FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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riorly. Species numerous, lurking Under rocks and algse in most warm seas; some species in the lakes 
of northern Italy. 
Blennius Artedi, Genera Piscium, 27, 1738. 
Blennius Linnmus, Syst, Nut., Ed. X, 250, 1758 ( galerita ). 
Salaria Forskul, Descrip. Anim., 22, 1775 (basilisrus). 
Pholis Fleming, Brit. Anim., 207, 1828 (lie vis 1 dial is ); not Pholis Scopoli. 
Adonis Gronow, Cat. Fish., Ed. Gray, 93, 1854 ( pavoninus—ocellaris ). 
Lipophrys Gill, American Naturalist, June, 1896, 49S ( pholis). 
414. Blennius sordidus Bennett. 
D. XI, 18; P. 14; V. 2; A. n, 19; G. 13. 
Body transversely wrinkled throughout, except upon the head; extremities of the rays of all the 
fins projecting beyond the membrane, those of the dorsal having affixed to each a filamentous append¬ 
age; anterior ray of dorsal iin strongly curved and more free from membranous attachment than the 
succeeding ones, which it equals in length; opercle emarginate above; superciliary appendage palmate, 
about twice as long as diameter of orbit; a very short filament immediately above the lower nostril; 
on each side of vertex of the head is a swelling, or fleshy cushion, which descends over and covers the 
whole of the cheeks; teeth nearly uniform in both jaws, diminishing in size backwards; those of the 
upper jaw rather shorter. 
Prevailing color dirty reddish brown, somewhat [taler beneath, varied only by 2 or 3 large dark 
brown blotches on the hack, that nearest to the caudal fin the most deeply colored; fins of the same 
color as the body, the dorsal marked with a darker spot at. its anterior part and exhibiting faint traces 
of a darker longitudinal line near the middle of its hinder portion; the caudal fin crossed by 3 lines or 
series of spots of a somewhat deeper color. Hawaiian Islands. Known only from Bennett’s record. 
Blennius sordidus Bennett, Zool. Journ.,tV, 1828. 34, Sandwich Islands; Gunther, Cat., Ill, 220, 1861 (Sandwich Islands); 
Gunther, Fische derSudsee, 193, 1877 (Sandwich Islands). 
Genus 247. ALTICHS (Commerson) Lacepede. 
This genus differs from Salarias in having large posterior canines and the dorsal fin usually 
divided into 2 parts. 
Allicus (Commerson) Lacepede, Hist. Nat. I'oiss.. II, 458, 1S00 (saliens). 
Erpichthys Swainson, Nut. Hist. Class. Fishes, II. 79, 275, 1839 (a tlanticus). 
Salarias Swainson, 1. e., 274, 1839 ( verniicularis ); not of Cuvier. 
Emtomacrodus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S59, 168 ( nioricans ). 
a. Anal rays 17; dorsal rays 14 to 16. 
b. Head long, 3.3 in length; eye large. 3 in head; dorsal xi. 14_ 
bb. Head short. 4.25 in length: eye small. 4.5 in head: dorsal xii, 16 
aa. Anal rays 20; dorsal rays 19.. 
415. Alticus variolosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Head 3.3 in length; depth 3.5; eye 3 in head; snout 3; width of mouth 2; interorbital 2.5 in eye; 
H. xi, 14; A. 17; P. 15; V. 3. 
Body elongate, compressed, its greatest, depth at. middle of belly; depth of head 1.25 in its length; 
width of head 1.7; cheeks not swollen; anterior profile very steep; mouth very broad, low, slightly 
inferior; maxillary reaching a little behind pupil; lips thin, with small papilhe along edges; teeth fine, 
movable, forming an edge in jaws; two large canines in jaws; eye high, anterior, with a short fringed 
flap above; nostrils close together, anterior with several fleshy filaments; interorbital space narrow, 
concave, its width 2.5 in eye; dorsal spines flexible; first dorsal spine 1.7 in head; dorsal fins contin¬ 
uous, of about, equal height; caudal elongate, margin rounded, a trifle less than head in length; pectoral 
broad at base, rays just below middle longest, a little less than head; ventral short, 1.4 in head, reach¬ 
ing a little more than half way to anal; lateral line arched for about first half of its length, then nearly 
straight but somewhat indistinct along middle of side to base of caudal; a dark fringe of filaments over 
nape. 
Color of a fresh specimen in formalin, leather-brown, dull orange-brown on top of head; some 
whitish streaks before and behind eye; fringe of tentacles on nape black; little tentacles over eye 
F. C. B. 1903—32 
. variolosus, p. 497 
. marmoratus, p. 498 
. gibbtfrons , p. 499 
