206 ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



Genus III.' — CarelOPHUS, Kriiyer. 



Gunnellus, Cuv. and Val. ; Gliiroloi^Uis, Swainson ; Blennioiis, Nilsson. 



Brancliiostegals six : pseuAobranaliim present. Body elongated and comjpresscd. 

 Oill openings of moderate width, and the menibranes of the two sides connected ivith 

 eacli other. Small teeth in the jaws, none on the palate. Dorsal fin long and 

 entirely formed of spines : ventrals present and jugular : caudal distinct. Scales 

 small, covering the body. Lateral-line not developed. Air-bladder and pyloric 

 appendages absent. 



Swainson (1839) considered tlie fish, wliicli forms the sole example of this 

 genus to be a sub-generic type, representing the Gunnell Blennies, but stated 

 that its precise situation required much investigation. 



Geographical distribution. — From the coasts of Scandinavia to those of the 

 British Isles. 



1. Carelophus Ascanii, Plate LX, fig. 3. 



Blennius toupee, Ascan. Ic. t. xix. Crested Blenny, Pennant, Brit. Zool. 

 (Ed. 1) iii, p. 206, pi. xxsv (Ed. 2) iii, p. 276, pi. xxxix. 



Blennius galerita, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 441 (in part) ; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 207 ; 

 Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 52, pi. xxxii, f. 116; Nilss. Prod. Ich. Scand. p. 102; Turton, 

 Brit. Fauna, p. 92. 



Blennius Ascanii, Walbaum, Art. Renov. iii, p. 173 ; Rein. Maanedsk, f. Liter. 

 1833, p. 269; Kroyer, Nat. Tids. i, 1837, p. 372 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 284, and 

 Ann. and Mag. 1874 (4), p. 139 ; Mcintosh, Fish. St. Andrew's, p. 175 ; Ogilby, 

 Zoologist, 1876, p. 4753. 



Centronotus Brosme, Bl. Schn. p. 167. 



Blennius coquillad, Lacep. iii, p. 477. 



Blennius Pennantii, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 24 ; White, Catal. Brit. Pish. 



P- 47. 



Blennius palmicornis, Tarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1), p. 233, c. fig. ; Jenyns, Manual, 

 p. 380 (not Guv.). 



Blennius Yarrellii, Cuv. and Val. xj, p. 218 ; TarreU, 1. c. (Ed. 2) i, p. 263 

 (Ed. 3) ii, p. 371 ; Bonap. Pesc. Eur. 67 ; Johnston, Berwick. Nat. Club, 1838, i, 

 p. 171 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 109. 



Gunnellus Stroemii, Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 444. 



Ohirolophis Yarrellii, Swainson, Pishes, ii. p. 275. 



Blenniops galerita, Nilss. Skan. Faun. Fisk. p. 185. 



Carelophus Strmnii, Kroyer, Dan. Pis. i, p. 602. 



Carelophus Ascanii, Collett, Norges Fiske, 1875, p. 76. 



YarrelVs blenny. Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, ii, p. 233, pi. cxiv. 



B. vi, D. 60-52, P. 14, V. 1/3, A. 36-40, C.17. 



Length of head 5^ to 6, of caudal fin 85- to 9^, height of body 6 to 7| in the 

 total length. Eye — diameter 4 to 4 1 in the length of the head^ 1 to If diameters 

 from the end of the snout, and 1 arpart. A well-developed, erectile, supraorbital 

 tentacle, which posteriorly and superiorly is edged with fine filaments. In front 

 of this are two smaller ones at the nostrils, said occasionally to be absent ; while 

 behind these are several simple filaments. Snout short. Cleft of mouth rather 

 oblique, the hind edge of the maxilla reaching to beneath the front edge of the 

 eye. Teeth — a single row of closely-set small ones. Fins' — dorsal consisting of 

 spines, about half the height of the hodj, extends from above the hind end of the 

 head as far as the base of the caudal fin : the first three having some filaments at 

 their extremities which are much longer in some examples than they are in others. 

 Pectoral with its rays branched, it reaches to above the commencement of the 



