S. NEOCLTNUS. 259 



50. Salarias unicolor. 

 RiippeU, N. W. Ftsche, p. 136. 



D. 12 1 17. A. 18-19. 



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

 total length. The forehead does not project beyond the mouth. A 

 crest on the head ; a long fringed teritacle above the orbit, another 

 short one at the nostril. Canine teeth none. The dorsal fin is dee])ly 

 notched, not cotitinuous with the caudal, and the anterior portion is 

 lower than the posterior. Uniform brown. 



Massaua (Red Sea). 



7. BLENNOPHIS, 



Blennophis, Valenc. in Webb ^ Berthel. lies Canar, Poiss, p. GO. 

 Ophioblennius, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pkilad. 1860, p. 103. 



The body is moderately elongate, naked ; snout of modei'ate ex- 

 tent ; each jaw with four hook-like teeth near the S3niii)hysis. One 

 dorsal, emarginate ; ventrals jugular, formed by two rays. Pseudo- 

 branchiae present. 



Canaiy Islands. 



1. Blennophis webbii. 

 Valeric. I. c. p. 61. pi. 20. fig. 3. 



D-iSl- A- 20-22. 

 Caudal emarginate. 

 Canary Islands. 



o. Adult. 



8. NEOCLINUS. 



Neoclinus, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 114. audiV-or. 

 Acad. Nat. Sc. Pkilad. 1859, p. 56. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with small scales ; cleft of tlic 

 mouth wide, the maxillary bone being vei-y much developed, extend- 

 ing beyond the giU-opening, as in Opistho(jnathu.<i . Jaws with a band 

 of small teeth ; teeth on the vomer and the palatine bones. Dorsal 

 fin long, continuous, formed by spines and simple rays: ventrals 

 jugular, composed of a small spine, hidden in the skin, and of three 

 rays. GiU-opening wide ; air-bladder none. 



Coast of California. 



1. Neoclinus blanchardi. 

 Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 114. 

 B. 6. D. 41. A. 31. V. 1/3. 



The maxillary extends to the vertical from the origin of the dorsal 

 fin. Two filiform tentacles on the upper posterior region of the 

 orbit ; a fringed tentacle at the nostril. Reddish-brown, with dark 

 cross-bands ; an ocellated spot between the first and second dorsal 

 rays, another between the seventh and eighth. (GIr.) 



San Diego, California. 



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