Fringed tentacle above each eye about half its diameter, 
Rakers 10?, short rudimentary points, greatly less than fila- 
ments, which 11/6 in eye. Lateral line to soft dorsal, pores 
about 23. Color in alcohol dull uniform blackish, Length 1365 
mn, Rio Janeiro, , 
This species falls in Parablennius Ribeiro, characterized chief- 
ly by the incomplete lateral line. 
Valenciennes gives”&9 the supraorbitak tentacle more than a 
fourth the head length, upper teeth 26 and lower 24, and head 4 1/2 
in body including caudal. Our example shows head 4 in body with 
caudal. In size his examples were 128 to 152 mm, long. 
af ; 
Gunther changes the name to Blennius filicornis, His example, 
an adult, is said to have the head 4 3/8 and the depth 5 1/5 in the 
total length, He mentions the dorsal origin as opposite the preoper- 
cle edge and e slight notch between the spinous and rayed portions 
of the dorsal fins, 
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289 
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