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  PROCEEDiyGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XATIOWAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  ish 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  anterior 
  edge. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  contained 
  4.5 
  times 
  

   in 
  the 
  length 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  caudal. 
  Dorsal 
  44; 
  anal 
  33; 
  pectoral 
  17. 
  

  

  Family 
  BLENNIID^. 
  

  

  NEOCLINUS 
  BLANCHARDI 
  Girard. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  of 
  tliis 
  species, 
  measuring 
  about 
  44 
  millimeters, 
  have 
  12 
  

   or 
  13 
  conspicuous 
  crossbands 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  11 
  spots 
  just 
  

   below 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  coinciding 
  in 
  position 
  

   with 
  the 
  bands. 
  The 
  anterior 
  ocular 
  cirrus 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  ones. 
  The 
  maxillary 
  reaches 
  beyond 
  the 
  eye 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  

   quite 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  half 
  the 
  head. 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  pools 
  near 
  

   Pacific 
  Grove. 
  

  

  NEOCLINUS 
  SATIRICUS 
  Girard. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  100 
  millimeters 
  in 
  length, 
  from 
  a 
  pool 
  near 
  Pacific 
  Grove, 
  

   has 
  the 
  maxillary 
  very 
  short, 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   opercle. 
  The 
  filaments 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  are 
  short. 
  An 
  ocellus 
  is 
  present 
  

   between 
  the 
  sixth 
  and 
  ninth 
  spines. 
  

  

  Family 
  OPHIDIID^. 
  

  

  CmiARA 
  TAYLORI 
  Girard. 
  

  

  In 
  young 
  individuals 
  the 
  body, 
  excepting 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  minute 
  brown 
  specks, 
  the 
  spots 
  characteristic 
  of 
  larger 
  examples 
  

   being 
  absent. 
  Taken 
  at 
  depths 
  of 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  fathoms 
  near 
  Pacific 
  

   Grove. 
  

  

  