88 Fishes of the South Pacific. 



Body elongate, cylindrical, without scales; lateral line but 

 slightly curved, ending under the ninth dorsal spine, its length 

 3.50 in total length without caudal; profile and head slanting ob- 

 liquely back to the inferior mouth, the opening of the mouth being 

 below the eye; teeth fine, pe(5linate, no canines; dorsal fin deeply 

 notched, its origin over the posterior margin of the opercles, long- 

 est dorsal spine 1.40 in head, the longest ray i .20; base of anal 

 2.55 in length, its longest ray 1.70 in head; ventrals short, equal 

 to the post ocular part of head; caudal square, equal to length of 

 the head. 



Color in spirits is a light blue, with seven bands of darker blue 

 about as wide as interspaces, which extend over the back and down 

 on sides, dividing below the median line into two; dorsal fin white 

 with some indistinct pale blue spots on rays; anal white, with a 

 pale blue intermarginal line, and a margin of white; pectorals and 

 ventrals white. 



One specimen. No. 784 (Fig. 8) B. M., from Tubuai, Austral 

 Ids. 



Salarias caesius vSeale, new species. 



Depth 5.75; head 5.50; D. xiv, 17; A. 11, 22; eye 3.50; orbi- 

 tal tentacle wide, with five fringes; its length less than eye; a 

 dermal crest, the length of which is 2.30 in head. 



Body elongate, cylindrical; lateral line short, slightly curved, 

 ending under the sixth dorsal spine; depth of head equal to its 

 width, 1 .50 in its length; profile almost vertical, the upper portion 

 not produced; mouth inferior; teeth numerous, small, pectinate, 

 no canines; dorsal fin deeply notched, not continuous on to the 

 caudal, its origin direcftly over the origin of the pectorals, base of 

 anal 2.10 in length of head; ventrals 1.75 in length of head. 



Color in spirits is a dull drab, with seven darker double bands 

 which extend over the back and down the sides; three distinct ob- 

 lique, brown lines on the side of throat; ventral surface with a 

 slight tint of pale blue; a brown spot on the middle of the base of 

 caudal, with a bluish band on the fin just posterior of the spot; six 

 dusky blotches on the spinous dorsal, and four on the soft dorsal, 

 these lines may extend as dots almost to the top of the fin; the an- 

 terior dark blotch at the base of first and third dorsal spines is the 

 most distinct; anal white, with a pale blue intermarginal line; 

 pectorals and ventrals white; iris blue. 



The sexes are similar. 



Five specimens, one male and four females. No. 785 B. M. 

 is type of the species. From Tubuai, Austral Ids. 



Alticus saliens (Lac^pede). 



Fourteen specimens, Nos. 2349-2362 B. M., from Nukuhiva. 

 Marquesas Ids. 



