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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [120] 
  

  

  475.— 
  RUPISCARTES 
  Swainson. 
  1 
  

  

  1454. 
  Rupiscartes 
  chiostictus 
  4 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  1455. 
  Rupiscartes 
  atlanticua 
  3 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  P. 
  W. 
  

  

  476.— 
  EMBLEMARIA 
  4 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  

  

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

  

  477.— 
  NEOCLINTJS 
  Girard. 
  (406) 
  

  

  1457. 
  Neoclinus 
  satiricus 
  Girard. 
  C. 
  (406) 
  

  

  1458. 
  Neoclinus 
  blanchardi 
  Girard. 
  C. 
  (1162) 
  

  

  478.— 
  LABROSOMUS 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  1459. 
  Labrosomus 
  uuchipinnis 
  Quoy 
  & 
  Gaimard. 
  W. 
  (1163) 
  

   1459b. 
  Labrosomus 
  uuchipinnis 
  xanti 
  5 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  1460. 
  Labrosomus 
  zonifer 
  6 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  1 
  Rupiscartes 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  (Swainson, 
  Class'n 
  Anim., 
  1839, 
  II, 
  275; 
  type 
  Salariae 
  alticus 
  C. 
  & 
  V.) 
  

  

  As 
  here 
  understood, 
  tbis 
  genus 
  differs 
  from 
  Blennius, 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  teeth 
  in 
  the 
  

   jaws 
  slender 
  and 
  movable. 
  From 
  the 
  genus 
  Salarias 
  Cnv. 
  (type 
  S. 
  quadripirmis 
  Cuv.), 
  

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

   ferred, 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  posterior 
  canines. 
  Species 
  numerous, 
  in 
  tide 
  pools 
  

   of 
  the 
  tropica. 
  (Latin, 
  rupis, 
  rock 
  ; 
  dxapryS, 
  a 
  leaper 
  ; 
  " 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  jump 
  on 
  the 
  

   sea-rocks 
  like 
  a 
  lizard 
  "; 
  Swainson.) 
  

  

  3 
  Salarias 
  chiostictus 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1381, 
  363. 
  Mazatlan. 
  

  

  3 
  Salarias 
  atlanticus 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  XI, 
  321 
  ; 
  Giinther, 
  III, 
  242. 
  Tropical 
  America, 
  on 
  

   both 
  coasts, 
  north 
  to 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas. 
  

  

  4 
  Emblemaria 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  

  

  (Jordan 
  &. 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1882,627; 
  type 
  Emblemaria 
  nivipes 
  Jor- 
  

   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 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Opis- 
  

   thognathus. 
  Lower 
  jaw 
  very 
  acute 
  at 
  symphysis. 
  A 
  single 
  series 
  of 
  strong, 
  blunt, 
  

   conical 
  teeth 
  on 
  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. 
  (Emblema, 
  a 
  

   banner 
  (emblem); 
  from 
  the 
  elevated 
  fins.) 
  

  

  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. 
  

  

  b 
  Labro8omu8 
  xanti 
  Gill. 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  I860, 
  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 
  pi'ocess 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  shoulder 
  girdle, 
  characteristic 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  genus 
  and 
  Reterostichus. 
  This 
  process 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  Clinus 
  acuminatum, 
  the 
  

   type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Clinus. 
  

  

  6 
  Clinus 
  zonifer 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1881, 
  361. 
  Mazatlan. 
  

  

  