146 CLASS XIV. 



jaws. Palatine teeth none. Scales none. Sometimes a fimbriate 

 or pinnate cirrus over the eye on both sides. Ventral fins triradiate 

 or biradiate, jugular. 



Sp. Blennius ocettaris L., BLOCK Ichth. Tab. 167, fig. i, Cuv. R. Ani., 6d. 

 ill., Poiss. PI. 77, fig. i; YARRELL Brit. Fish. i. p. 223; the dorsal fin 

 deeply incised ; on the first and higher part is a black, round spot, sur- 

 rounded by a white ring ; in the Mediter. and occasionally in the North 

 Sea, observed a few times on the English coast. 



Pholis Cuv. 



Blennechis Cuv., YALENC. 



Chasmodes Cuv., YALENC. 



Family XXXY. Goliodei MUELL. Anterior rays of dorsal 

 fin inarticulate, all thin, flexile. Yentral fins jugular, supported by 

 more than three rays, often broad and united together. (Swimming- 

 bladder in some ; in a few pyloric appendages, in most none.) 



I. Yentral fins distinct, with first ray aculeate, the rest split. 

 Four complete branchiae. 



Opisthognathus Cuv. Eyes large. Superior maxillary bones 

 large, protracted. Teeth thin, crowded into a belt in both jaws. 

 Scales small. Branchiostegous membrane with six rays. (Swim- 

 ming-bladder small.) 



Sp. Opisthognathus Sonneratii Cuv. ; Opisth. Cuvierii VALENC. Poiss. xi. 

 PL 343- 



Platyptera YAN HASS. (Platypterus) . Body scaly. Head short, 

 depressed. Mouth small, with very small teeth crowded in both 

 jaws, in palate none. Branchial aperture large; branchiostegous 

 membrane with six rays. Two distinct dorsal fins. 



Sp. Platyptera aspro Cuv., VALENC. Poiss. xn. PI. 360; fresh- water fishes 

 of Java (Bantam) and Celebes. 



Callionymus L. (excl. Gallionymus indicus). Head depressed, 

 broader than body, with eyes approximate, looking upwards. Body 

 naked. Jaws with thin crowded teeth ; palate edentulous. Bran- 

 chial aperture small, nuchal ; branchiostegous membrane with six 

 rays. Dorsal fins two, distant. Yentral fins jugular, broad. 



Sp. Callionymus Lyra L. (male and Cattionymus Dracunculus fern.), BLOCH 

 Ichth. Tab. 161, fig. 2, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill, Poiss. PI. 82, fig. i, Skan- 



