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on fins as above. Another has neither yellow nor pink on body, but has 
a large livid purple spot on opercle and another at base of pectorals, 
and has belly and brancheostegals tinged with purple. The ocellated 
spot on all specimens begins behind the twentieth ray of soft dorsal. 
Ten specimens have dorsal rays as follows: 
III-28 (one specimen). 
I11-29 (four specimens). 
III-30 (two specimens). 
IV-28 (one specimen). 
None has 27 soft rays as stated in Jordan and Evermann. 
Four specimens dissected, show almost no variation in the form 
and location of the visceral organs. All are essentially as shown in 
24 25 
Figures 24 and 25. Hypsoblennius gilberti 
Fig. 24, Ventral view of viscera, entire. Fig. 25, Alimentary canal removed. 
A, Liver. B, Spleen. C, Gall bladder. D, Oviduct. Numbers refer to correspond- 
ing regions of alimentary canal. 
