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475.— RUPISCARTES Swainson.' 



1454. Rupiscartes chiostictus- Jimlan & Gilbert. P. 



1455. Rupiscartes atlanticus ' Cuv. & Val. P. W. 



476.— EMBLEMARIA^ Jordan & Gilbert. 



1456. Emblemaria nivipes Jordan &. Gilbert. W. P. 



477.— NEOCLINUS Girard. (406) 



1457. Neoclinus satiricus Girard. C. (406) 



1458. Neocliuus blauchardi Girard. C. (1162) 



478.— LABROSOMUS Swainson. 



1459. Labrosomus nuchipinnis Quoy «fe Gaimard. W. (1163) 

 1459b. LabrosoniMn nuchipiiinia xanti^ Gill. P. 



1460. Labrosomus zonifers Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



^ RUPISCARTES Swainson. 



(Swainson, Class'u Anim., 1839, II, 275; type Salarias altmia C. & V.) 



As here nnderstood, this genns differs from BUnnius, in having the teeth in the 

 jaws slender and movable. From the genus Salarias Cnv. (type .9. quadripinim Cuv.), 

 which has the same dentition, and to which genns its species have been usnally re- 

 ferred, it dift'ers m the presence of posterior canines. Species numerous, in tide pools 

 of the tropics. (Latin, rupis, rock; dxdpry?, a leaper ; " it is said to jump on the 

 sea-rocks like a lizard " ; Siuainson.) 



•Salarias chiostictns Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 363. Mazatlau. 



^Salarias atlanticus Cnv. & Val., XI, 321; Giinther, III, 242. Tropical America, ou 

 both coasts, north to Cape San Lucas. 



■' Emblemaria Jordan & Gilbert. 



(Jordan «fc Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882,627; type Emblemaria nivipes Jot- 

 dan & Gilbert.) 



Body moderately elongate, not compressed, naked. Ventrals jugular, I, 2. Dor- 

 sal fin continuous, beginning at the nape, not confluent with the caudal. Spines 

 and soft rays similar, both much elevated. Head cuboid, formed nnich as in Oj)is- 

 thognalhus. Lower jaw very acvite at symi)hysis. A single series of strong, blunt, 

 conical teeth ou each jaw and on vomer and palatines. Teeth of vomer and palatines 

 larger, forming a uniform curve. No cirri. Gill openings very wide, the membranes 

 broadly united below, free from the isthmus. One species known. {Emilema, a 

 banner (emblem); from the elevated tins. ) 



Emblemaria nivipes Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 627. 



Originally described from the Pearl Islands (Panama). A specimen which we can- 

 not distinguish from this species was obtained at Pensacola by Mr. Silas Stearns. See 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. 



''Labrosomus xanii Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 107 ; Clinus xanti Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 368. Gulf of California, southward. The genus 

 Labrosomus, as here understood, differs from Clinus chiefly in the absence of the up- 

 turned spine-like process on the inner edge of (he shoulder girdle, characteristic 

 of the latter genus and Heterostichus. This process is found on Clinus acuminatus, the 

 type of the genus Clinus. 



^Clinus zonifer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1881, 361. Mazatlan. 



