The Blcnniidce, of South Africa, 133 



long as the 1st ; soft ray short. Pectorals 12 ; from f to f 

 length of head. Ventrals i 2 ; from | to f length of head. 

 Anal ii 26-28 ; about equal in height to posterior spines of 

 dorsal ; membranes incised. Body long and slender, of the same 

 depth for the greater part of its length. 



Colour, generally a uniform green, yellow, or brown, of various 

 shades, often with streaks or dots of a darker hue. Sometimes 

 variegated by a white streak from snout through interorbital 

 space to origin of dorsal, an oval black patch over opercular 

 opening with dark streaks radiating from the eyes and a row 

 of black spots on body along base of dorsal. 



Fifteen specimens, ranging from 28 mm. to 67 mm. in length, 

 from False Bay (St. James and Kalk Bay). Found in rock- 

 pools, and appears to be the smallest in size of the genus. 



CLINUS ANGUILLARIS, C. and V. 



(Slangetje.) 



Clinus anguillaris, Cuv. and Val., xi,p. 390, pi. 334; Cast. Mem., 

 p. 53 ; Bleeker, Vische v. d. Kaap, p. 55 ; Gtinth., iii, p. 271. 



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

 narrow band behind on anterior portion of jaw ; a narrow curved 

 band on vomer. Depth of body 5^ to 7 times in total length 

 excluding caudal, length of head 5i to 6 times. Distance from eye 

 to point of snout 1^ to li diameter of eye, which is 1 to 1^ times 

 interorbital width and 5 to 7 times in length of head ; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2 to 3J times in length of head. Head slightly depressed 

 and rounded, snout of moderate extent and blunt ; a tentacle above 

 each orbit consisting of a short stalk, sometimes bifurcated, pal mated 

 and fringed ; interorbital space convex ; cleft of mouth slightly 

 oblique ; jaws about equal, the lower sometimes slightly longer than 

 upper ; maxillary reaches to vertical of anterior half of orbits. 



Dorsal xlviii-xlix 3-4 ; slightly emarginate, commences in line 

 with posterior margin of preoperculum, and reaches to caudal, the 

 connecting membrane forming a curved notch between the fins. 

 Spines short and flexible, the first 4 a little further apart individually 

 than the rest. Anterior spines low, the 1st usually about -1- length of 

 head, succeeding spines gradually lengthening, the last being from 

 | to J higher than the 1st ; anterior soft rays longer than adjacent 

 spines, slightly decreasing posteriorly. Pectorals 13-14, from ^ to f 

 length of head. Ventrals i 3 ; from 1 to length of head and 

 enclosed in a membrane nearly to their extremity, the middle ray 



