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Petroscirtes obliquus, sp. nov, 



Plate 4, Fig. 3. 



D. 12+19; A. 22; V. 2 ; T. 13. 



^loilerately elongate, compressed, dejith nearly one-sixth and lengtli of head 

 nearly one-tifth of the total length. Head deeper than wide ; cheeks swollen ; 

 crown rising somewhat high on the interorbital space longitudinally and rather 

 flattened transversely ; without either crest or filaments. Snout rounded, 

 blunt, half as long as the eye. Margins of nostrils prominent. Mouth com- 

 paratively narrow, jnaxillary reaching little below the forward part of the 

 orbit. Teeth strong, fixed, in a single series, with very strong canines behind 

 each series ; those of the lower jaws a little stronger than those of the upper 

 series. Eye large, one-third as long as the head, very prominent above the 

 forehead. Gill openings small, ahove the bases of the pectorals. Rays of soft 

 dorsal longer than the spinous rays. First dorsal ray above the gill opening. 

 First ray of the anal below the eleventh ray of the dorsal. Caudal subtruncate, 

 free from dorsal and anal. Pectorals metliura, pointed, lower rays averaging 

 longer than the upper. Ventrals slender, of two rays which are separate for 

 half their length, inner ray one-third longer than the outer. Lateral line 

 marked by three or four pores, the hindmost of which is below the third ray 

 of the dorsal. 



Color light olivaceous brown ; a black spot behind the eye and several 

 transverse bards on the lower half of the head ; a series of bars of brown on 

 the flanks, the anterior of which incline forward, the posterior, backward ; a 

 couple of spots at the base of the tail ; a series of small spots near the bases of 

 the dorsal ; first dorsal clouded or spotted; anal tin with spots along it» base 

 and with a darker margin ; ventrals, white ; pectorals, dusky ; abdominal 

 cavity showing dark through its walls. 



Locality, Suva, Fiji Islands. 



Salarias sertatus, sp. nov. 



Plate 4, Fig. 2. 



D. 15 + 23; A. 2 + 27; V. 3 (4); V. 14. 



The outlines of body and Gns have a remote resemblance to those of 

 S. 'periophthalmus ; the most prominent differences appear in the length of the 

 caudal, in the depth of the notch between the dorsals, and in the frontal fila- 

 ments. Body elongate, slender, depth or length of head one-seventh of the 

 total length. Head short, as wide as deep, very blunt, nearly vertical in front 

 of the eyes. A low crest on the nape. Eyes large, prominent, one-fourth as 

 long as the head. Mouth wide, inferior. Teeth very numerous, small, mov- 

 able, in single series; no canines. Gill men\branes continuous and free across 



