738 The Blennies: Blenniide 
to a spine-like projection, and the vertebrae are numerous. The 
species are found in tide-pools in the warm seas, where they 
cling tightly to the rocks with their large ventral disks. 
Rein. 
- Fig. 650.—Aspasma ciconie Jordan & Snyder. Wakanoura, Japan. 
Several species of Lepadogaster and Mirbelia are found in 
the Mediterranean. Lepadogaster gouani is the best-known 
European species. Aspasma ciconie and minima occur about 
the rocks in the bays of Japan. 
Most of the West Indian species belong to Gobiesox, with 
entire teeth, and to Arbaciosa, with serrated teeth. Some of these 
Fig. 651.—Clingfish, Caularchus meandricus (Girard). Monterey, Cal. 
species are deep crimson in color, but most of them are dull 
olive. Gobiesox virgatulus is common on the Gulf Coast. Cau- 
larchus m@andricus, a very large species, reaching a length of 
six inches, abounds along the coast of California. Other genera 
are found at the Cape of Good Hope, especially about New 
Zealand. Chorisochismus dentex, from the Cape of Good Hope, 
reaches the length of a foot. 
