FISH PATINA. 63 



SALA.EIAS QUADRICORNIS, CuV. Sf Val. 



Three specimens ; largest five inches ; in rock-pools and under stones 

 between tide-marks, 



CEISTICEPS, Gicv. ^ Val* 



CeISTICEPS ArRANTIACUS, Oast. 



A single example, about four inches in length, was presented to the 

 Museum by Mr. Langley. 



Cristiceps eoseus, Gnth. 



Mr. Saunders brought back a small Cristiceps in bad condition, which 

 agrees better with the above species than with others with which I have had 

 an opportunity o£ comparing it. 



TEIPTEEYGIUM, Bisso. 



Tripteetgitim: ateogulaee, Gntli. 



Mr. Saunders brought back numerous examples of this pretty little 

 Blenny ; they vary greatly in the amount of black on the head and breast, 

 several specimens being absolutely without any indication of this color. 



ACANTHOCLINIDJE. 



ACANTHOCLINUS, Jcmjns. 



ACAXTHOCLINUS LITTOREUS, Forst., sp. 

 Plate III, f. 3. 

 This species was found by Mr. Saunders to be very common under stones 

 and in j)ools between tide-marks ; like the preceding it is variable in its 

 coloration, one specimen especially being distinctly banded. I give a figure 

 of this indi\ddual for whom, should it prove distinct, A. fasciolatus would be 

 a most ap)propriate name. 



MUGILIDiE. 



MTXUS, Gilnther. 



Mtxus elongatus, Gnfh. 



These Mullet are abundant at all seasons, and form a staple article of 

 food among the islanders, either fresh, salted, or dried. 



GOBIESOCIDiE. 

 DIPLOCEEPIS, Guntlier. 



DiPLOCREPIS COSTATUS, Offllly* 



There are two very small specimens among the fishes brought by our 

 collectors, both, as usual, taken while adhering to the lower side of a stone 

 between tide-marks. 



* Count Castelnau has described so many (seven) species of Cristiceps without 

 sufficiently diagnosing them, that I am unwilling to add to the confusion caused thereby 

 by describing these two species as new. The specimen which I have called C. aurantiacus 

 differs from all other examples which I have seen by the great length and tenuity of the 

 caudal pedicle, which is two-thirteenths of the total length witliout the caudal fin, and 

 whose height is but a sixth of its length. Its color is pale yellowish-brown, the fins of a 

 rather darker shade. Should it prove to be a good species, C. i^edlcillatus would be an 

 excellent name for it. 



t Described in the Proe. Linn. See. N. S, Wales, x, 1S85, p. 270. 



