158 THE SHORE FISHES. 



Canines present, orbital cirrus developed only on right side, comparatively long with 

 very short fringes; nasal cirrus on left side simple, on right side with two short branches at 

 base; no cirri on nape; crest long, of moderate height, extending from between eyes almost 

 to first dorsal; dorsal deeply notched; first slightly connected with second by membrane; 

 first dorsal with rather high flexible spines, but somewhat lower than soft dorsal; anal con- 

 siderably lower than soft dorsal; dorsal and anal entirely separate from caudal. 



General color warm brown, paler on belly; head with a slight purplish tinge, darker 

 on snout and lips; only a slight trace of cross-bars; numerous small pale pearly spots, most 

 numerous posteriorly, below median line forming a longitudinal series arranged more or 

 less in pairs; above the median line these having no regular arrangement; larger pale areas 

 on body above anal base. Crest on head dark brown, thickly dotted with small pearly or 

 bluish spots; pectoral dark brown; spinous dorsal dark brown with a series of large oblique 

 oblong black spots, one on each interspinous membrane; second dorsal dark brown with 

 numerous narrow pale, very oblique streaks running upward and backward, their widths 

 about equal to the interspaces, barely perceptible to the naked eye; caudal dark brown, 

 appearing almost black to the naked eye; anal dark brown, with darker margin; ventral 

 short, black. 



A cotype, a female 2jg inches long has following measurements: — head 4.25 in total 

 length without caudal; depth about .5. ; eye 4. .50 in head; dorsal XII, IS; anal i, 20. Cirrus 

 above eyes quite long and strongly fringed; a short simple cirrus above each anterior nostril; 

 no cirrus on nape; crest low, shorter than in male, commencing above posterior margin of 

 eye and extending to junction of nape with occiput. 



General body color paler than in male; about six pairs of faintly defined dark brown cross- 

 bars; the pearly spots are more distinct than in male and more numerous anteriorly; those 

 at base of anal scarcely discernible; head covered with small dusky spots; crest without 

 white dots; vertical fins paler than in male; large black spots present only on first and 

 second interspinous membranes; soft dorsal similar to that of male but paler; anal paler, 

 each ray tipped with white; caudal lighter than in male; pectoral dusky olive; ventral pale, 

 punctulated with dusky dots. 



Younger individuals much paler, cro,ss-bars and spots becoming more distinct; some with 

 an oblong dusky spot behind eye. The smaller specimens have no crest. The fin-ray counts 

 in these specimens run as follows: — dorsal XII-XIII, 17 to 18; anal 19 to 21. 



Salarias lineatus Cdviek & V.\lenciennes. 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1836, 11, p. 2:i2 (314). Jord.a.n & Seale, Bull. U. S, Bur. Fish,, 1906, 25, p. 426. 



Four specimens, three of them females 3? to ii inches long and one male 

 4| inches long, all from Manga Reva, Paumotus. M. C. Z. 29537 (2 specimens). 



The following color note was found with these: — "General color brownish 

 slate; stripes pale greenish, black and white margins on the soft dorsal, the 

 brown stippling [on] caudal parts." 



Salarias edentulus (Bloch & Schneider). 



GuNTHER, Fische der Sudsee, 1877, 6, p. 206, pi. 117, fig. A. 

 Blennius edentulus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 172. 



Thirty-nine specimens, Ij to 4s inches long from Manga Reva. M. C. Z. 

 29422 (9 specimens). 



