9202 Natal Fishes 
collected by Mr. Bell Marley shows that this was incorrect, as males 
of C. cooperi, have the first three dorsal spines produced into very 
long filaments. Careful comparison of the two species reveals another 
difference, C. coopert having a somewhat wider mouth, with the 
premaxillary band of teeth evenly curved and not produced backwards 
at the sides. 
Family BLENNID/X. 
Blennius cornutus, Linn. 
Family SCORP ANID Ai. 
Amblyapistus marleyi, sp. nov. 
Depth of body 2% in the length, length of head 3°. Diameter of eye 
3 in length of head; maxillary extending to below anterior | of eye ; 
anterior profile of head nearly vertical, slightly concave; przorbital 
and preopercular spines strong; when laid back the former reaches 
to below the posterior edge of the eye and the latter to the opercular 
margin. Dorsal XV 8; first spine short, above anterior margin of 
eye; second and third longest; 4 the length of the fish (without 
caudal) and twice as long as the sixth and seventh, which are the 
shortest and about } as long as the last. Anal III 6.  Pectorals 
12-rayed, extending a little beyond origin of anal. Brownish, spotted 
and marbled with blackish. 
TEXT-FIG. 5. 
AMBLYAPISTUS MARLEYI. 
