114. BLENNIID.E CLINUS. 
761 
1 161. ]V. satiricHS Girard. 
Dark brown, nearly nniforin; maxillary flap broadly edged with 
bright yellow. Head blnntish, convex in profile; eyes large, high up, 
well forward, separated by a rather narrow flattish interorbital space; 
top of head convex; cheeks long; opercles short. Head larger, and 
teeth rather stronger than in ]S\ Manchardi; maxillary enormonsly de- 
veloped, reaching about to gill-opening, its length varying with* age; 
provided at tip and inner margin with a very broad wing-like flap, 
which is joined to the lower part of the cheek; this membrane is more 
than twice the diameter of the eye; below it is another membrane con- 
necting this with the lower jaw; supraorbital cirrus quite small, but 
present. Head 3i; depth G; maxillary with flap, 3J. D. 43; A. 29. 
L. 12 inches. Monterey, Cal. ; a rare and most interesting species. 
(Neoclinus satiricus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1859, 57; Giiuther, ii, 260.) 
1162. ]V. t$lancEia.B'di Girard. 
Dark red or plum color, with olive-green blotches on the side; belly 
olive, speckled with lighter; front of mouth red; fins colored like the 
body; a black spot ocellated with yellow between the first and second 
dorsal spines; 2 light-yellow spots at base of caudal; dorsal and cau- 
dal tinged behind with yellow; anal and jiectorals chiefly vermilion ; 
color quite variable, some specimens duller or barred. A long cirrus, 
much longer than eye, above the front of the eye; reddish at base, its 
fringed tips bright yellow; a short, multifid, nasal barbel, and a cluster 
of 3 or 4 fringed barbels behind sui)raocular cirrus. Maxillary two- 
thirds length of head, G in body, large, reaching nearly to opposite 
front of dorsal; lateral line ending opposite the vent, only its straight 
anterior portion being developed. Dorsal spines one-third length of 
head. Head 4 ; depth 5. D. XXYI, 17 ; A. 30. Coast of California, 
north to Monterey. 
(Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 1858, 114; Giinther, ii, 259.) 
40y.— CI.I!^US Cuvier. 
(Cuvier, R^gne Anim. ii, 1817; type Cliniis acuminatus C. & V.) 
■ Body more or less elongate and compressed, covered with small 
or minute scales, which are usually cycloid; lateral line complete, 
abruptly decurved behind the pectoral; head obtuse or somewhat 
pointed; stout, unequal, conical teeth on jaws and vomer, and some- 
times on palatines; the teeth mostly in single series, except in front; 
