FISHES COLLECTED IN THE TORTUGAS ARCHIPELAGO. 
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Family BLENNI1D4J. 
Acteis moorei (Evermann & Marsh). 
Malaeoctenus moorei Evermann & Marsh, Fishes of Porto Rico, p. 309, fig. 97,1900. 
Numerous specimens, each about 2 to 2.25 inches in length. Head 3.66 in length; depth 3.66; 
D. xxi, 9 or 10; A. ii, 20; V. i, 3, the inner ray very small; scales 3-42-9; eye 3.33 in head; snout 3.33; 
maxillary 3.33; pectoral equal to head; ventral a little longer, reaching part front of anal; caudal 1.2 
in head; longest dorsal spine 1.75; longest soft ray 1.25; fourth dorsal spine 2.66 in head. A single 
simple cirrus lower than the eye at the nape, a simple one above eye, and a smaller one at the nostril; 
mouth small; outer teeth in jaws rather large, with a very small band of villiform teeth behind them; 
teeth on vomer, none on palatines. 
These specimens agree very closely with the figure and description given by Evermann & Marsh, 
with this exception, that the first spine of the dorsal is longer than any of the others, the second and 
third are progressively shorter, as usual among related species. The original type was a very small 
example, 1.4 inches long, and it had not the dorsal .spines fully developed. 
Color brown, with nine crossbands of darker brown about as wide as the interspaces, these more 
regular and more distinct than in Evermann and Marsh’s figure. Head more or less distinctly spotted 
or freckled below, conspicuously so in one specimen, less so in others; in one specimen the pale inter- 
spaces are marked above by a paler spot, the dark crossbands encroaching a little on the caudal. Fins 
all plain, light brown, the anal with a dusky shade toward the edge, the tips of the rays slightly paler. 
This species may be regarded as the type of a distinct genus, Acteis (a, without; Kreis, comb), 
distinguished from Malaeoctenus Gill by the absence of the broad comb of filaments at the nape. This 
is represented by a single thread as in Acteis moorei, lugubris, and culebrse, or altogether wanting as in 
ocellatus, varius, and macropus, provisionally referred to the same genus. 
In all these species referred to Malaeoctenus, Acteis, and Lepisoma, there are three soft rays in 
the ventrals, the last ray being very short. Vomerine teeth are present in all we have examined, 
and there is a narrow band of small teeth, besides the row of larger teeth in each jaw, in all except 
Malaeoctenus delalandi. 
Ericteis kalisberae Jordan, new genus and species (Blenniidse) ; Plate 2, fig. 4. 
Head 3.33 in length; depth 4; maxillary 2.2 in head, reaching to opposite middle of eye; pectoral 
1.5 in head; ventrals short, 1.66 in head; first dorsal spine 3 in head, longest 2.2, eye longer than 
snout, 3.33 in head, its cirrus 1.5 in eye; lower jaw longest. D. xvm, 11, or xix, 11, A- n, 18; V. i, 3; 
scales 4-49 to 52-13. Teeth rather strong; a single external series with a villiform band behind, this 
very narrow in lower jaw, but well developed in upper; vomer medially bare, but with a few small 
teeth on each side; a row of 4 or 5 strong blunt teeth on the palatines, first 4 dorsal spines much 
lower than the others, graduated backward, a small tuft of cirri at the nostril; a larger tuft over the 
eye; a comb of cirri on each side of the nape. Length, 2§- inches. 
Color dark brown, much flecked with lighter and darker brown , side with 5 dark-brown, irregular, 
crossbars, these growing more irregular with age and extending on vertical fins; 8 dark bars across the 
dorsal, 6 or 7 across anal; fins all, including ventrals, closely spotted with light and dark brown, 
the colors forming irregular crossbars; pectoral with a black semicircle near its base parallel with the 
succeeding dark bars; ventrals with 5 or 6 dark bars; head mottled with dark, the markings not 
definite except a dark blotch, pale-edged below and behind, on opercle; throat with pale mottlings. 
Two specimens, type No. 8366, Ichth. Coll., Stanford Univ. ; the other retained by Dr. Thompson. 
On this species Dr. Thompson has the following notes: 
“Toad-fish like; life color, head greenish brown, front part of lower lip much lighter; two white 
dots near mouth angle; body brown; six brown bands extending on dorsal below lateral line; third, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth bordered with whitish scales; end of caudal peduncle three light spots, middle 
largest, joined together; abdomen yellowish brown with white spots; under part head, 6 white dots; 
dorsal brown, with darker brown bands that extend upward and forward, where there cross the 
spines obliquely 2 white dots; caudal rows of light dots; pectoral spines dotted in rows, with charac- 
teristic ventral brown- dots; anal like dorsal, only a bit darker; opercle border light, white spot under 
middle of preopercle. 
“Habit, lives in coral crevices; quite fearless. 
“Locality, inside Bush Key; depth 3 feet. November 24, 1902.” 
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