Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 375 
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. 
1. Zoarces anguillaris, PEcK. 
Elongated, compressed posteriorly. Yellowish brown, mottled with darker blotches ; two 
more or less distinct oblique bands 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.19o0r20. V.2. A.100. C.19. Length, 3 feet. 
New Hampshire, Peck. Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mircurtt, 
Cuv., Dexay. 
Blennius anguillaris, Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad., 11. pt. 2, p. 46, fig. 
Blennius labrosus, Large-lipped Blenny, Mircnm, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 375, pl. 1, 
fig. 7. 
Le Zoarcés a grosses lévres, Zoarces labrosus, Cuv. et Vau., x1. p. 466, pl. 341. 
Zoarces anguillaris, Eel-shaped Blenny, Storrer’s Report, p. 66. 
i ee Thick-lipped Eel-pout, DEKAy’s Report, p. 155, pl. 16, fig. 45. 
2. Zoarces fimbriatus, Cuv. 
Head greenish brown. Body and tail salmon-colored. 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, Mrreuruu. 
Blennius ciliatus, Fringed Blenny, Mrrenix, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 374, pl. 1, fig. 6. 
Le Zoarcés frangé, Zoarces fimbriatus, Cuv. et VAL., x1. p. 468. 
Zoarces fimbriatus, Bordered Eel-pout, DEkay’s Report, p. 156. 
38. 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. 16. V.2. A. more than6. C.(?). Length, 6 inches. 
Precise locality not mentioned. 
Le Zoarcés de Gronovius (Zoarces Gronovii, Cuv., Blennius Americanus, Bx., Scun.) Cuv. et VAL., x1. p. 469. 
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 
