266 BLENNIIDiK. 



8. Clinus guttulatus. 

 Cuv. 4" Val. xi. p. 387 J Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p. 278. lam. 5 bis, fig. 4, 



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

 total length, the length of the head four times. Snout somewhat 

 produced. A small fringed tentacle above the orbit ; those at the 

 nostril and on the neck very small, scarcely perceptible. The dorsal 

 fin is continuous. Uniform brown (in spirits) ; back, vertical fins 

 and pectorals dotted with red (during life). 



Valparaiso. 



9. Clinus microcirrhis. 

 Cuv. 8f Val, xi. p. 384 ; Oay, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p. 275. 

 D.g. A.|. Y.3. 



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

 of the head one-fourth. The upper surface of the head covered with 

 warts. Narrow bands of teeth on the vomer and the palatine bones. 

 The dorsal fiji is continuous and enveloped in moveable skin. Ten- 

 tacles above the orbit none ; those at the nostril and on the neck 

 minute. Brownish, marbled with darker. 



Valparaiso. 



10. Clinus crinitus. 



Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 90. pi. 18. fig. 1 ; Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. 

 ii. p. 280. 



B. 6. D. ?5. A. ^. V. 3. 



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

 of the head one-fourth. A triangular patch of teeth on the vomer, 

 and a smaller one on each palatine bone. Eight short bristles above 

 the orbit ; a short fi-inged tentacle on -each side of the neck, another 

 at the nostril. Dorsal fin continuous, with the soft portion rather 

 higher than the spinous. Blackish-brown, indistinctly spotted with 

 black. (Jen.) 



Coquimbo (Chile). 



11. Clinus macrocephalus. 

 D. H?. A. ^. C. 13. P. 13. V. 1/3. 



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Tlie height of the body is contained seven times and a haK in the 

 total length, the length of the head .five times. The head is de- 

 pressed, rather short, nearly as broad as long ; crown of th.j head 

 broad and flat ; interorbital space concave, narroM^cr than the orbit. 

 Snout very short, obtuse, rounded ; the maxillaiy does not extend to 

 behind the posterior margin of the orbit ; lips thick. The teeth in 

 the jaws form a band "with an outer series of stronger ones ; vomer- 

 ine teeth in a narrow band ; palatine teeth none. No orbital ten- 

 tacles ; those at the nostril and on the neck very small. Gill-openings 



