374 — Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
5. Gunnellus dolichogaster, Patuas. 
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 & long ventre (Gunnellus dolichogaster, Cuv., Blennius dolichogaster, Pattas), Cuv. et VAL., 
x1, p. 436. 
6. Gunnellus Groenlandicus, ReiNnHARpT. 
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, RernHarpr. 
Le Gonnelle du Groenland (Gunnellus Groenlandicus, REINHARDT), Cov. et VAL., x1. p. 442, pl. 340. 
7. Gunnellus mucronatus, Mrrcentte. 
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.75to 78. P.llorl2. V.1. A.2-36to40. C.16to18. Length, 4 to 12 inches. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. New York, Mircuiix, Dexay. 
Ophidium mucronatum, Spinous Ophidium, Mireum, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 361, pl. 1, 
fig. 1. 
Le Gonnelle épineux (Gunnellus mucronatus, Cuv., Ophidium mucronatum, Mrreu.), Cuv. et VAL., x1. 
p. 427. 
Blennius (Centronotus) gunnellus, Lry., Spotted Gunnelle, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 91. 
Murenoides guttata, Spotted Gunnel, Lacrr., Srorer’s Report, p. 65. 
Gunnellus mucronatus, American Butter-fish, Drkay’s Report, p. 153, pl. 12, fig. 36. 
GENUS VII. ZOARCES, Cvv. 
Body elongated, and covered with a mucous secretion, in which are im- 
bedded very small scales. Dorsal, anal, and caudal united ; no spinous rays 
