Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2017 



terey, scarce; 2 specimens collected in the tide pools left in the sand on 

 a beach near Neah Bay, the largest 2f inches in length, A third specimen, 

 darker in color, obtained at Point Lobos, Carmelo Bay, near Monterey, by 

 Mr. John O. Snyder. (r, in; fipvov, sea inoss.) 



Oligocottus embryum, JORDAN & STARKS, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 808, pi. 82, Neah Bay, 

 Washington. (Type, No. 3128 L. S. Jr. Uiiiv. Mus. Coll. E. C. Starks.) 



747. BLENNICOTTUS, Gill. 

 Blennicottus, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 166 (globicepv). 



This genus is very close to Oliyocoltus, differing in the form of its pre- 

 opercular spine, which is short, blunt, and simple. Head short and blunt, 

 the cleft of the mouth largely or wholly anterior. Last gill slit obsolete. 

 North Pacific. (Blennius; Coitus.} 



a. Head nearly globular, very blunt; the cleft of mouth not extending on its side; 



preopercular spine with a short point; ventrals 1 to l^hi head; D. IX, 1C; A. 11. 



b. Head with rather few cirri. OLOBICEPS, 2385. 



bb. Head with very many cirri. var. BRYOSUS, 2385a. 



2385. BLENMCOTTUS GLOBICEPS (Girard). 



HeadSf; depth 4 . D. IX, 16; A. 11; V. 1,3. Body little compressed; 

 head extremely short and blunt, narrowed above, nearly everywhere con- 

 vex. Mouth anterior, short and broad, almost without lateral cleft; lower 

 jaw shortest; maxillary reaching past front of the small eye; interorbital 

 space very narrow, grooved, about - width of eye; preopercular spine 

 with a single point turned upward ; top of head with 2 series of cirri ; none 

 on sides of head, except a few on upper part of opercle ; a series of cirri 

 along anterior half of lateral line; skin without scales or prickles; pec- 

 torals reaching beyond front of anal. Dark olive, with obscure darker 

 cross bars; first dorsal with 2 dark streaks above; fins generally barred 

 with greenish, orange, or blue; cirri mostly black. Length 3 to 4 inches. 

 Pacific Coast, from Kadiak to San Diego ; the typical form from San Diego 

 northward to Oregon ; in rock pools, rather rare, more common southward. 

 (globus, globe; -ceps, head.) 



Oligocottus globiceps, GIRARD, U. S. Pac. R. E. Surv., Fish., 58, 1858, South Farallones. 

 (Coll. Lieut. Trowbridge. Type, No. 300, U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synop- 

 sis, 718, 1883. 



Centridermichthys globiceps, GUNTHER, Cat., IT, 171, 1860. 



Blennicottus globiceps, JORDAN <fe STARK, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 808. 



Represented in Puget Sound and northward to Kadiak by 



2385". BLENNICOTTUS GLOBICEPS BRYOSUS, Jordan & Starks. 



Northern specimens are larger in size, 4 to 6 inches, with paler and more 

 variegated coloration and red markings ; the preopercular spine is stronger 

 and slightly hooked upward, and the opercle has many more cirri above 

 than in the southern form. These differences are very slight and perhaps 

 unworthy of notice, (fipvov, sea moss, from the cirrous head.) 



Blennicottus globiceps bryosus, JORDAN & STARKS, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 808, Point Or- 

 chard, Seattle. (Coll. E. C. Starks.) 



