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of pupil and base of caudal, higher anteriorly. Anal inserted a 

 little in advance of rayed dorsal, its margin notched and tips of 

 radii free. Caudal a little rounded. Pectoral broad, reaching 

 vent. Ventral inserted nearly midway between front rim of 

 orbit and origin of pectoral. Brownish, faintly barred darker. 

 Vertical fins dark-edged, and spinous dorsal dusky or blackish in 

 front. Length 2^ inches. Beesley's Point. 



This little fish is only known tO' me from our coast by the above- 

 described example, which was taken many years ago by Samuel 

 Ashmead. It is said to be abundant further south than our 

 shores in shallow water, in empty shells, and clusters of tunicates. 

 The sexes are unlike, the male being distinguished by the high 

 suborbital crest. 



Genus Pholis Walbaum. 



The Gunnells. 



Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus). 



Plate 92. 



Gunnell. Butter Fish. 



This species may be known by its long, compressed, band- 

 shaped body, uniserial blunt teeth, and the dorsal fin being com- 

 posed entirely of many spines. 



I have never seen any New Jersey examples, though it has been 

 recorded as far south on our shores as Delaware Bay by Dr„ 

 Abbott. It reaches a length of a foot, and occurs mostly on 

 rocky shores among algse. 



Muraenoides mucronatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818. 



Family ANARHICHADID^. 



The Wolf Fishes. 



Body oblong or elongate. Bones very thick and strong, profile 

 strongly decurved. Mouth very large, oblique, jaws anteriorly, 

 with very strong conical canines. Sides of lower jaw with very 



