132 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Pectorals 13 ; oval, -| to -| length of head. Ventrals i 2-3 ; first 

 two rays about equal, 4- length of head, 3rd ray minute and not 

 always apparent. Anal n 27-29 ; slightly lower anteriorly, pos- 

 teriorly about same height as soft rays of dorsal ; membranes 

 incised. Caudal about ^ length of head, rounded, membranes 

 scalloped. Lateral line has scales enlarged, but is indistinct 

 posteriorly. 



Colour, marbled brown, green or yellow ; often with a row of 

 dark blotches below base of dorsal fin and irregular transverse 

 bands or blotches on body, frequently speckled with white or 

 other shades, belly of lighter hue, tips of anal, ventrals and 

 pectorals red. In most specimens a dark spot enclosed in a 

 white or red irregular border or ring is found behind the head 

 at the beginning of the lateral line. 



Fourteen specimens, ranging from 55 mm. to 138 mm. in 

 length, from False Bay (St. James and Kalk Bay) ; found in rock- 

 pools, and caught amongst rock and weed about low tide mark, 

 not very numerous. 



CLINUS DORSALIS, Bleek. 



Clinus dorsaiis. Cast. Mem., p. 54; Bleeker, Vische v. d. Kaap, 

 pp. 54, 72 ; Gtinth., iii, p. 271. 



Teeth, an outer row on each jaw, with a small cluster behind 

 on each side of symphysis of lower and a band behind on upper 

 jaw ; a chevron-shaped patch on vomer. Depth of body 5 to 

 Q\ times in total length excluding caudal, length of head 4f 

 to 5-^ times. Distance from eye to point of snout 1 to 1|- 

 times diameter of eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of 

 head ; interorbital width -*- to 1 diameter of eye ; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2f to 3| times in length of head. A tentacle above 

 each orbit, consisting of a short fleshy stalk with a fringe of 

 4 or 5 short cirri ; interorbital space convex ; head narrow and 

 pointed ; lower jaw slightly longer than upper, maxillary reaches 

 to vertical of anterior margin or anterior third of orbits ; a row 

 of pores down posterior margin of preoperculum, and a few on 

 each side of nape. 



Dorsal xliv-xlvi 1 ; slightly emarginate, commences behind the 

 vertical of posterior margin of preoperculum, and barely joined to 

 base of caudal by a membrane. Spines low anteriorly, 1st 

 about i length of head, succeeding spines gradually lengthening, 

 the last 10 or 12 about equal in height and nearly twice as 



