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simulating coral grains, with shadow between them at the outer margin of the 

 conjunctiva below. Dusky areas extend from either nostril to the margin of the 

 premaxillary border, and are matched across the mouth opening by dark dots 

 on the dentary. W. H. L. 



The collection contains 6 specimens, 38 to 70 mm. long. Only 1 of these retains 

 dusky saddles. Two specimens have pale spots on a gray background, which are 

 missing in the others. In 3 specimens the fin formulas are: D. III-35, IV-40, V-34; 

 A. 32, 34, 34. Scales 47, 48, 49. 



Reported from the Gulf of California and from Florida. S. F. H. 



Gillellus rubrocinctus Longley 



Gillellus rubrocinctus Longley, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 33, 1934, p. 257 — 

 Tortugas, Florida. Longley and Hildebrand, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 517, 1940, p. 267, 

 fig. 22. 



Family BLENNIIDAE. Blennies 



In their Chec\ list (1930) Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, accepting and elabo- 

 rating a suggestion of long standing by Gill, redistributed the North American 

 Blenniidae in eleven small families. The species to which the proposed change 

 applies appear under 141 names, of which 68 refer to sorts supposedly occurring 

 between Bermuda and the Carolinas and Brazil. But at least 26 of these 68 names 

 are pure synonyms. One species is enrolled five times, and several three times. 

 Several species are entered in two genera, and one in three genera, allocated to 

 two of the proposed families. The conservative position is adopted here, that until 

 the group is more closely studied it is best to move slowly with its subdivision. 1 



W.H.L. 



Enneapterygius Riippell 



Enneapterygius Riippell, Neue Wirbelthiere, Fische, 1835, p. 2 (E. pusillus Riippell). 

 Enneanectes Jordan, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, 1 895, p. 501 {Tripterygium 



carminale Jordan and Gilbert). 

 Gillias Evermann and Marsh, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., pt. 25, 1899 (1900), p. 357 (G. 



jordani Evermann and Marsh). 



Enneapterygius jordani (Evermann and Marsh) 



Not uncommon in the shadows under overhanging margins of eroded Orbi- 

 cella heads. By fits and starts the fish creep about there, often back downward. 

 I have never seen one, but sometimes two in each other's presence, "standing" 

 on pectorals and ventrals and waving their trunks freely. 



This species is highly changeable in coloration and readily adaptable to the 

 background. It is readily distinguishable by the dark band about the caudal 

 peduncle. 



A specimen 38 mm. long is like the type from Puerto Rico except that it has 



1 Dr. Longley found it necessary to study blennies not taken at Tortugas, in order to 

 identify the local forms properly. He prepared accounts of several species not found at 

 Tortugas, which are included here, as they are valuable in showing relationships. Much 

 work evidently was required, as the data on which the accounts are based were gathered in 

 various museums in Europe and America. — S. F. H. 



