. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. —IV. i length Ulo, and entirely engtU of }. Poini lelow low I'roc. AcimI. Sci. Pbila. 114. BLENNIID^—XIPIIISTER. 771 5 surronnd- jtinies with treak; geu- kin«i;s about obli<ino, tlie dorsal than -tiftU lonfiUi concave ov eloped; ppc- [leaver tip ol' Head 10; ey to rug*'t markabl" foi t<rHS Gill.) 11, inibedil'Hlj eyes small;! luniforia siz»';i Itachedtotlirtj anal spines; us modenitoj liyo. A. atropurpurous (Kittlihz) Gill. Color grayish olive, varying to brown, everywhere above finely marked with blackish reti
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. —IV. i length Ulo, and entirely engtU of }. Poini lelow low I'roc. AcimI. Sci. Pbila. 114. BLENNIID^—XIPIIISTER. 771 5 surronnd- jtinies with treak; geu- kin«i;s about obli<ino, tlie dorsal than -tiftU lonfiUi concave ov eloped; ppc- [leaver tip ol' Head 10; ey to rug*'t markabl" foi t<rHS Gill.) 11, inibedil'Hlj eyes small;! luniforia siz»';i Itachedtotlirtj anal spines; us modenitoj liyo. A. atropurpurous (Kittlihz) Gill. Color grayish olive, varying to brown, everywhere above finely marked with blackish reticulations; along each side of back a series of small, irregular, sharply-defined grayish spots; a series of small pale spots along lateral line; belly pale; crest and middle line of back rather pale; under parts of head yellowish; an oblique, wedge-shaped, pale streak extending downward ami backward from the eye, bounded on each side by a sharp light-red line, and then by a dusky area; lower jaw mottled; dorsals olivaceous, speckled, a blackish spot on front; anal olive, tinged with red; pectorals dull orange, barred at base; cau- dal reddish, with narrow pale streaks, and a ligh1*bar at base; color sometimes nearly plain purplish, but more often grayish and mottled. Head with a fleshy crest, which rests on a ridge of bone; its height iu older specimcnis about equal to eye; mouth rather large, the maxillary reaching beyond the orbit. Pectorals about half the length of head; dorsal and anal comparatively high, barely connected with the base of caudal; nape midway between origin of dorsal and imjiil. Head G.\; depth G^. D. LVII; A. 41. Alaska to Sau Francisco; abundant northward. {Oi)hi, 1858: Centrouotus cristayalU GUullier, iii, 289: AnophirchuH purpiirescens Gill, Proc. Acad. Nut. Sci. Phila. 1861, 2G1: Anoplarvhiis criatagaUi GiiiitUer, iii, 564.) 1177. A. alectrolophus (Pallas) J. & G. brownish-olive, darker above; a series of green blotches along tlw dorsal; dorsa
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