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pinnis (U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 49151), I have seen specimens only from Tortugas. 

 The proportions of the anterior dorsal spines are not quite as in Jordan's figure, 

 as the 2d is a little longer than the 1st and very distinctly longer than the 3d. 

 The fin, therefore, has a distinct anterior lobe. The supports in dorsal and anal 

 fins in 16 specimens, including the type and the Honduran specimen, are D. 

 XIX,n; A. 11,19, with 1 specimen from Tortugas having an anal ray less, and 

 another having an anal ray more; P. 14. 



The shade of this fish changes readily in adaptation to its surroundings. The 

 pattern is by contrast relatively stable, and in palest phases appears in two shades 

 of gray. The darker elements include three lines crossing interorbital space, a 

 triangular sector on cheek, a saddle under first 2 dorsal spines, and five bars 

 across trunk and dorsal and anal fins. The dark bars are darkest peripherally, and 

 the light ones lightest. In dark phases the former are suffused with much red, 

 the latter grow yellow-olive, and the dorsal surface and sides of head may remain 

 gray to the 2d spine. W. H. L. 



The collection contains 28 specimens, 34 to 78 mm. long. The following pro- 

 portions and enumerations are based on 3 specimens, 55, 65, and 78 mm. long: 

 Head 3.0, 3.0, 2.8; depth 4.5, 3.9, 3.7. Eye in head 3.3, 3.3, 3.7; snout 4.3, 4.0, 3.6; 

 maxillary 2.15, 1.9, 2.2; pectoral 1.5, 1.1, 1.25. D. XIX,ii, XIX,n, XIX,u; A. 



II,i8, 11,19, 11,19; p - : 3> T 3> x 3; sca l es 4 8 > 5 : > 53- 

 Dutch West Indies, British Honduras, and Florida. S. F. H. 



Labrisomus haitiensis Beebe and Tee-Van 



Labrisomus nuchipinnis Rosen (not of Cuvier and Valenciennes), Acta Univ. Lund., 

 Arsskr., vol. 7, 191 1, p. 66 — Bahamas. 



Labrisomus haitiensis Beebe and Tee- Van, Zoologica, vol. 10, 1928, p. 232, with fig. — Port- 

 au-Prince Bay, Haiti. 



Probably not rare at Tortugas, though rarely collected. A single specimen was 

 taken with many of Labrisomus kalisherae in clumps of Pontes inside Bird Key 

 reef. Four or 5 others were found under pieces of dead coral near the inner 

 margin of the reef off the Laboratory wharf on the west side of Loggerhead Key. 



There are few museum specimens. Beebe and Tee-Van had only 1. The 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology (no. 12598) has one in a lot with other blennies 

 collected at Fort Jefferson, Tortugas. The U. S. National Museum has 1 (no. 

 73062) collected by the Fish Haw{ at station 7216 (lat. 28° 26' N.; long. 83 02' 

 30" W.) in 7V2 fathoms. In the Biological Institute of the University of Lund are 

 2 more from the Bahamas. 



The fin rays of the type are D. XX,n; A. IL20; P. 14. Two specimens from 

 the Bahamas have D. XXI, 11 or 12; A. IL21; P. 14, except that on one side one 

 fish has only 10. Seven Florida specimens have D. XX to XXII, 10; A. 11,20 to 22; 

 P. 13 to 15. 



Its bands are sharply drawn on the dorsal, and more sharply on the anal than 

 in other species except buccijerus. The opercle has a dark spot without suggestion 

 of ocellation. It is readily distinguished by its long ventral fins that reach the anal 

 origin, whereas in other species they usually fall distinctly short of the vent. The 



