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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 
THE CRESTED BLENNY (sw. tangsnartan). 
CHIROLOPHIS GALERITA. 
Plate XI, figs. 2 and 3. 
Two pairs of fimbriated dermal appendages above the eyes , the posterior pair being the longer; one simple dermal 
flap on each side of the snont, outside the anterior nostril, and several of varying size sparsely set in several (3 
or 5) rows on the top of the head and the occiput. Length of the head from 15 to 18 % of that of the body. 
Greatest depth of the body in old specimens somewhat greater than the length of the head, in young equal to the 
latter. Breadth across the cheeks about 2 3 of the length of the head. Least depth of the body (in front of the 
base of the caudal fin ) in old specimens equal to the longitudinal diameter of the orbit, which is about Vs of the 
length of the head and a little less than the length of the snout. Eyes set high, close to the forehead. Number 
of teeth , in each jaw from 80 to 100. A dermal flap, like that of the operculum, above the insertion of the 
pectoral fin, at the hind margin of the gill-opening ; and at the same point, just above the upper part of the in- 
sertion of the pectoral fins, a bony ridge, covered with skin, curved outwards, and starting from the anterior 
margin of the clavicular bone. Distance between the dorsal fin and the tip of the snout somewhat less them the 
length of the head; the base of this fin about 70 % of the length of the body: the anterior rays sometimes (most 
often in the males and old specimens) elongated and f urnished with dermal appendages, the rest of the fin fairly 
straight, with a height equal to about 7 % of the length of the body, back to about the 12th ray from the end, 
from which point the length of the cays gradually diminishes. Distance between the anal fin and the tip of the 
snout about, 42 % of the length, of the body; its base about 1 / 2 the length, of the body; the rays slightly shorter, 
but freer at the point, than those of the dorsal fin. Pectoral fins rounded, in length about 14 % of the length of 
the body or 76 % of that, of the head. Ventral fins, even externally, divided into four parts; the third ray long- 
est, being a little less than 1 / i of the distance between these fins and the beginning of the anal fin or than 1 / 3 of 
the greatest depth of the body, or somewhat more them * 1 / 2 of the length of the caudal fin, which is rounded. 
Coloration in young specimens yellowish brown, with dark, olive-brown, transverse bands on the sides and, 
spots of similar colour on the dorsal fin and along its base; also with a dark ring round the eye, from which 
there runs a stripe to the corner of the mouth: in old, specimens plain yellow or reddish broivn, with irregular, 
dark spots at the hind part of the dorsal fin. Sometimes “ a row of lighter, round spots along the dorsal sides 
or the middle of the body. 
R. hr. 6 (5); D. 50 & ; A. P. 14; V. -; C. x + 12 rf + x. 
on 3 
Syn. Blennius crista capitis transversa, cutacea (cit. Art.), Stroem, 
Sonclm. Bestir., vol. I, p. 322. 
Blennius Galerita, Lin. (p. p. nee Rondel., nec Art.), Syst. 
Nat., ed. XII, tom. I, p. 441; Ascanibs, Ic. Rer. Nat., 
cah. 2, p. 8, tab. XIX; Nilss., Prodr. Ichth. 8c and., p. 
102; Id. ( Blenniops ) Stand. Fn., Fisk., p. 185. 
Blennius Ascanii , Walb., Ichth. Art., part. Ill, p. 173, Reinh., 
Maanedskr. f. Litter., 1833, p. 259; Gthr ( Blenniops ), 
Brit. Mus. Cat., Fish., vol. Ill, p. 284; Mgrn ( Carelophus ), 
Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 18G7, p. 2 G 1 ; Esm., Forh. Skand. 
Naturf. M. Chnia, 1868, p. 523; Coll., Forh. Vid. Selsk. 
Chnia, 1874, Tillaegsh., p. 76; Malm ( Blenniops ), Gbgs, 
Boh. Fn., p. 471, tab. 8, fig. 2; Hansson ( Carelophus ), 
Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1880, No. 4, p. 21; Day, Fish. 
G:t Brit., Irel ., vol. I, p. 206, tab. LX, fig. 3; Coll., N. 
a According to Nilsson, Couch and Collett. 
b 51 — 53, according to Nilsson. 
1 
39—40’ 
d 13 according to Nilsson and Lilljeborg. In the specimen 
Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd. 29 (1884) p. 68; Lillj., Sv., 
Norg. Fisk., vol. I, p. 491; Petersen, Vid. Meddel. Naturh. 
For. Kbhvn 1884, p. 156; Gthr ( Blenniops ), Rep. Deep- 
sea Fish., Chalk Exp. (vol. XXII), p. 71. 
Centronotus Brosme , Bl., Syst. Ichth., ed. Schn., p. 167; 
Reinii., 1. c. 
Blennius palmicornis, Yarr., Brit. Fish., ed. 1, vol. I, p. 
233 (nec Cuv.); Bl. Yarrellii, Ccv., Val., (emend.), Hist. 
Nat. Poiss., vol. XI, p. 218; Swains. ( Chirolophis ), Class. 
Fish, etc., 1. c.; Kroy., Naturh. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. l,vol. 
I, p. 372; Yarr., Brit. Fish., ed. 2, vol. I, p. 263; Couch, 
Fish. Brit. Isl. , vol. II, p. 233. 
Gunnellus Stroemii, Cuv., Val., 1. c., p. 444; Kroy. ( Carelophus ), 
Naturh. Tidskr., Kbhvn, ser. 2, vol. I, pp. 227 et 236; Id., 
Damn. Fiske, vol. 1, p. 600; 
Ohs. The rule in accordance with which the preceding species 
has been generally suffered to retain the Linmean specific name of 
described by PIansson 3+12 + 1. 
