On Fishes from Tolmgo. 533 



]^X. — Fishes from Tobuyo. liy J. R. Norman. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The collections of fishes made at Tobago by Mr. P. L. 

 Guppy, and received from him during tlie last three years, 

 contain examples of 150 species, one of which is descril)ed 

 bchnv as new to science. In addition, eiglit species were 

 previously unreprC'^ented in the Collection of the British 

 Museum (Natural History) ; of these, five require a new 

 description. 



Clinus guppyi, sp. u. 



Depth of body 3§ in the length, length of head 3|. 

 Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 31 iu length 

 of head, and more than twice the interorbital width. Head 

 naked. Snout rounded; jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary 

 extending to below posterior third of eye. Outer teeth of 

 both jaws strong, conical, curved inwardly; a band of villi- 

 form teeth behind these anteriorly ; vomer with a V-shapcd 

 patch of moderate teeth; band on palatines short. Nostril 

 with a tufted filament; orbital tentacle rather small; a 

 series of hair-like filaments on each side of the neck. Five 

 or six short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch, those 

 near the angle bifid at their extremities. Vertical fins not 

 scaly. Dorsal XIX 11 ; spines gradually increasing in 

 length to the seventh, thence subequal to the fifteenth, 

 which is f length of head; seventeenth and eighteenth 

 shorter ; soft fin rounded j rays much longer than the 

 spines. Anal II 18; commencing below eleventh or twellth 

 dorsal spines. Pectorals slightly shorter than head. Pelvics 

 shorter, inserted just behind level of posterior margin of 

 praioperculum. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle short, 

 its length \ length of head. 5i scales fron^ anterior dorsal 

 spines to lateral line. Reddish brown, with indistinct 

 darker vertical bands. Cheeks mottled with darker. A 

 large dark opercular spot, and an indistinct spot superiorly 

 in axil of pectoral. Pectorals, caudal, soft dorsal, and 

 posterior part of anal with dark spots along the rays. 



A single specimen, 90 mm. in total length. 



Near C. nucliipinnis, Quoy and Gaimard, differing es- 

 pecially iu the form of the dorsal fin. 



Calamus macrops, Poey. 



Depth of body 2^ in the length, length of licad 3.\. 

 Snout 1^ diameter of eye, which is 3^ in length of head 



