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herein with Starkjia ocellata, 25 mm. in standard length. The numbers in paren- 

 theses are based on the paratype. Head 3.1, 3.4 (3.6) ; depth 4.6, 5.1 (5.0). Eye in 

 head 3.6, 4.75 (3.7) ; snout 5.0, 5.9 (5.8) ; maxillary 2.2, 2.0 (2.3) ; pectoral 1.2, 1.1. 

 D. XXII,8, XXII, 7 (XXI, 9 ); A. II,i8, I-I,i 7 (11,19); P. 13, 14 (14); scales 38, 

 36 (36). The lateral line generally, but not always, is resumed at a lower level 

 after it is interrupted over about the origin of anal. 



Brazil to Florida. S. F. H. 



Starksia fasciata (Longley) 



Malacoctenus lugubris Rosen (not of Poey), Acta Univ. Lund., Arsskr., vol. 7, 191 1, p. 67, 



fig. 6 — Bahamas. 

 Brannerella fasciata Longley, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 35, 1934, p. 258 — 



Bahamas. 



Not found in the Tortugas. 



D. XIX,8, the spines after the first 3 increasing in length, diminishing again to 

 the 16th, after which they are progressively longer; A. 11,14, tne Ist spine isolated, 

 the genital papilla adnate to it, its tip extending beyond that of the ist ray; V. 1,2, 

 not reaching vent; vomerine teeth present; a simple tentacle at nostril, one above 

 eye, and another at nape. 



Body with seven brown bars on a lighter ground; opercle dark, distinctly 

 darker toward lower margin of the dark area. 



It differs from known species in coloration and fin formulas. Two specimens 

 known: a male, the type, 22 mm. long; and the cotype, a female, 15 mm. long, 

 from the Bahamas. Both are in the Museum of the Biological Institute, Uni- 

 versity of Lund, in poor condition. W. H. L. 



Auchenopterus 1 nigripinnis (Steindachner) 



Clinus nigripinnis Steindachner, (Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 56), Ichthyol. 



Notizen, No. 6, 1867, p. 351 — Barbados. 

 Auchenopterus affinis Jordan and Evermann (not Cremnobates affinis Steindachner), Bull. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, pt. 3, 1898, p. 2371 — Key West, Florida. Metzelaar, Trop. atl. 



Vissch., 1919, p. 156 — Curacao. Longley, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 31, 1932, 



p. 300. 

 Auchenopterus albicaudus Evermann and Marsh, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., pt. 25, 1899 



(1900), p. 360— Arroyo, Puerto Rico; Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 20, pt. 1, 1900 (1902), 



P- 3 r 3, %• 99- 

 Auchenopterus rubescens Evermann and Marsh, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., pt. 25, 1899 



(1900), p. 360 — Puerto Real, Puerto Rico; Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 20, pt. 1, 1900 



(1902), p. 314, fig. 100. 

 Auchenopterus jajardo Evermann and Marsh, Rept. U. S. Fish Comm., pt. 25, 1899 (1900), 



p. 361 — Fajardo, Puerto Rico; Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 20, pt. 1, 1900 (1902), p. 



313, pl- 47- 

 Auchenopterus fasciatus Jordan and Thompson, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 24, 1904 (1905), 



p. 254 — Tortugas, Florida. 

 ? Auchenopterus rubicundus Starks, Stanford Univ. Pub., Univ. Ser., 1913, p. 74, pl. 15 — 



Natal, Brazil. 



1 According to Margaret Storey (Copeia, No. 2, 1940, p. 81), Auchenopterus is pre- 

 occupied, the oldest name available being Paraclinus. — S. F. H. 



