300 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



113. Isesthes scrutator sp. uov. P.G. (I^OS.'O, Peusacola.) 

 Head 4 (4|); d('ptli 3f {U). D. XII, II; A. II, 10.. 



Body rather deep, compressed, the back uot elevated; bead short, 

 very bluut, almost as deep as loug, the profile abruptly descending 

 before eye, the snout about one-fourth length of head. Mouth very 

 small, anterior, the maxillary extending to opposite front of eye, 3.^ in 

 head; teeth subequal, without canines. Orbital cirri very long, reach- 

 ing Avhen depressed about to the front of dorsal, their length more than 

 half head in Pensacola specimen, in the other somewhat shorter; a short 

 branch near its middle. Xasal barbel miinite. Eye large, much l)roader 

 than the concave interorbital space, about 4i in head. Lower edge of 

 gill-opening a little below middle of base of pectoral, the depth of the 

 slit 2.^ in head. 



Dorsal fin scarcely emarginate, the spines rather stiff, lower than the 

 soft rays, the longest spine 2 in head. Caudal slightly connected at 

 base with dorsal, 1^ in head. Pectoral about as long as head, reaching 

 past front of anal. Yentrals If in head. 



Lateral line extending to base of 8th spine, not to tip of pectoral. 



Color in life deep olive-green, almost immaculate, or with faint traces 

 of darker vertical bars; a golden blotch behind eye, behind which is a 

 dusky crescent ; two dark bars downward from eye, separated by a yel- 

 lowish area. Fins all dusky greenish, nearly or quite immaculate. 

 Front of spinous dorsal blackish. Colors of female, if diHerent, unknown. 



One fine specimen, 3 inches in length, taken with hook and line from 

 the wharf at Pensacola. Another, which had been a long time in alco- 

 hol, and is discolored and somewhat shrivelled, was prcvsented by Dr. 

 August Galny. It was taken in Galveston Bay. 



114. Blennius steanisi .sp. uov. P. (20669.) 



Head, 3^ {U in total) ; depth, 4|- (5f ). D. XI, IS ; A. 11, 21. 



Body much elongate, compressed, tapering regularly behind ; ante- 

 rior profile mo<lerately decurved; snout short and blunt; mouth large, 

 obli(pie, the jaws even ; maxillary reaching slightly beyond middle of 

 orbit, 2;^ times in head; teeth in the front of the Jaw only, occupying 

 on each side a space equal to half length of maxillary; teeth |f, the 

 lateral one on each side much enlarged and canine-like, rather short 

 but strongly curved ; canine in upper jaw, equaling about half diame- 

 ter of pupil ; eye moderate, equaling snout, 4^ in head ; interorbital 

 space very narrow, not as wide as pupil ; upper posterior rim of orl)it 

 with a long, slender filament, forked at base, its length equaling dis- 

 tance from tip of snout to posterior rim of orbit ; no filament at the 

 nape ; gill membranes somewhat united to the isthmus in front, but 

 forming a broad fold across it posteriorly, the gill openings of the two 

 sides therefore continuous below. 



Dorsal rather high ; no notch between spines and soft portions, the 

 membrane of last ray not reaching base of caudal ; spines of nearly 



