158 TELEOSTEI: ACANTHOPTEBI. — XX. 



a. Canine teeth none. . Isesthes, 207. 



ee. Canine teeth in one or both jaws behind the other teeth. 



Hypleuroohilus, 208. 

 oa. Teeth conic (not like comb-teeth); D. (in our genera) of spines only; 

 vertebrae very numerous; lateral line not bent; body scaly; species 

 chiefly Arctic. 

 f. Gill openings not continued forward below, the membranes broadly 

 united. V. minute or wanting. (XiphidiincB.) 

 g. Lateral line none; V. rudimentary; gill membrane free from isth- 

 mus; A. with 2 small spines; no pyloric C£eca. Mur.p.noides, 209. 

 ff. Gill openings prolonged forward below, separated by a narrow 

 isthmus; P. long; V. well developed; oviparous; herbivorous. 

 {Stichminm.) 

 h. Lateral line present. 

 i. Lateral line forked or duplicated. . Eumesoorammus, 210. 



ii. Lateral line simple ... StichjEUS, 211. 



M. Lateral line wanting; teeth on jaws only. Leptoblennius, 212. 



206. CHASMODES Cuv. & Val. (xaa-fxab-qs, yawning.) 



437. C. bosquianus (Lac^pede). Orbital tentacle minute or 

 wanting ; maxillary reaching beyond eye ; ^ olive green with 9 blue 

 lines; head and 1st D. with orange; 9 dark green, reticulated and 

 barred. Head 3\; depth 3^. D. XI, 19. A. 20. L. 3. N. Y. 

 to La. (To M. Bosc, a zealous collector of the fishes of S. C.) 



207. ISESTHES Jordan & Gilbert, ("cror, equal ; eVfiioi), to eat.) 



438. I. bentz (Le Sueur). Orbital cirrus bifid at tip, as long as 

 D. spines. D. high, the spines stiff. Olive, with vague bars ; head 

 with distinct black spots. Head 3| ; depth 3J. D. XII, 15. A. 19. 

 L. 2-J. Md. toLa. (jBZ. /junctoius Wood; name preoccupied.) (To 

 Mr. Hentz, an early entomologist.) 



208. HYPLEUROCHILUS Gill, (i, upsilon ; trXtvpov, side ; 

 X^i^os, lip.) 



439. H. geminatus (Wood). Orbital cirrus branched, very high 

 in ^ ; D. spines slender. Olive brown, back and fins with black 

 spots in ^. Head 3J ; depth 4. D. XI, 15. A. 18. L. 2^. Va. 

 to Texas, with the two preceding and others, among oyster shells 

 and clusters of tunicates ; also about ballast piles. (Bl. multifilis 

 Girard, ^ .) (Lat., twin.) 



209. MUR.ffilJ'OIDES Lacdpfede. (fivpatva, moray; tiSor, form.) 

 a. Ventrals present, I, 1. 



440. M. gunnellus (L.). Butter-fish. Head naked. Brown 

 with darker bars ; black ocelli along base of D. Head 8 ; depth 9. 

 D. LXXVIII. A. II, 38. Vert. 85. L. 12. Labrador to Va., 

 common in sea weed, N. (Eu.) (From " gunnel," gunwale, wrongly 

 supposed to be its English name.) 



