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Caranx defensor, De Kay. Depth of the body equals one third of the whole 

 length ; a recumbent spine before the dorsal fin ; no false dorsal fins ; a black 

 spot on the operculum ; 9 inch. D. 7. 1. 20; A. 2 17- New York. 



Capros (ittxlfiilis, Pdchardsoii (Annals xi, p. 170). D. 7. 18; A. 2.17; 10 

 inch. VanDiemen's Laud. 



TEU-miDlE. Aii,i>li<iai,iUnis gymnopareiits, llich. (Ann. xi, p. 174), Dark 

 red-brown.* A. not ost ictus (id, p. 172). Black spots on the sides; an oblique 

 baud runs downwards from the posterior part of the eye. Port Essington. 



Acanthurus grammoptilus, Richardson (Annals xi, p. 176). D. 9. 26 ; A. 

 3. 24. Port Essiiigtou. 



MUGILID.E. Miiffil Abu, Hcckel., 'Fische Syriens,' p. 107 (1097). D. 4. 

 1. 8; A. 3. 8. 



Athcr'u/ii microlepidota, Jenyns. Beagle. Scales small, in IS longitudinal 

 rows. D. 15. 1.11; A. 1. 17 ; 4 inch. Valparaiso. A. hicisa (id.) Sc;i'cs 

 of medium size, in 12 longitudinal rows ; 2| inch. D. 5. 1. IS ; A. 1. 17 ; to 

 D. G. 1. 10 ; A. 1. 19. Chili. A. liepsetoides, Richardson (Ann. xi, p. 178). 

 D. 9. 1. 11 ; A. 1. 14. Port Arthur. A. preslyteroides (id.) D. 9. 11; A. 1. 

 12, ib. A. nigrans (id.). D. 1. 4. 1. 12 ; A. 1. 18. Port Essington. 



BLENNID.E. Bleiicchis fusciatus, Jcuyus, Beagle. 2 \ inch. D. 13. 16; 

 A. 20; V. 2. Chili. B. ornatiis (id.) 2 inches. D. 12. 11; A. 20. 

 Chili. 



Clinws crinitirs, Jenyns, Beagle. The palpebral cirrhi constituted of eight 

 haii-s, distinct from the base; G| inch. D. 26. 11 ; A. 2. 24; V. 3. Chili. 



Jeuyns has placed near Clin-us a new genus, Acanthoclinus, which differs 

 from Clmus in the greater number of spiuous rays in the anal fin, a longitu- 

 dinal band of minute teeth on the tongue, the position of the abdominal fins 

 beneath the pectorals, and in the presence of three lateral lines. A. fuscus, 

 P. 6 ; D. 20. 4 ; A. 9. 4 ; V. 1. 2. New Zealand. 



Cliinis littoreus, Cuv., Val., also from New Zealand, probably belongs to this 

 genus. 



Tripteryyion capito, Jeuyns, Beagle. The lateral line scarcely extends be- 

 yond the pectoral fin ; 2 1 inch. D. 6. 20. 14 ; A. 25. New Zealand. 



Jeuyns (Voyage of the Beagle, p. 165) institutes two new genera in the 

 family of the Blennidse. Both agree in having a smooth, posteriorly com- 

 pressed body, in the presence of two large conical teeth, in front of the 

 others, in the upper jaw ; of a single pointed tooth on the vomer, and two 

 rows of teeth on the palate, in the extremely small size of the abdominal fins, 

 and in the fusion of the dorsal and anal fins with the caudal. The one, how- 

 ever, Jl/nii-fi'li'x (I. jlniln-lriilus, from Chili), has iu each jaw a row of teeth, 

 five rays in the branchiostegons membrane, and the jaws, suborbital bones 3 

 and prajopercuhim fringed with membranous tubes. The other, Phwcoccetes 



* Iu the prepared specimen. 



