524 The Blennies: Blenniide 
Brotulids, called Pez Ciego in Cuba, are found in different caves 
in the county of San Antonio, where they reach a length of 
about five inches. As in other blindfishes, the body is translu- 
Fic. 478.—Brotula barbata Schneider. Cuba. 
cent and colorless. These species are known as Lucifuga sub- 
terranea and Stygicola dentata. They are descended from allies 
of the genera called Brotula and Dinematichthys. Brotula bar- 
bata is a cusk-like fish, occasionally found in the markets of 
Fic. 479.—Blind Brotula. Lucifuga subterranea (Poey), showing viviparous habit. 
Joignan Cave, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. (Photograph by Dr. Eigenmann.) 
Havana. Similar species, Brotula multibarbata and Sirembo 
imermis, are common in Japan, and Brosmophycts marginatus, 
beautifully red in color, is occasionally seen on the coast of 
California. Many other genera and species abound in the 
depths of the sea and in crevices of coral reefs, showing much 
variety in form and structure. 
The Bregmacerotide are small fishes, closely related to the 
Brotulids, having the hypercoracoid perforate, but with sey- 
eral minor peculiarities, the first ray of the dorsal being free 
and much elongate. They live near the surface in the open 
sea. Bregmaceros macclellandi is widely diffused in the Pacific. 
