CRYPTACANTHODID. — LX XXIV. 159 
210. EUMESOGRAMMUS Gill. (3, well; péoos, middle; 
yeappy, line.) 
441. E.subbifurcatus (Storer). Brownish with pale blotches; 
black bars on head; D. with black dots; lateral line with upper 
branch only. Head 44; depth 5. D.XLIV. A.30. Cape Cod; 
N. rare. (Lat., sub, almost; bis, two; furcatus, forked.) 
211. STICH AUS Reinhardt. (ortydo, to set in rows.) 
442, S. punctatus (Fabricius). Scarlet; D. with black spots, 
Head 44; depth about 64. D, XL. A.I, 385. Cape Cod, N. 
212. LEPTOBLENNIUS Gill. (Aeros, slender; Blennius.) 
443. L. serpentinus (Storer). Head small; olive, with pale 
shades; D. with oblique white bands. Head 9; depth 15. D. 
LXXV. A. 50. V.I,3. L.12. Cape Cod, N. 
Famiry LXXXIV. CRYPTACANTHODIDA. (Tue 
WryMourtus.) 
Fishes allied to the Blenniide, but with the head cuboid, with 
vertical cheeks, conspicuous muciferous channels in jaws and pre- 
opercle ; top of head flat; snout short; lower jaw very heavy, cleft 
of mouth vertical; teeth conical, on jaws, vomer, and palatines; 
gill membranes joined to the narrow isthmus; P. short; V. want- 
ing; D. very long, of spines only, enveloped in thick skin; D., A., 
and C. joined. Body naked or scaly. Vertebre many. Genera, 2; 
species 2. Arctic. 
a. Body sealeless. . 2. 2. 1 2 ws ee + + CRYPTACANTHODES, 2138. 
213. CRYPTACANTHODES Storer. (xpumrés, hidden; 
axavOadns, spined.) 
444, C. maculatus Storer. Wry-mouTH. GHOST-FISH. Brown, 
with dark spots, rarely immaculate. Head 6}; depth 13. D. 
LXXITI. A. 50. L. 24. Cape Cod, N. : 
Famiry LXXXV. ANARRHICHADIDA. (Tue Wotr- 
FISHES. ) 
Fishes similar to the Blennies in most respects, but with the 
vomer very thick and solid, with two series of coarse molar teeth; 
palatines with similar teeth; jaws with canines in front, the pos- 
terior teeth below molar. Scales rudimentary; no lateral line; 
gill membranes joined to isthmus. D. high, of flexible spines only. 
V. wanting. Air-bladder present. Vertebree numerous. Large 
fishes of northern seas. Two genera and 5 or 6 species; one of 
them commonly, others rarely, taken off our coast. 
a. Tail not very long, with a caudal fin, distinct from D. and A. 
ANnarRRuHIcHAS, 214, 
