12. CLiNus. 271 



and does not reach to the vent. The anal papilla is distinct. The 

 scales are exceedingly small, imbedded in the skin, and hardly visible ; 

 the lateral line makes a strong curve downwards behind the pectoral, 

 and then runs straight along the middle of the side. The colour is 

 now uniform yellowish. 



lines. 



Total length 36 



Height of the body 7 



Length of the head 8^ 



Diameter of the eye 2| 



Length of the last dorsal spine 4 



20. Clinus dorsalis. 

 Sleeker, Cape of Good Hope, p. 24. 



B. 6. D. i5. A. I-, V. 3. 



1 £j 



The height of .the body is contained seven times in the total length, 

 the length of the head five times and two-fifths. Snout nearly as long- 

 as the orbit. A short simple tentacle above the orbit and a small 

 one at the nostril. Scales rudimentary. Dorsal fin without anterior 

 division ; its last ray is scarcely connected with the base of the caudal 

 fin. Uniform yeUow. {Bl.) 



Cape of Good Hope. 



21. Clinus auguillaris. 

 Cuv. fy Val. xi. p. 390. pi. 334. 



B. 6. D.f. A.|. V. 1/3. Vert. 19/39. 



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

 length of thb head one-sixth. The snout is of moderate extent. A 

 short fringed tentacle above the orbit and a very small one at th,e 

 nostril. Scales exceedingly small. The dorsal fin is continuous -with 

 the caudal, without separate division, but the four anterior spines are 

 somewhat remote from each other. Brownish, marbled with darker. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Adult : stufied. 



22. Clinus despiciUatns. 



? Clinus perspiciUatus, Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 372. 



Clinus despicillatus, Richards. Zool. Journ. 1839, p. 90, and Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. iii. p. 128. tab. 6. fig. 2. 



D.3|f. A.|. V.1/3. 



The height of the body is contained five times and two-thirds 

 in the total length, the length of the head four times and a half. 

 The snout is rather short, subcorneal, with the jaws equal. Palatine 

 teeth none ; those of the vomer form an angular band, narrowest in 

 the middle. The interorbital space is convex, and its width is equal 

 to the vertical diameter of the eye ; a small branched tentacle above 

 the orbit. Scales exceedingly small. The three anterior dorsal spines 



