490 FISHES. 



Tenth Division — Acanthopterygii Blenniifoemes, 



Body low, suh-cylindrical or convprcssed, elongate. Dorsal 

 Jin very long ; the spinous 'portion of the dorsal, if distinct, is 

 very long, as well developed as the soft, or much more ; sometimes 

 the entire fin is composed of spines only ; anal more or less 

 long ; caudal fin siibtrancated or rounded, if present. Ventral 

 fins thoracic or jugular, if present. 



First Family — CEroLiD.-E. 



Body very elongate, compressed, covered unlh very small 

 c/ycloid scales; eyes rather large, lateral. Tedli of moderate 

 size. No hony stay for the angle of the ■prccopcreuhmi. One 

 very long doj^sal fin, which, like the anal, is eomjMsed of soft 

 rays. Ventrals thoracic, composed of one spine and five rays. 

 Gill-opening wide. Caudal vcrtchrer e.recedingly numerous. 



The " Band-tislies" {Cepjola) are small marine lislies, belong- 

 ing pi'incipally to the fauna of the northern temperate zone ; in 

 the Indian Ocean the genus extends southwards to l*inang. 

 The European species {C. ruhescens) is found in isolated ex- 

 amples on the British coast, but is less scarce in some years 

 than in others. These fishes are of a nearly uniform red 

 colour. 



Second Family — Tpjchonotid.^. 



Body elongate, suh-cylindrical, covered with cycloid scales of 

 moderate size. Byes directed upwards. Teeth in villiform 

 hands. No hony stay for the angle of the prmopercidum. One 

 long dorsal fin, with simple articulated, rays, and v:ithoiit a 

 spinous portion ; anal long. Ventrcds jugular, with one spine 

 and five rays. Gill-op)ening very wide. The numher of caudcd 

 vertebra', mtteh exceeding that of the ahdominal. 



Small marine fishes, belonging to two genera only, Tricho- 



