifureates; the lower branch passes down in a 
gradual curve a little more than a line, and goes off straight to the tail; the upper abruptly 
terminates opposite the fourteenth ray of the dorsal fin. ‘Surface of the body with very 
minute scales. 
Dorsal fin beginning on a line with the posterior angle of the opercle, is continued to the 
caudal fin; the first five rays shorter than the sixth; the rays become again shorter as they 
approach the tail. Pectorals three lines long, and are rounded. Ventrals three-rayed, with 
free extremities, but united during the greater part of their extent: they are placed two lines 
in front of the pectorals. ‘The anal fin commences at a point midway between the tip of the 
snout and the extremity of the tail. Caudal fin rounded. 
Color. Above reddish brown. Opercle and preopercle yellowish. Light-colored circular 
patches along the base of the dorsal fin; beneath the lateral line, lighter. Abdomen yellowish 
white. From beneath the eye, a broad black band, which is widest at its origin, crosses the 
opercle obliquely ; two other bands of the same color extend from behind the eye backward, 
im nearly a straight line, to a distance of from one to two lines. Numerous black spots on the 
dorsal fin, which are larger on the first five rays. Pectorals light, with darker shades. Anal 
fin with a dark-colored margin. Caudal with small dusky spots. 
Length, 5:5. Depth, 1-0. 
- Fin rays; DS43)5P.13; V. 3)7As30;5 C. 14. 
This is a rare species. I have not had an opportunity of examining it, and am indebted to 
its original discoverer, Dr. Storer, for the above description. I may here observe, that I have 
