Fishes . Fig. 638.—Sticlueus punclalns 1 aliuius St. Michael, Alaska. atia, and an lancertain Oncolepis isseli from Monte Bolca. Thefamily is certainly one of the most recent in geologic family of Blenniidce, as here recognized, includes a verygreat variety of forms and should perhaps be subdivided intoseveral families, as Dr. Gill has suggested. At present thereis, however, no satisfactory basis of division known. The Quillfishes: Ptilichthyidae. — The PtilichthyidcB, or quill-fishes, are small and slender blennies of the North Pacific, with 724 The Blennies: Blenniids very numerous
Fishes . Fig. 638.—Sticlueus punclalns 1 aliuius St. Michael, Alaska. atia, and an lancertain Oncolepis isseli from Monte Bolca. Thefamily is certainly one of the most recent in geologic family of Blenniidce, as here recognized, includes a verygreat variety of forms and should perhaps be subdivided intoseveral families, as Dr. Gill has suggested. At present thereis, however, no satisfactory basis of division known. The Quillfishes: Ptilichthyidae. — The PtilichthyidcB, or quill-fishes, are small and slender blennies of the North Pacific, with 724 The Blennies: Blenniids very numerous fin-rays. Ptilichihys goodei has 90 dorsal spinesand 145 soft rays. Another group of very slender naked blen-nies is the small family of Xiphasiidcs from the South \.^>^v< Fig. 62j —iiryoshmma uluhimr ,)onlan it Snyder. Hakodate, Btcnniidce. The jaws have excessively long canines; there are no ventralfins. The dorsal fin is very high and the caudal ends in a longthread.
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