12. CLIN0S. 265 



G. Clinus geniguttatus. 

 <JIiiuis_genio:uttatus, Cuo. ^ Val. xi. p. 38G; Gay, Hid. Chile, Z'joh ii. 



Calliclimis geuiguttatus, Gill, I. c. p. 103. 



D.f^ A.l. Vert.!i±^ 

 The height of the body is contained four times and two-thirds in 

 the total length, the length of the head four times. The snout is of 

 moderate extent, rounded, with the lower jaw somewhat projectino- 

 beyond the upper. The vomerine and palatine teeth form rather 

 narrow bands. A short broad fringed tentacle on each side of the 

 neck, above the orbit, and at the nostril ; sometimes another sin-le 

 one m Iront of the dorsal fin. Scales smaU. The dorsal fin is con- 

 tinuous, and does not extend on to- the caudal; the soft portion is 

 considerably higher than the spinous. Spines of moderate strength. 

 Erowuish (m spirits) ; back ^^'iih five blackish cross-bands, extend- 

 ing on the dorsal fin ; cheeks, pectoral, and the lower part of the 

 bla kish**^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^''^' ^°™^^™^® uniform broM-nish, fins 

 Coast of Chile. 



";' \'a f}'^\Xf'^^'^^r "^a^Pai-^iso- ^rom Mr. Bridges' Collection, 

 rf. Adult: skeleton. Valparaiso. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



The bones of the slceleton are somewhat less soKd than in CI nu- 

 chipmms : the crown of the head is convex, nigose, without a crest ; 

 the luterorbital space is veiy narrow, its width being about one-fifth 

 of that of the orbit. The length "of the abdominal portion of the 

 vertebral column is to that of the caudal as 1 : 1-84. 



7. Clinus variolosus. 

 Clinus variolosiis Cm: ^- Val. xi. p. 381. pi. 332 ; Cm: Biqne Anim. 



HI. Poiss. pi. /8. fig. 1 ; Gmj, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p 273 

 Auchenioncluis variolosus, Gill, I. c. p. 103. 



D.Hi. A. A V.3.' 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 ol the head one-fourth. Vertex very convex ; Kps thick and fleshv 

 A broad band of villiform teeth in the upper jaw, and a nan-ow one 

 in tlie lower; the teeth of the outer series are enlarged ; the vomer 

 and each of the palatine bones are armed with a broad disk of teeth 

 A short frmged tentacle posteriorly above the orbit ; that on the neck 

 veiy short, like a papilla. Scales smaU. The dorsal fin is continuous, 

 and does not extend on to the caudal ; the soft portion is higher than 

 the spmous. YeUowish, dotted with brownish-black, the dots being 

 accumulated at the base of the dorsal and forming four laro-e spots • 

 the mside of the mouth and the tongue with black dots ; anal with 

 large spots. 



Valparaiso. 



This species, Uke C. rjemrjuttatiis, attains to the size of ten inches • 

 it is called ' Trambayo.' 



