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. Depth of body one fourth of total length without caudal. 

 Head four elevenths of the same length, rather broad, covered 

 with smooth thin skin; no cirri; a few very small warts between 

 occipital ridges. Caudal peduncle short and slender, its least 

 depth a,bout one sixth .length of head and less than diameter of 

 eye. Maxillary three sevenths as long as head, reaching to 

 below hind margin of pupil. Supraocular and occipital ridges 

 prominent, each with a low, bluntish spine; the region between 

 the supraocular spines rather convex, the space before and 

 behind it concave; nasal spines moderate; upper preopercular 

 spine shorter than eye, nearly twice length of next spine, about 

 reaching middle of opercle. Eye two thirds as long as snout, 

 one fifth as long as head. Lateral line complete, each pore with 

 a concealed cartilaginous plate; scattered, concealed asperities 

 on skin of sides. No trace of slit behind last gill. Dorsal base 

 two thirds as long as head; fourth spine longest, one third as 

 long as head. Base of soft dorsal nearly as long as head; first 

 soft ray as long as the eye; fifth, sixth and seventh rays longest, 

 one third as long as head. Caudal rounded, its middle rays two 

 fifths as long as head. Anal origin under third ray of soft 

 dorsal; anal base three fifths as long as head; longest anal ray 

 nearly one third as long as head. Pectoral reaches to below 

 origin of soft dorsal; ventral to below eighth spine of dorsal. 



D. IX, 13; A. 10; V. I, 3; P. 15. 



Grayish olive, much variegated with darker; no distinct paler 

 spots; back and sides with broad, dark irregular bars; all the 

 fins barred; mandible mottled; belly pale. 



This little sculpin was known to Mitchill as the brazen bull- 

 head and also to De Kay, who said it is frequently taken with 

 the hook in Long Island Sound-, and the harbor of New York. 

 De Kay describes it again under the name of the smooth browed 

 bullhead arid states that it is commonly taken with the hook in 

 company with the flat fishes. 



The grubby seldom exceeds 5 inches in length. It ranges from 

 the Bay of Fundy to New Jersey and is very common in sea- 

 weeds near shore. The fish has been found moderately abundant 



