114. BLENNIID^ CLINUS. 761 



1 161. J\. satiricus Girard. 



Dark brown, nearly uniform; maxillary flap broadly edged with 

 bright yellow. Head bluntish, convex in profile; eyes large, high up, 

 well forward, separated by a rather narrow flattish interorbital space; 

 top of head convex; cheeks long; opercles short. Head larger, and 

 teeth rather stronger than in N. blanckardi; maxillary enormously de- 

 veloped, reaching about to gill-opening, its length varying with age; 

 provided at tip and inner margin with a very broad wing-like flap, 

 which is joined to the lower part of the cheek; this membrane is more 

 than twice the diameter of the eye; below it is another membrane con- 

 necting this with the lower jaw; supraorbital cirrus quite small, but 

 present. Head 3; depth G; maxillary with flap, 3J. D. 43; A. 29. 

 L. 12 inches. Monterey, Cal. ; a rare and most interesting species. 



(Ncoclinus satiricus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1859, 57; Gimther, ii, 260.) 



1162. W. tolaaaclaai'di Girard. 



Dark red or plum color, with olive-green blotches on the side; belly 

 olive, speckled with lighter; front of mouth red; fins colored like the 

 body; a black spot ocellated with yellow between the first and second 

 dorsal spines; 2 light-yellow spots at base of caudal; dorsal and cau- 

 dal tinged behind with yellow; anal and pectorals chiefly vermilion ; 

 color quite variable, some specimens duller or barred. A long cirrus, 

 much longer than eye, above the front of the eye; reddish at base, its 

 fringed tips bright yellow; a short, multifid, nasal barbel, and a cluster 

 of 3 or 4 fringed barbels behind supraocular cirrus. Maxillary two- 

 thirds length of head, G in body, large, reaching nearly to opposite 

 front of dorsal; lateral line ending opposite the vent, only its straight 

 anterior portion being developed. Dorsal spines one-third length of 

 head. Head 4; depth 5. D. XXVI, 17; A. 30. Coast of California, 

 north to Monterey. 



(Girard, U. S. Pac. E. E. Surv. Fish. 1858, 114; Gunther, ii, 259.) 



4O7. CLINUS Cuvier. 

 (Cuvier, E&gne Anim. ii, 1817: type Clinus acuminatus C. & V.) 



Body more or less elongate and compressed, covered with small 

 or minute scales, which are usually cycloid; lateral line complete, 

 abruptly decurved behind the pectoral ; head obtuse or somewhat 

 pointed; stout, unequal, conical teeth on jaws and vomer, and some- 

 times on palatines; the teeth mostly in single series, except in front; 



