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 Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 256, 1758 (galerita). 
Solaria Forskal, Descrip. Anim., 22, 1775 (basiliscus) . 
Pholis Fleming, Brit. Anim., 207, 1828 ( lasvis=pholis ); not Pholis Scopoli. 
Adonis Gronow, Cat. Fish., Ed. Gray, 93, 1854 (pavoninus=ocellaris). 
Lipophrys Gill, American Naturalist, June, 1896, 498 (pholis). 
414. Blennius sordidus Bennett. 
D. xi, 18; P. 14; V. 2; A. ir, 19; C. 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 fin 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 paler beneath, varied only by 2 or 3 large dark 
brown blotches on the back, 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.,IV, 1828, 34, Sandwich Islands; Gunther, Cat., Ill, 220, 1861 (Sandwich Islands); 
Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, 193, 1877 (Sandwich Islands). 
Genus 247. ALTICUS (Commerson) Lacepede. 
This genus differs from Salarias in having large posterior canines and the dorsal fin usually 
divided into 2 parts. 
Altieus (Commerson) Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 458, 1800 (saliens). 
Erpichthys Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class. Fishes, II, 79, 275, 1839 (atlanticus) . 
Salarias Swainson, 1. c., 274, 1839 ( vermicularis ); not of Cuvier. 
Entomacrodus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 168 ( nigricans ). 
a. Anal rays 17; dorsal rays 14 to 16. 
b. Head long, 3.3 in length; eye large, 3 in head; dorsal xr, 14 variolosus, p. 497 
bb. Head short, 4.25 in length; eye small, 4.5 in head; dorsal xn, 16 marmoratus, p. 498 
aa. Anal rays 20; dorsal rays 19: gibbi/rons, p. 499 
415. Altieus 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; 
D. 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 papillae 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 7 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 somew 7 hat 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 befoi'e and behind eye; fringe of tentacles on nape black; little tentacles over eye 
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