11. HETEROSTICHUS. 261 



slTiSt'lll!" *''*^^' .-^r^^ ^^ continuous, with the three anterior 

 spmes rather remote from the others, which they equal in length. 



bod nir T^- ?'T^«h-green, with some whitish spots on the 

 body and on the vertical fins. 

 Coast of Chile. 



2. Myxodes cristatus. 

 Cuv. 4'- Val. xi. p. 401 ; Gat/, I. c. p. 286. 



D-f- A.|. V.3. 



...nTIiV^"?^ anterior dorsal spines longer than the others. Greyish, 

 spotted with back ; dorsal fin with eight blackish spots. ( Val.) 

 Coast of Chile. i \ -j 



11. HETEROSTICHUS. 



Heterostichus, Girarc^ Prcc.Acad. Nat. Sc. PMlad. 1854, p. 143, and 

 U. 6. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 36*. 



Body somewhat elongate, covered with small scales, compressed : 

 snout rather produced, with the lower jaw longest. Canine teeth 

 in the jaws, viUiform teeth on the vomer and the palatines. Dorsal 

 fan long continuous, the spines being much more numerous than the 



SI JcWegff^"' ^^"^"^' ^^ ^ '''''' ^P-*^ -d t^- -y- 

 Coast of California. 



1. Heterostichus rostratus. 



Girard, I. c. pi. 13. 



^* 

 bnout very much depressed and concave ; the fii-st five dorsal spines 

 are separated by a notch from the rest of the fin 

 San Diego. 



12. CLINUSt. 



Clinus, sp._. Cur. Regne Anim. : Cuv. S,- Val. xi. p. 352 

 Cm-hibarbis, Cuv. ^- Val. xi. p. 406. 



Labrosomus Gobioelinus, Elennioclinus, Auchenionchus, Malaco- 

 SS f8^J^f^;"^5|tOphthalmolophus, Gill, Proc. Acad, ivfi S. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with small scales ; snout rather 

 th^^V "* narrow band or sometimes a single series of small teeth in 

 the jaws and on the palate. Dorsal fin long, formed by many spines 



t 1. C:hmis peruvianus, Cuv. ^- Val. xi. p. 383.— Peru 



~r4r V 1^""- •'^' ^"^- ^- P- ^^- P'- 333 ; G«y, ^V. a.7., Zool. ii. 

 p. Jyy. — Valparaiso. „ 



