latter; 8 or 9 scales*above lateral line to soft dorsal origin; 
36 te 17 deetas below lateral line to anal origins snout 3 1/6 to 4 
in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3 2/3 to 5; maxillary 2 to 2 1/5; 
interorbital 7 to 10; head width 1 2/7 to 13/5 in its total length, 
Snout convex, length 2/5 width at front eye edges. Bands of fine 
‘palatine and vomerine teeth; outer jaw teeth strong, unisertial, 
conic, uadterm, with broad inner band of pre Simple conic teeth 
in front of each Jaw, along inner edge of each lip fine, fringe; 
Nostril with short pointed tentacle 1/4 of eye; palmate supraorbi- 
tal tentacle half of eye; median predorsal palmate tentacle little 
shorter, and each side little posterior, short fringe, Rakers 
4+10 short strong lanceolate points, 3 in filaments and latter 
13/4 in eye, Scales with 14 to 19 radiating basal striae; CIfGuLs 
moderate, Color in alcohol buster, specked or dotted very finely 
and onscurely with dark, and in head spots more clear and rather 
fewer, especially below, Fins paler than body and marked with 
numerous darker spots, most distinct terminally, though mostly 
basal on pectoral, Caudal with 4 or 5 somewhat irregular broad 
dark transverse bands. Length 80 to 120 mm, Two from Valparaiso 
and one labeled "Fiji" and though the latter locality maybe 
‘questionable it also accompanies the original. drawing, 
Structurally Clinus crinitus Jenyns, C. geniguttatus Valen- 
ciennes, C.variolosus Valenciennes and C. niger Philippi, all ap- 
pear very closely related and very likely will be found to represent 
fewer species, 
