The Blenniidce of SoutJi Africa. 109 



of caudal peduncle 2 to 2^- times in length of head. Superciliary 

 margin slightly swollen with a short fringed tentacle above each 

 orbit ; interorbital space concave ; snout almost vertical, with a 

 patch of hairlike filaments or cirri on upper lip and a few smaller 

 ones on the lower ; maxillary reaches to vertical of posterior margin 

 of orbits, upper lip overhangs lower. 



Dorsal xii 21 ; commences in line with posterior margin of oper- 

 culum, notched, and is joined to base of caudal by a short membrane. 

 Spines weak and slightly lower than rays ; spinous portion slightly 

 higher in centre and separated from soft portion by a deep notch 

 caused by shortening of posterior and especially last spine. Pec- 

 torals 14 ; slightly longer than head, broad and pointed. Ventrals 

 i 2 ; f to i length of head. Anal 22 ; slightly less in height than 

 soft dorsal, membranes incised. Caudal slightly longer than head, 

 rounded, rays divided at extremities. Lateral line very indistinct. 



Colour (of preserved specimens), body with a few indefinite trans- 

 verse streaks anteriorly and with black spots posteriorly ; spinous 

 dorsal with black spots arranged in horizontal lines, soft dorsal with 

 black spots in lines passing backwards and upwards. 



Two specimens, 60 mm., 62 mm. in length respectively, from Mr. 

 Eobinson, Natal ; caught in bathing pool at Bluff, Durban. 



SALARIAS DUSSUMIEEI, C. and V. 



Salarias dussumieri, Cuv. and Val., xi., p. 310; Jerdon, M.J.L. 

 and Sc., 1851, p. 144; Giinth., Catal., hi., p. 251; Playfair, Fish. 

 Zanz., p. 77, pi. ix., f. 6, 7. 



? Salarias striato-maculatus, Kner. and Steind., Sitz. Ak. Wiss. 

 Wien., 1866, liv., p. 368, f. 4. 



No canine teeth. Depth of body equals length of head and is 

 5 to 5-r times in total length excluding caudal. Distance from eye 

 to point of snout equals diameter of eye, which is twice interorbital 

 width and 3J to 4^- times in length of head ; depth of caudal peduncle 

 nearly -J length of head. A crest-like flap about -J- diameter of eye 

 in height on head from iuterorbital space to neck, a many-fringed 

 tentacle above each orbit and one on anterior nostril ; head blunt, 

 profile of snout almost vertical; upper lip thick and overhanging 

 lower, maxillary reaches beyond vertical of posterior margin of 

 orbits ; eyes prominent, placed high up and far forward. 



Dorsal xiii 20-22 ; originates above base of pectorals and reaches 

 to base of caudal, to which it is joined by a membrane, a notch 

 between spinous and soft-rayed portions caused by shortening of 



