2C>4: DLENNIID-K 



3. Clinus herminieri. 



Bleimius herminieii, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Fhilad. iv. 1825, 



p. 361. 

 Clinus lierminieri, Cuv. ^ Val. xi. p. 380. 

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



D. }f. A. 20. V. 3. 



Palatine and vomerine teeth. Superciliary tentacle formed by fine 

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

 spot anteriorly. (ie«.) 



St. Bartholomew's Island (West Indies). 



4. Clinus delalandii. 



Clinus delalandii, Ctw. 4* Val. xi. p. 378. 



Malacoetenus delalandii, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Fhilad. 1860, p. 103. 



I^-iS-r A.-. V.3. 



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

 total length, the length of the head foxir 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 ; spices rather stout. Scales 

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

 with dark vertical bands, extending on the dorsal fin. 



Coasts of Braiiil and Nicaragua. Pacific coast of Central America. 



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



Esq. 

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



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



5. Clinus brachycephalus. 



Clinus brachycephalus, Cuv. i^ Val. xi. p. 371. 

 Blennioclinus brachycephalus, Grill, 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 viUiform. 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 

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

 dots ; eight or ten bluish spots along the annl fin. {Vol.) 



Cape of Good Hope. 



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

 but it is not to be found in our specimens. 



