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S. NEOCLTNTIS. 259 



50. Salarias unicolor. 

 RiippeU, N. W. Fische, p. 13(;. 



D. 12 I 17. A. 18-19. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the 

 total length. The forehead does not project beyond the month. A 

 crest on the head ; a long fringed tentacle above tlie orbit, another 

 short one at the nostril. Canine teeth none. The dorsal fin is deeply 

 notched, not continuous with the caudal, and the anterior portion is 

 lower than the posterior. Uniform brown. 



Massaua (Red Sea). 



7. BLENNOPHIS. 



Blennophis, Valenc. in Webb ^- Berthel. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 60. 

 Ophioblennius, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, p. 103. 



The body is moderately elongate, naked ; snout of moderate ex- 

 tent ; each jaw with four liook-like teeth near the sympliysis. One 

 dorsal, emarginate ; vcntrals jugular, formed by two rays, Pseudo- 

 branchia) present, 



Canaiy Islands, 



1. Blennophis webbii. 



Vnlenc. ). c. p. 01. pi. 20. fly-. 3. 



D.l^' A. 20-22. 



20-21 



Caudal emarginate. 

 Canary Islands. 



a. Adult. 



8. NE0CLINU3. 



Neoclinus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. E. R. Krped. Fi.9hes, p. 114, and Proc 

 Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 18o9, p. 56. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with small scales ; cleft of the 

 mouth wide, the maxillary bone being very much developed, extend- 

 ing beyond the giU-opening, as in Opisthognathus . Jaws with a band 

 of small teeth ; teeth on the vomer and the palatine bones. Dorsal 

 fin long, continuous, formed by spines and simple rays ; ventrals 

 jugular, composed of a small spine, hidden in the skin, and of three 

 rays. Gill-opening wide ; air-bladder none. 



Coast of California. 



1. Neoclinus blanchardi, 



Girard, U. S. Pacif. P. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 114. 

 B, 6. D. 41. A. 31. V. 1/3. 



The maxillary extends to the vertical from the origin of the dorsal 

 fin. Two filiform tentacles on the upper posterior region of the 

 orbit ; a fringed tentacle at the nostril. Reddish-brown, with' dark 

 cross-bands ; an ocellated spot between the fii-st and second dorsal 

 rays, another between the seventh and eighth. (Gir.) 



San Diego, California. 



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