206 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Genus III.— Carelophus, Kroyer. 



Gunnellus, Cuv. and Val. ; Chirolophis, Swainson ; Blenniops, Nilsson. 



Branchiostegals six : pseudobranchice present. Body elongated and compressed. 

 Gill openings of moderate width, and the membranes of the two sides connected with 

 each 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 the fish which forms the sole example of this 

 genus to he 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. xxxv (Ed. 2) iii, p. 276, pi. xxxix. 



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

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

 Brit. Pauna, p. 92. 



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

 1833, p. 259; Kroyer, Nat. Tids. i, 1837, p. 372 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 284, and 

 Ann. and Mag. 1874 (4), p. 139; Mcintosh, Pish. 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. Fish. 



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

 p. 380 (not Cuv.). 



Blennius Yarrellii, Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 218 ; Yarrell, 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. 



Chirolophis Yarrellii, Swainson, Fishes, ii. p. 275. 



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



Carelophus Stromii, Kroyer, Dan. Fis. i, p. 602. 



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



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



B. vi, D. 50-52, P. 14, V. 1/3, A. 36-40, C. 17. 



Length of head 5i to 6, of caudal fin 8| to 9|, height of body 6 to 7\ in the 

 total length. Bye — diameter 4 to 4| in the length of the head, 1 to \\ diameters 

 from the end of the snout, and 1 apart. 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 body, 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 



