2G4 BLENNIID-B. 



3. Clinus herminieri. 



Blemiius Iicrminieri, Lesueur, Juuni. Acad. Nut. Sc. Philad. iv. 1825, 



p. 361. 

 Clinus hemiinieri, Cm: i^- Val. xi. p. 380. 

 Labrosomus herminieri, Gill, I. c. p. 108. 



D.i|. A. 20. V. 3. 



Pulatiue and vomerine teeth. Supcrciliaiy tentacle formed by fine 

 filaments ; others on the neck ; dorsal fin with an elongate black 

 spot anteriorly. (Les.) 



St. Bartholomew's Island (West Indies). 



4. Clinus delalandiL 



Clinus delalandii, Cur. ^ Val. xi. p. 378. 



Malaeoctenas delalandii. Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, p. 103. 



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

 total length, the length of the head four times ; the snout is some- 

 what produced. Teeth in the jaws* and on the vomer in a single 

 series ; palatine teeth none. A slender forked tentacle above the 

 orbit ; on each side of the neck a series of very fine tentacles. The 

 dorsal fin is concave after the third and after the nineteenth spine, 

 and is not continuous with the caudal ; sjiines rather stout. Scales 

 rather small. Greyish, marbled and dotted with black ; sometimes 

 with dark vertical bands, extending on the dorsal fin. 



Coasts of Brazil and Nicaragua. Pacific coast of Central America, 



a-c. Fine specimens. Island of Cordova. Presented by Gr. U. Skinner, 



Esq. 

 d. Adult. Pacific coast of Central America. Collected by Captain 



Dow ; presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater, Seer. Zool. Soc. 



5. Clinus brachycephalus. 



Clinus brachycephalus, Cni\ ^- Val. xi. p. 371. 

 Blenniocliuus brachycephalus, Gill, I. c. p. 103. 



D.??. A. A V.1/2. 



The length of the head is contained five times and a half in the 

 total. Snout short, convex ; aspect blennioid. Orbital tentacle none. 

 Teeth villiform. The dorsal fin has no separate anterior division, 

 and is low, the soft part being higher than the spinous. Greyish- 

 brown, with two series of alternate broad cross-bands which are 

 composed of white dots ; there are seven or eight in each series, the 

 iipper ones extending on the dorsal ; sides of the head with white 

 dots ; eight or ten bluish spots along the anal fin. {Val.') 



Cape of Good Hope. 



* Valenciennes mentions a band of villiform teeth behind the anterior series ; 

 but it is not to be found in own specimens. 



