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St. Bartholomew, West Indies; known from one specimen taken among 

 madiepoiiq rocks. (Le Sueur.) Not recognized by any recent author; 

 perhaps not distinct from L.nuchipinnis. 



Blennius herminier, Le Sueub, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., IV, 1824, 361, St. Bartholomew. 

 CHnus hermineri, CuViee & Yalenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi, 380, 1836. 



2703. LABRISOMUS NUCHIPIIVTVIS (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Head 3^; depth 3^. D. XVIII, 12; A. II, 17; scales 70. Body oblong, 

 rather robust; head naked, thick, short, not very ol>tu.sc anteriorly, com- 

 pressed above; mouth rather large, the maxillaries not j)ro longed back- 

 ward, extending to opposite the posterior part of eye, 2i in liead; teeth on 

 vomer and palatines; front teeth of jaws conic, strong, behind them a 

 band of villiform teeth, broadest in lower jaw; vomer with a patch of 

 smallish teeth; eyes large; interorbital space very narrow; each side of 

 neck with a long series of hair-like filaments, nearly as long as eye; orbital 

 tentacle short and broad, mnltitid; nostril with a tufted barbel; lower 

 jaw slightly projecting, its posterior teeth sometimes recurved; pectorals 

 a little shorter than head, reaching vent. Dorsal spines rather slender, 

 the 3 anterior spines scarcely shorter than the others, all the spines lower 

 than the soft rays; dorsal fin commencing near the nape, the spinous por- 

 tion long; soft rays higher than the spines; caudal small; pectorals rather 

 large; ventrals moderate; gill-membranes broadly united, free from the 

 isthmus; lateral line complete, high anteriorly, then abruptly decurved; 

 membranes of vertical fins scaly; scales not very small, cycloid. Rerldish 

 brown, sometimes witli vertical bauds; a black spot on opercle, which is 

 often edged with white; cheeks and fins reticulate or dotted. Length 6 

 to 8 inches. West Indies, north to Florida Keys, sonth to Brazil; gener- 

 ally common in rock pools ; also recorded from the Canary Islands, {nucha, 

 nape; pinna, fin.) 



Clinus nuchipmnis, Quoy A- Gaimard, Voy. Uranie et Phyaicienne, Zool., 255, 1824, Brazil 

 (Coll. M.Freycinet & M. Gay) ; Gunthee, Cat., iii, 262, 1861; Joedan & Gilbeet, Syn- 

 opsis, 762, 1883. 



Glinus pectinifer, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., xi, 374, 1836, Bahia. 

 Jjepisoma eirrhosum, De Kay, N. T. Fauna: Fishes, 41, 1842, Florida. 



Clinus canaricnsis, Valenciennes, in Webb & Beethelot, Poiss. lies Canaries, 60, 17, f. 3, 

 Canary Islands. 



Clinns capiUatus, Covier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi, 377, 1836, Martinique. 



Lahrosomus pectinifer, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1860, 105. 



Labrisornus capiUatus, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 107. 



2704. LABRISOMUS XANTI, Gill. 



Head 3i in body; depth 3^. D. XA^II, 12; A. II, 18; scales 10-64 

 (pores )-12 (from front of straight portion of lateral line to anal); eye 4^ 

 in head, maxillary 2; highest dorsal spine 2g; pectoral 1|; caudal 15. 

 Body not greatly elongate, compressed, anterior profile well rounded from 

 snout to nape; month rather large, the maxillary reaching to below mid- 

 dle of eye; teeth small, canine-like, growing gradually larger toward 



