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us. Perhaps not a member of this genus; the large scales, entire spinous 

 dorsal, and short soft dorsal, indicating affinities with Starksia, which has, 

 however, a different dentition. It may prove to he the type of a distinct 

 genus, (ocellatus, with eye-like spots.) 



Clinus ocellatus, STEINDACHNEK, Ichth. Beitr., v, 182, 1876, Bahama Islands. 



2694. MALACOCTENUS VARIUS (Poey). 



Head 3f in total length ; depth 4. D. XX, 12 ; A. 18 ; C. 14 ; pectoral If 

 in head ; eye 3f in head, equal to snout. Mouth small ; maxillary reaching 

 opposite front of eye; profile prolonged; nostrils small, not tubular. 

 Teeth firm, in 1 row, the points sharp and incurved; no teeth on vomer; 

 a tentacle over eye, none at the nape; head naked; body scaly; lat- 

 eral line short; dorsal beginning over middle of opercle, the spinous 

 part forming a sinuous curve; the spines firm; the first higher than the 4 

 which follow; the last low; the next to the last lower than the last; soft 

 dorsal higher than the spines; ventral rays apparently 2, the last one 

 deeply divided. Color clear yellowish; the body spotted with black; an 

 isolated spot at the end of the dorsal fin ; vertical fins with all the rays 

 dotted with black ; pectoral pale, without specks. Length 52 mm. Cuba. 

 (Poey.) Not seen by us. (varius, variegated.) 



Myxodes varius, POEY, Enumeratio, 132, pi. 5, f. 2, 1875, Havana. (Coll. Rafael Arango.) 



2695. MALACOCTENUS MACROPUS (Poey). 



Head 4 in total length with caudal: depth 5. D. XXI, 11; A. I, 20; 

 P. 17; eye i longer than snout, 3 in head. Maxillary reaching front 

 of eye. Teeth in 1 series, acute, not close-set; none on the vomer or 

 palatines; no cilia over the eye nor on the nape; lateral line almost com- 

 plete ; ventrals as long as the depth of the trunk ; first dorsal spine long- 

 est, the others forming a weak curve. Color uniform metallic coppery 

 brown. Cuba (Poey); one specimen 35 mm. long. The type of this 

 species examined by us in the Mus. Comp. Zool. It has scales 35 ; no hook 

 on the shoulder girdle, and apparently no teeth on voiner or palatines. 

 (juaxpos, long; rtov$, foot.) 

 Myxodes macropus, POEY, Synopsis, ra, 99, 1868, Havana. (Coll. Poey.) 



2696. MALACOCTENUS LUGUBRIS (Poey). 



D. XVIII, 9; A. 20. Tentacle over eye; a filiform appendage on the 

 side of the neck. Ventral very long, extending much beyond the vent. 

 Dorsal fin with 2 depressions, the soft part short and very high, the 

 first spine moderate. Color dark brown, with oblique vertical bauds and 

 brown points scattered over the head and trunk ; a black spot at the base 

 of the first 3 dorsal membranes; ventral entirely white. Cuba. One speci- 

 men 55 mm. long. (Poey. ) Not seen by us. ( lugubris, dismal, from the dark 

 color.) 

 Myxodes lugubris, POEY, Enumeratio, 131, 1875, Cuba. (CoU. Poey.) 



