ART. 19. NEW SPECIES OF FISHES FOWLER AND BEAN. 25 



SALARIAS McCULLOCHI, new species. 



Head 4f ; depth 4f ; D. XIII, 23; A. 23; P. 14; V. 2; snout 3^ in 

 head; eye 4^; maxillary 2^; interorbital 5^; first dorsal spine 1§; 

 fifth dorsal ray 1| ; fourth anal ray 2^ ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2| ; caudal 1 Vo ; pectoral 1 ; ventral If ; head with 1|. 



Body slender, elongate, strongly compressed, deepest at middle of 

 depressed pectoral. Caudal peduncle strongly compressed, not free 

 above. 



Head small, sides and cheeks little swollen and lateral surfaces more 

 convergent above. Snout very obtuse, front profile nearly vertical, 

 surface broadly convex, length two-thirds its width opposite front of 

 eyes. Eyes moderate, well elevated anteriorly, center near first fourth 

 in head. Mouth broad, gape short, moderately inferior or front of 

 lower jaw at least slightly before eye. MaxiUary extends back far 

 as hind eye edge. Upper lip crenulate and lower entire. Teeth fine, 

 movable in lips, even, close set, incisor like. No lower canines. Nos- 

 tril with small flap, about one- fourth of eye, situated slightly above 

 lower eye edge. 



Gill-opening with broad free fold across isthmus. Gill-rakers 

 3+10? short weak points barely one-fifth of filaments, which equal 

 eye. Pseudobranchiae about two-thirds of gill-filaments. 



Skin smooth. No crest or nuchal filaments. Palmate supraorbital 

 tentacle half diameter of eye in length. Kow of pores over suborbital 

 and close behind eye, and another down along preopercle. Lateral 

 line declivous over end of depressed pectoral, then obsolete. 



Spinous dorsal origin slightly before hind edge of gill-opening, 

 spines uniformly high forward, few of last ones graduated down. 

 Soft dorsal origin little nearer caudal base than snout tip; fin uni- 

 formly high and last ray joined with caudal by low membrane. 



Color in alcohol dull brownish generally, under surfaces greatly 

 paler or with tints of dull water green. Dull buff band from front 

 surface of snout across preorbital, lower side of head, including upper 

 front pectoral base, then midway along side to caudal base medially. 

 Obscure narrow buff-brown line parallel along and including lateral 

 line. Fins all dull brown. 



Length 90 mm. 



Type.— C^i. No. 83293, U.S.N.M., Billinghausen Island. Wilkes 

 Exploring Expedition. 



Only the above specimen known. It differs strikingly from the 

 other Polynesian species in its coloration, the median lateral yellowish 

 longitudinal band appearing very pronounced. 



(Dedicated to Dr. Allan R. McCulloch the accomplished zoologist 

 of the Australian Museum.) 



