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Family BLENNIIDAE 



SALARIAS SAUENS (For»t«r) 



Thirty-four, September 1, 41 to 75 mm; 5, September 6, 30 to 72 

 mm; 1, September 13, 65 mm; 2, September 19, 57 to 65 mm; 1, Oc- 

 tober 4, 84 mm ; and 1, October 26, 68 mm. 



SALARIAS KELLERSI. new specieg 



Figure 2 



Description. — Depth 41/5 to 5; head 4^5 to 4%, width 1% to II4. 

 Snout 3 to 31A in head; eye 3% to 4, li/^ to li/4 in snout, greater 

 than interorbital, with simple supraorbital tentacle three-fifths of 

 eye; maxillary reaches opposite hind pupil edge; lips very finely 

 and obsoletely scalloped along edges ; mouth widtlj 2 to 2% in head ; 

 teeth fine, flexible, uniform, but no canines present; interorbital 

 narrowly concave, half of eye; no predorsal tentacle. Gill rakers 



Figure 



mm. 



H.W.E 

 -Salarias kellcrsi, new species. U.S.N.M. No. 91944 (type) 



uniformly short, slender, about 16, one-fourth of gill filaments, which 

 one-half of eye. 



Lateral line only distinct anteriorly as arch above pectoral. 



D. XIII, 20 or 21, first dorsal height I1/2 to 1% in head, second 

 dorsal height li^ to 1% ; A. I, 19 to 21, fin height 1% to 22/3 ; caudal 

 1, convex behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2i/4 to 2V^ ; pectoral 

 equals head ; ventral IV^ to li^. 



Above pale gray-white, under surface of head and belly uniform 

 whitish. Head above, entire body above and fins except ventrals 

 with very numerous thick set, neutral brown to dusky or black spots, 

 most nearly or quite black on fins. On body spots as accentuation 

 in vermiculate dark lines or bars. On dorsals basally spots large 

 basally and greatly contrasted. Anal with marginal points of rays 

 and their membranes neutral gray. 



ry/?.?.— U.S.N.M. No. 91944, from Niuafoou. September 1, 1930. 

 Length, 103 mm. Also paratype with same data, 81 mm. 



