ADDENDA 114. BLENNIID^ BLENNIUS. 961 



to caudal; pectoral as long as bead. Uead 3|; depth 34. D. XII, 

 14; A. 18. South Carolina to Texas. 

 (Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 300.) 



Page 759. After Blcnniiis fucorum add: 

 1139 {h). IS. stearnsi J. & G. 



Light greenish olive, with iiregalar dark bars extending on the fins; 

 skin lin(dy punctate; spinous dorsal and anal dusk^'. Body compara- 

 tively elongate, compressed; snout short and blunt; the profile mod- 

 erately decurved ; mouth large, oblique, the jaws equal, the maxillary 

 reaching slightly beyond middle of orbit, 2^ iu head; teeth f^^; both 

 Jaws with strong curved canines posteriorly; eye moderate, equal to 

 snout, 4^ in head ; supraorbital tentacle forked near the base, as long as 

 snout and orbit; no nuchal filament; gill-membranes nearly free from 

 isthmus, forming a broad fold across it. Dorsal high, continuous, its 

 spines subequal, very slender, the highest half head ; caudal distinct, 1^ 

 in head; ventrals not quite reachiug vent. Head 34; depth 4§. D. XI, 

 18;A. II, 21. Pensacola, Florida. 



(Jonlau &. Gilbert, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 300.) 



1159 (<^). B. favosMS Goode & Beau. 



Brownish, finely reticulated; a series of bluish blotches on sides; 

 front and sides of head and base of pectoral with a very distinct honey- 

 comb-like net- work of blue lines around hexagonal interspaces ; toj) of 

 head with small oblong blue spots ; a black ocellated spot between 

 first and second spines of dorsal ; anal with oblique blue streaks. Body 

 elongate, compressed; anterior profile moderately decurved. Mouth 

 large, the maxillary reaching i)OSterior border of orl)it; each jaw with 

 curved posterior canines. Supraocular cirrus very long and slender, 

 trifid to the base, the main branch nearly as long as head ; no nuchal 

 cirrus. Gill-membranes forming a rather narrow fold across isthmus. 

 Dorsal low, continuous, the spines \e,vj slender and tlexible; the last 

 soft ray slightly joined to caudal. Head 3§; depth 4i^. D. XII, 18; A. 

 II, 20. Garden Key, Florida. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 41G.) 



1159 {d). B. asterias Goodc & Bean. 



Olivaceous, with about dark cross bars, wdiich extend on the dorsal 



fin; anal and posterior half of body with numerous round, whitish, 



stellate spots, probably blue iu life; bluish streaks from eye across the 



cheeks; fins vaguely marked. Body moderately elongate, compressed, 



Bull. Kat. Mus. No. IG 61 



