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21. Dorsal with last soft ray curved and joined to caudal by a 

 broad membrane. A row of pores on each side of lateral 

 line. No scales on body. D. xxxix-xl 3, A. ii 27-28, 



V. i 3 C. biporosus. 



22. Dorsal spines of uniform height, soft rays a little higher. 



D. xxx 6, A. ii 21 . C. heterodon. 



CLINUS SUPEECILIOSUS, L. 

 (Klip-fish.) 



Clinus superciliosus, Linn. Syst., i., p. 442; Cuv. and Val., xi., 

 p. 360, pi. 331; Cast. Mem., p. 51; Giinth., iii., p. 268; Bleeker, 

 Vische v. d. Kaap, pp. 55, 70 ; Kner, Novara, p. 200. 



Blennius capensis, Forst., Descr. An., p. 408. 



? Blennius rnbescens, Lichtenst., Travels. 



Blennius versicolor, Pappe, Synops., p. 19 ; Bleeker, Vische v. d. 

 Kaap, pp. 55, 70. 



Clinus dubius, Cast. Mem., p. 51. 



Clinus panther-inns, Cast. Mem., p. 52. 



Clinus marmoratus, Cast. Mem., p. 52. 



Teeth, an outer row of strong sharp teeth on each jaw, with 

 smaller teeth behind ; a curved band on vomer. Depth of body 

 3 to 4f times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 3 to 

 4^ times. Distance from eye to point of snout 1 to If times diameter 

 of eye, which is from slightly under 1 to 15- times interorbital width 

 and 4 to 6 times in length of head ; depth of caudal peduncle 2^ to 

 3^ times in length of head. Profile of head more or less pointed ; 

 interorbital space flat or slightly convex, generally with a slight 

 longitudinal groove or indent down the middle ; eyes situated high 

 on the head ; a tentacle over upper posterior angle of each orbit 

 consisting of a fleshy stalk slightly flattened at the end and divided, 

 with two or three filaments on end and sides, the colour generally a 

 dark blackish brown or liver colour; jaws about equal, the lower 

 sometimes slightly longer ; cleft of mouth lateral, maxillary reaches 

 to vertical of middle or posterior margin of orbits. In deep-water 

 specimens the lips appear to be thinner than in those of the littoral, 

 and the mouth more cavernous. 



Dorsal in xxx-xxxviii 5-9 ; commences about in line with 

 posterior margin of preoperculum and extends to within a short 

 distance of base of caudal. The first 3 spines are separated from 

 the remainder by a membrane whose length is equal to or slightly 

 greater than the distance between the bases of the 1st and 3rd 

 spines ; this membrane is attached somewhat low down on the 



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