518 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.42. 



Family BLENNIID^. 



ENNEAPTERYGIUS ETHEOSTOMA (Jordan and Snyder). 



The dorsal contour of the snout is straight or concave, more often ^ 

 concave, but not convex as originally figured. I 



In life the body is grayish white with a yellowish tint, the j^ellow i 

 more pronounced on the ventral parts of the sides; upper parts red- j 

 dish brown, the lighter body color showing in a larger or smaller i 

 degi'ee near the center of each scale; bands of body brownish, the ' 

 scales which border the bands edged with reddish; snout, cliin, sides ' 

 of head and throat suffused wdth brick red; fins with narrow bands 

 of brick red, the color being located only on the rays and spines; 

 lower rays of pectoral suffused \\dth yellow. 



The species appears to be rare at Naha, 3 specimens only ha^dng 

 been secured. 



ENNEAPTERYGIUS TUSITAL.aE Jordan and Scale. 



Enneapterygius pardochir Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur, Fish., vol. 25, 1905, 

 p. 417 (females). 



A dissection of 10 specimens each of the dusky E. tusitalse and the 

 lighter colored E. pardocMr leads to the conclusion that both are rep- 

 resentatives of the same species, E. pardocMr being described from a 

 female. The figure of E. tnsitdlse. shows the spinous and rayed dorsals 

 united at their bases, a condition not to be found in the cotypes. 



ALTICUS ELLIPES (Jordan and Starks). 



A small nasal tentacle is present. 



In life the sides of the head and body have many dark-edged pearl}^ 

 ocelli, those of the body being elongate wliile those of the head are 

 nearly round, the latter varying in number and intensity of color. 



ALTICUS NOVEMMACULOSUS Snyder. 



Plate 69, fig. 4. 



Altiais ti/ovemmaeulosus Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus , vol. 35, p. 107. 

 Abundant in the pools at Naha. 



SALARIAS FASCIATUS (Bloch). 



This species was recorded by Jordan and Snyder ^ as S. ceramensis 

 Bleeker. 



SALARIAS LINEATUS Bleeker. 

 SALARIAS ANDERSONI Jordan and Starks. 



In life the spots on the sides are brownish gray above, becoming 

 pale, pearly blue on lower parts; spots on side of head with a greenish 

 tint; large spot anterior to base of dorsal light golden brown, bordered 

 by pearly gray, outside of which is a broader border of olive broAMi; 

 body brownish olive; membranes of dorsal and caudal transparent 

 olive, narrowly edged with pale reddish ; spines and rays alternately 



» Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1903, p. 458. 



