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orbital space flat, its width \ vertical diameter of eye; no groove or 

 crest on the neck. Dorsal slightly notched, the spines flexible ; caudal 

 separate. Brown, dorsal and caudal spotted with darker. Length 5 to 6 

 inches. (Giinther.) Coast of Brazil north to the West Indies, recorded 

 from Rio Janeiro, Bahia, and tho Tortugas, and off the coast of Florida. 

 Mr. Garmaii .gives the following color note on Tortugas specimens, col- 

 lected by Prof. C. C. Nutting: Small, hexagonal reticulations on cheeks, 

 resembling scales; anal darker toward ends of rays, the tips white; dor- 

 sal darker in outer half; basal part of dorsal and anal pale, sides with a 

 few scattered black dots ; median rays of caudal longer, the outer margin 

 dark ; caudal, pectorals, and ventrals paler than dorsal, (pilicornis, with 

 downy horns. ) 



Blennius pilicornis, CUVIEE & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi, 254, 1836, Rio Janeiro 

 (Coll. Delalande and Gay) ; CASTELNAU, Anim. Nouv., etc., Amer. Sud, 25, 1855; GAR- 

 MAN, Bull. Iowa Lab. Nat. Sci. 1896, 89. 



Blennius filicornis, GUNTHER, Cat., in, 216, 1861. (Coll. M. Parzudaki.) 



2729. BLENNIUS MARMOREUS, Poey. 



Head 4 in total length with caudal; depth 5. D. XII, 20; A. 16; P. 13. 

 Eye very high, near tho profile, twice length of snout. Snout round, 

 falling off abruptly, but less so than in Blennius truncatus ; posterior nos- 

 trils with a distinct tube; superciliary tentacle divided into 3 branches; 

 no cilia at the nape. Teeth undescribed. Gill membranes not described. 

 Pectoral and caudal round; dorsal low, the median spines highest, the 

 soft rays a little higher, the difference slight. Color yellowish brown, 

 darker medially, paler below; under the lens covered with small dots; 

 fins below yellowish. This species differs from Scartslla microstoma in 

 the stout trunk, the more blunt head, the cilia on the head and in the 

 tube of the nostril. Cuba; 1 specimen 2 inches long. (Poey); not seen 

 by us; perhaps not a Blennius as here understood, (marmoreus, marbled.) 

 Blennius marmoreus, POEY, Enumeratio, 130, 1875, Cuba. (Coll. Bafael Arango.) 



2730. BLENNIUS TRUNCATUS (Poey). 



Head 5 in total length with caudal; depth 5^. D. XII, 19; A. I, 20. 

 Eyes placed very high, profile before them vertical, suggesting the fore- 

 head of a bull without horns ; mouth small, maxillary reaching below pos- 

 terior border of eye; anterior nostril divided into 5 at tip; 2 filiform 

 tentacles with a common base on each side of nape; a simple tentacle 

 behind eye; some pores on the head, which is compressed; teeth unde- 

 scribed ; gill membranes undescribed ; gill membranes united and free from 

 isthmus; dorsal notched medially; caudal truncate, with 2 faint angles; 

 lateral line long, reaching beyond the point of the pectorals. Color olive, 

 with some bright spots on trunk; the vertical fins darker. Cuba; 1 

 specimen 3 inches long. (Poey) ; not seen by us ; perhaps not a species of 

 Blennius. (truncatus, cut off short.) 

 Blennius truncatus, POEY, Memorias, n, 424, 1861, Cuba. (Coll. Poey.) 



