NO. 2 MYERS AND REID: A NEW BLENNIOID 9 



of dark brown spots, as large as eye in front but diminishing rapidly 

 posteriorly, the upper row along the base of the dorsal and encroach- 

 ing a little on the basal fin membranes, the lower row at mid-line 

 of body. Another less conspicuous row of spots along anal base, 

 these chiefly on the membranes. A single row of very fine dots just 

 below the dorsal series and set alternately with each dorsal blotch. 

 A similar row between the main central series of blotches and the 

 anal series; this row may be very indistinct or nearly absent. Dorsal 

 and anal faintly and narrowly bordered with dark. Pectorals and 

 caudal clear. Pelvics brownish. Often the first few dorsal spines and 

 their membranes dark brownish, fading posteriorly. The entire color 

 effect is that of a black-headed, straw-colored fish with longitudinal 

 series of spots which decrease in size posteriorly. 



We are not certain to which of the three described species of 

 Acanthemblemaria our new species is most closely related. Beebe 

 and Tee-Van separate spinas a of Metzelaar from the others by the 

 supposed lack of small teeth behind the main jaw series. It seems 

 probable to us that Metzelaar's fish also had these small teeth, as 

 they are very difficult to detect without the use of tooth-impressions 

 made with modeling clay. Beebe and Tee-Van further separate 

 arborescens from variegata on the profile of the head and the area 

 of its spinosity, on the structure of the orbital tentacle, and on the 

 color. The head profile of our form differs from that of the other 

 three, and the area of spinosity on the top of the head is hard to 

 compare without actual specimens of the other species in hand. 

 Our species diifers from arborescens and spinosa and agrees with 

 variegata in the simple ocular tentacle, but agrees with arborescens 

 and differs from the other two in the shape of the jaws and mouth 

 as illustrated in the figures. It differs widely from all three in the 

 unusual coloration. 





Lukli^A 



