l82 GILBERT 



Highest dorsal ray 15 



1st anal spine (including soft tip) 10^2 



2nd anal spine o6}4 



Highest anal ray 12,^2 



Caudal 25 



82. Blennius cristatus Linnaeus. 



Numerous specimens from the stone reef at the mouth of the Rio 

 Goyanna, at Maiiianguape, and at Pernambuco. 



The following notes are principally corrections of statements in the 

 description by Jordan and Everman.^ 



Depth of preorbital slightly more than | diameter of orbit. The 

 interorbital space is slightly grooved, f the diameter of the eye. The 

 posterior canine in the lower jaw is much longer than the front teeth, 

 but is declined. The supraocular flap is divided from the base 

 into 4 or 5 filaments. The filaments on the nape are mostly in a 

 linear series surmounting the dermal crest, but occasionally some 

 are scattered at the sides of the crest ; the number varies greatly, 

 from 10 to 30 in our specimens. The dorsal formula is XII, 14 or 

 15. The anal, II, 16. No white spots are visible in this material, 

 possibly because of its preservation in formaldehyde. 



83. Rupiscartes atlanticus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Coral reef near Maceio. The three specimens in the collection 

 have a narrow light margin to the dorsal. In one specimen the light 

 area of the pectoral is decidedly yellow. 



84. Salariichthys textilis (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Mouth of Rio Goyanna ; stone reef at Mamanguape and at Per- 

 nambuco. 



85. Syacium micrurum Ranzani. 



Two adult males, 330 and 335 mm. long, and a young specimen, 

 130 mm. long, from Maceio. 



D. 88, 88, 89; A. 69, 70, 72. 



The adults have the interorbital space very wide, shallowly con- 

 cave, the front of the upper eye in a vertical falling slightly behind 

 the middle of the lower eye. Interorbital width ^ greater than the 

 horizontal diameter of the lower eye; it equals the length of the 

 snout and is contained 4^ times in the length of the head. The gill- 

 rakers are short and broad, scarcely -^ the diameter of the pupil, 3 + 7 

 in number. (I find the same number in a specimen from Jamaica.) 



The two upper pectoral rays are elongate, equally so in one male, 



' Fishes of North and Middle America, pp. 2382-2383. 



