ADDENDA 1 14. BLENNIID.E BLENNIUS. 
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to caudal; pectoral as long as head. Head 34; depth 3|. D. XII, 
1-4; A. 18. South Carolina to Texas. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 3C0.) 
Page 750. After Blennius fucorum add: 
I lf59 (h). B. steariisi J. & G. 
Light greenish olive, with irregnlar dark bars extending on the fins; 
skin finely punctate; spinons dorsal and anal dusky. Body compara- 
tively elongate, compressed; snont short and blnnt; the profile mod- 
erately decnrved ; month large, oblicpie, the jaws equal, the maxillary 
reaching slightly beyond middle of orbit, 2J- in head; teeth both 
Jaws with strong curved canines posteriorly; eye moderate, equal to 
snout, 4|- in head; supraorbital tentacle forked near the base, as long as 
snout and orbit; no nuchal filament; gill-membranes nearly free from 
isthmus, forming a broad fold across it. Dorsal high, continuous, its 
spines subequal, very slender, the highest half head ; caudal distinct, 1^ 
in head ; ventrals not quite reaching vent. Head 34; depth 4§. D. XI, 
18; A. II, 21. Pensacola, Florida. 
(Jonlau &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 300.) 
1159 (c). B. favoSMS Goode &, Bean. 
Brownish, finely reticulated ; a series of bluish blotches on sides ; 
front and sides of head and base of pectoral with a very distinct honey- 
comb-like net- work of blue lines around hexagonal interspaces; top of 
head with small oblong blue spots ; a black ocellated spot between 
first and second spines of dorsal ; anal with oblique blue streaks. Body 
elongate, compressed; anterior profile moderately decnrved. Mouth 
large, the maxillary reaching i)OSterior border of orbit; each jaw with 
curved posterior canines. Supraocular cirrus very long and slender, 
trifid to the base, the main branch nearly as long as head; no nuchal 
cirrus. Gill-membranes forming a rather narrow fold across isthmus. 
Dorsal low, continuous, the spines very slender and flexible ; the last 
soft ray slightly joined to caudal. Head 3§; dei>th 4|. D. XII, 18; A. 
li, 20. Garden Key, Florida. 
(Goodo & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 416.) 
1159 (d). B. astorias Goode & Beau. 
Olivaceous, with about 6 dark cross bars, which extend on the dorsal 
fin; anal and posterior half of body with numerous round, whitish, 
stellate spots, probably blue in life ; bluish streaks from eye across the 
cheeks; fins vaguely marked. Body moderately elongate, compressed, 
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