Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2373 



emarginate, membrane from third spine attached to the lower | of fourth ; 

 anterior spines not forming a separate fin; highest anterior spine not 

 higher than the highest of the posterior part of fin. Color dark brown, 

 variegated with different shades of brown and reddish; about 5 indistinct 

 dark cross bars; a distinct ocellated black spot on posterior part of dor- 

 sal fin ; caudal fin abruptly translucent, speckled, a black bar at its base- 

 base of pectorals violet, bordered with black, the rest of the fin check- 

 ered ; ventrals barred. Length 2 inches. Coast of California and south- 

 ward to Todos Santos; abundant in rock pools among Corallina. Here 

 described from a specimen, 1 inches in length, from San Cristobal, Lower 

 California, (integer, entire; pinna, fin.) 



Cremnobates integripinnis, ROSA SMITH, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 147, La Jolla, near San 

 Diego (Coll. Rosa Smith) ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 764, 1883. 



2718. AUCHENOPTERUS FASCIATUS (Steindachner). 



Head 4; depth 4*. D. III-XXIV, 1; A. II, 18; scales 37. Body rather 

 slender, a little deeper than in A. integripinnis, the snout less acute than 

 in A. marmoratus. First dorsal spine rather higher than second and lower 

 than the spines of posterior part of fin; membrane of third spino joining 

 second dorsal at a point above its base, the two parts of the fin therefore 

 separated only by an emargination. Tentacle above eye slender, small ; 

 cirri on side of occiput bluish. In life, light pinkish brown, much mottled, 

 and with traces of 6 to 8 faint darker bars; head and its cirri above whit- 

 ish; 3 blackish spots behind eye, radiating from it, the lower one largest; 

 preopercle with 3 dark dots; dorsal pale, with 9 blackish blotches, in the 

 next to the last of which is a large blue-black ocellus, edged with orange; 

 anal with 5 dark blotches and no ocellus ; a blackish bar across base of 

 caudal; rest of caudal and pale part of anal with dark dots; ventrals 

 whitish, barred with black ; pectoral similar, its base with a whitish area, 

 which has a brown center, below which is a small black spot. Length 2 

 inches. Florida Straits ; north to Key West. Here described from speci- 

 mens from Key West, (fasciatus, banded.) 



Cremnobates fasciatus, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitrage, v, 176, 1876, Florida Straits ; JOE- 

 DAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 142; JORDAN, Cat. Fishes N. A., 121, 1885. 



2719. AUCHENOPTERUS NOX (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 3| ; depth 3{j. D. III-XXVII ; A. II, 18 ; lateral line with 34 tubes. 

 Snout not very acute, the upper and lower profiles of head nearly evenly 

 convex; mouth large, maxillary reaching slightly beyond eye, $ length of 

 head ; eye large, equaling length of snout, greater than interorbital width, 

 4 in head (to end of opercular spine); interorbital width 4f in head; 

 nasal, supraorbital, and occipital tentacles present, those on snout and 

 above the orbits simple, slender filaments, the latter about as long as diame- 

 ter of orbit, 1 of them divided to the base, the other simple; the ten- 

 tacle on each side of nape a compressed slip of skin higher than wide, the 

 margin uneven, but not fringed. Anterior dorsal spines not much elevated, 



