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us. Perhaps not a member of this genus ; tlie large scales, entire spinous 

 dorsal, and short soft dorsal, indicating affinities with Starksia, which has, 

 however, a different dentition. It may prove to he the type of a distinct 

 genus, (ocellatus, with eye-like spots.) 



Clinus ocdlatus, Steindachnek, Ichth. Beitr., v, 182, 187(5, Bahama Islands. 



2«94. MALACOCTEXUS VARIDS (Poey). 



Head 3| in total length; depth 4^. D. XX, 12; A. 18; C. 14; pectoral 1» 

 in head ; eye 3| in head, equal to snout. Mouth small ; maxillary reaching 

 opposite front of eye ; profile prolonged ; nostrils small, not tubular. 

 Teeth firm, in 1 row, the points sharp and incurved; no teeth on vomer; 

 a tentacle over eye, none at the nape; head naked; body scaly; lat- 

 eral line short; dorsal beginning over middle of opercle, the spinous 

 part forming a sinuous curve ; the spines firm ; the first higher than the 4 

 which follow; the last low; the next to the last lower than the last; soft 

 dorsal higher than the spines ; ventral rays apparentlj"^ 2, the last one 

 deeply divided. Color clear yellowish; the body spotted with black; an 

 isolated spot at the end of the dorsal fin; vertical fins with all the rays 

 dotted with black ; pectoral pale, without specks. Length 52 mm. Cuba. 

 (Poey.) Not seen by us. {varius, variegated.) 



Myxodes varius, Poey, Enumeratio, 132, pi. 5, f. 2, 1875, Havana. (Coll. Rafael Arango.) 



2695. MALACOCTENUS MACBOPUS (Poey). 



Head 4i in total length with caudal; depth 5|. D. XXI, 11; A. I, 20; 

 P. 17; eye i longer than snout, 3^ in head. Maxillary reaching front 

 of eye. Teeth in 1 series, acute, not close-set; none on the vomer or 

 palatines; no cilia over the eye nor on the nape; lateral line almost com- 

 plete ; ventrals as long as the depth of the trunk ; first dorsal spine long- 

 est, the others forming a weak curve. Color uniform metallic coppery 

 brown. Cuba (Poey); one specimen 35 mm. long. The type of this 

 species examined by us in the Mus. Comp. Zool. It has scales 35; no hook 

 on the shoulder girdle, and apparently no teeth on vomer or palatines. 

 {naxpoz, long; Ttovs, foot.) 



Myxodes macropus, Poey, Synopsis, ni, 99, 1868, Havana. (Coll. Poey.) 



2696. MALACOCTENUS LUGDBRIS (Poey). 



D. XVIII, 9; A. 20. Tentacle over eye; a filiform appendage on the 

 side of the neck. Ventral very long, extending much beyond the vent. 

 Dorsal fin with 2 depressions, the soft part short and very high, the 

 first spine moderate. Color dark brown, with oblique vertical bands and 

 browu points scattered over the head and trunk ; a black spot at the base 

 of the first 3 dorsal membranes; ventral entirely white. Cuba, (^uo speci- 

 men 55 mm. long. (Poey.) Not seen by us. {lugubris, dismal, from the dark 

 color.) 



Myxodes luguhrii, Poey, Enumeratio, 131, 1875, Cuba. (CoU. Poey.) 



