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The syntypes of Salarias vermiculatoides Bleeker, from Trussan, 

 Sumatra, are included among a number of Bleeker specimens (RMNH 

 4777), all conspecific with aS. vermiculatus, and with mixed locality 

 data, including Trussan. Since S. vermiculatoides is a synonym of 

 S. mrmicidatus, I see no reason for designating a lectotype. Bleeker 

 (1857, see synonymy) gave no description with his first mention of 

 S. vermiculatoides; the name therefore dates from 185S. 



Salarias reuteri Lenz is poorly described, but mention is made that 

 it is similar to S. vermiculatus. From the description it could be 

 synonymous with S. vermiculatus. The holotype of S. reuteri, the 

 only known specimen, was destroyed during World War II (G. von 

 Studnitz, Director, Naturhistorisches Museum, Liibec, pers. comm.) ; 

 I have, therefore, only tentatively synonymized S. reuteri with »§. 

 vermiculatus. 



Relationships. — Entomacrodus vermiculatus is most closely related 

 to E. decussatus. It shares many characteristics with E. decu^satus 

 and could be considered an Indian Ocean cognate of E. decu^ssatus. 

 The shared characters include a relatively deeper body, frequent 

 presence of a well-developed 13th dorsal spine, a more posterior 

 point of attachment of the dorsal fin membrane (to the caudal base 

 or beyond in large specimens), generally larger number of gill-rakers 

 and pseudobranchial filaments, typically 35 vertebrae, supraorbital 

 cirrus with numerous lateral and mesial branches, numerous predorsal 

 commissural pores, a relatively small posterior canine on each side 



TABLE 14. — Frequency distribution of number of predorsal commissural pores of specimens of 

 Entomacrodus vermiculatus arranged by SL classes (in mm) 



20-2'i. 



-45 



50 



55 



60 



65 



70 



75 



80 



85 



90-99. 



100 



110 



120 



130 



UO 



150 



160 



Number of pores 

 7 10 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-AO Al-'i5 46-50 >50 



1111 



2 



1 1 



1 1 



1 



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