Fishes . Fig. 625.—Gunnel, Pholis gunnctlus (L.). Gloucester, Mass. is the common gunnel (gunwale), or butter-fish, of both shoresof the North Atlantic, with numerous allies in the North these, Enedrias nebidosns, the ginpo, or silver-tail, is especiallycommon in Japan. Xiphidion and XipJiistes of the Californiacoast, and Dictyosoma of Japan, among others, are remarkablefor the great number of lateral lines, these extending crosswise. Flo. 626.—Xiph stes chirua Jordan & Gilbert. Amchii as well as lengthwise. Cebedichthys violaceiis, a large blenny ofCalifornia, has the posterior hal
Fishes . Fig. 625.—Gunnel, Pholis gunnctlus (L.). Gloucester, Mass. is the common gunnel (gunwale), or butter-fish, of both shoresof the North Atlantic, with numerous allies in the North these, Enedrias nebidosns, the ginpo, or silver-tail, is especiallycommon in Japan. Xiphidion and XipJiistes of the Californiacoast, and Dictyosoma of Japan, among others, are remarkablefor the great number of lateral lines, these extending crosswise. Flo. 626.—Xiph stes chirua Jordan & Gilbert. Amchii as well as lengthwise. Cebedichthys violaceiis, a large blenny ofCalifornia, has the posterior half of the dorsal made of soft of Siberia and north Japan has the dorsal spines The Blennies: Blenniids 723 flexible, only the posterior ones being short and stiff. Thesnake-blennies {Liimpenns), numerous in the far North, areextremely slender, with well-developed pectorals and lampetrccjormis is found on both shores of the StichsHS a lateral line is present. There is none in Lumpe-nus, and in Ernogramnms and Ozorthe there are three. Allthese are elongate fishes, of some value as food and especiallycharacteristic of the Northern seas. Fossil blennies are almostunknown. Pterygocephalus paradoxus of the Eocene resembles
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