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C. LOXGICAUDATIS, Temm. et Sclil. 



B. V. ; D. 4 : 9 ; P. 20 ; V. 5 ; A. 9 ; C. 10. 



Gill openiug small, superior. Lateral line single. Numei-ous ro'ws of warts on 

 tlie hcail. Dorsal spines in the male filiform and e.xtending- be)-ond the web. 

 Caudal lanceolate. Colour buff, with light rounded dots over the head and body, 

 sometimes dark-edged. First dorsal and ventrals greyish ; second with four rows of 

 spots. Caudal banded with spots. Anal with a black, white-edged baud externally. 



The Andamans. 



Fa mill/ Blennidse. 



Pseudobranchite. The infraorbital ring of Ijonos does not articulate with the 

 preopercle. 



A. 2^1) titular /nth. Caudal distinct. 



Blennius, Artcdi. 



Gill opening wide. A single row of fixed teeth in the jaws. Scaleless. 



Petkosciktes, Riippell. 



Gill opening small. A single row of fixed teeth in the jaws, with a large lateral 

 canine. Scaleless. 



P. VARIABILIS, Cantor. 



B. vi.; D. 28-31 ; P. 13; Y. 4; A. 17-21 ; C. 13. 



A short simple tentacle at the postero-superior edge of the eye, and a very short 

 one on either side of chin. Lower canines large, upper small Caudal cut square 

 and said to have its upper and lower rays sometimes produced. Colour pinkish witli 

 dark spots. A broad dark band from tlie eye to the tail, whore it ends in a blotch. 

 A second dark band is sometimes present. Two or three blue bands pass downwards 

 from the eye. Head liglit-spotted. Dorsal and anal fins marbled and spotted in lines. 

 Caudal yellow vertically banded in spots. 



The Nicobars. 



Salaeias, Curier. 



Gill openiug wide. A single row of fixed teeth in the jaws. Scaleless. Dorsal 

 single. 



a. Dorsal Jill not iiotc/icd. 

 S. TRiDACiYLUs, Bloch. Schn. 

 B. vi.; D. 12-13: 19-22; P. 13; V. i ; A. 25-26; C. II. 



Snout overhanging. Head crested ; a small single tentacle over the postero- 

 superior angle of the eye, but none on the neck or the nostril. Teeth in jaws small. 

 Plumbeous, with vertical bauds, fine black spots on the head and forepart of body and 

 some light spots on the body as well. Dorsal fin obliciuely black and white streaked, 

 ■with a white outer edge. Caudal yellow, with the rays black. 



The Andamans. 



b. Dorsal Jin distinctli/ notched. 

 S. QUADEICORNIS, Cuv. et Yal. 

 B vi.; D. 13:20-22; P. 14; V. 2; A. 22-24; C. 13. 



Male crested. A simple tentacle above the eye, a fringed one at the nosti'il, ami 

 a small one on the nape. No canines. Anal lower than the dorsal and its web 

 deeply cleft. Colour very variable. Brownish, with 8 or more vertical bands. 

 Dorsal and anal fins with horizontal white bands. 



The Andamans. 



S. Hasseltii, Blceker. 



B. vi.; D. 12:23; P. 14; V. 3; .\. 24-25; C. 14. 



