754 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 

 OHASMODB8, Cuv. & Val. 



(Blennius.) 



O. bosquianus, Lac. (Pholis, novemlineatus.) 



Body naked ; head triangular in profile, with pointed snout ; 

 mouth large ; premaxillaries not protractile ; teeth in one row, 

 long and comb-like; gill openings very small; color in male 

 olive green, with three horizontal, narrow blue lines; orange 

 opercle and a stripe through spinous dorsal ; anal fin dark rays 

 with white tips ; in female, head dotted with black ; dark bars 

 and narrow green lines on body. Dorsal rays, XI, 19; anal 

 rays, 20. Rare on our coast ; abundant southward. 



" The writer has never met with a species of this fish ; said to 

 be an inhabitant of our range of coast." 



BLENNIUS, L. 

 B. fuoorum, Cuv. & Val. Blenny. 



Body oblong, compressed, naked ; head short, profile rounded ; 

 mouth small, with one series of long, close-set, curved teeth ; 

 strong canines in both jaws; gill openings wide; color olive 

 green, darker above, with numerous brown spots on cheeks and 

 on sides of body ; below faintly reddish ; orbital cirri nearly as 

 long as head. Dorsal rays, XI, 17; anal rays, 18. 



" Not unfrequently met with out at sea, but does not appear to 

 be abundant in the ocean, and less so along the coast." 



MUR^NOIDES, Lao. 



(Centronotus, Bloch.) 



M. gunnellus, L. (Blennius, Ophidium mucronatum, Qunnellus macroce- 

 phalus, &c.) Butter-fish. 



Body band shaped ; head small ; scales small ; no lateral line ; 

 dorsal long and low, composed of spines ; anal has two spines ; 

 caudal small ; ventrals rudimentary ; color olive brown ; sides 

 with obscure bars; ocellated spots at base of dorsal; mouth 

 oblique. Dorsal rays, LXXVIII ; anal rays, II, 38 ; vertebrae, 

 85 ; length, 12 inches. 



" This species is abundant in New York Harbor, and is less 

 numerous as we proceed down the coast of our State. Speci- 

 mens have been taken in Delaware Bay." 



