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ing on underpaid of head; no white dots on bod}^; fins with dark dotted 

 lines; ventral dusk}-; anal very indistinctly marked with dusky; no 

 rows of wart-like mueons pores on cheek. Each of the specimens has 

 a dark spot on center of base of ventrals. 



Similar to G. oniatnK^ but with more robust body and ])lunter head. 

 The markings are also slightly different. 



Four specimens from Caldera Ba}', Zamboanga, Mindanao; length 

 2.10 to 2.75 inches. 



Type.—Q?it. No. 5362.5, U.S.N.M.; length 2.50 inches. 



Family BLENNIID.E. 



17. SALARIAS ZAMBOANG.1E Evermann and Scale, new species. 



Headl.Jt in length; depth 5.25; eye 4 in head; 1). XII, 21; A. Ill, 

 22; lateral line short, ending under posterior third of dorsal; a dis- 

 tinct nuchal crest present; a fringed tentacle over eye; a small bifid 

 tentacle at nostril; no nuchal tentacle; no posterior canine; dorsal fin 

 slightl}^ incised; anal connected by membrane to base of caudal ra3's. 



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Fig. 4.— Salarias zamboanga. 



Color in spirits, bluish olivaceous on back and side; underparts 

 paler; about 7 ))road double dark purplish bands over back and down 

 side; middle and lower part of side posteriorly with two rows of small 

 roundish black spots; head bluish; dorsal fin black on submargin, 

 below which are short oblique white lines; lower half dark purplish 

 with a series of white blotches along base; anal dark edged, the basal 

 three-fourths lighter; caudal mottled with dark; pectoral and ventrals 

 grayish. 



This species is related to S-. melea<jriH^ from which it differs in the 

 absence of the white spots on side, the less incised dorsal fin, the union 

 of the dorsal fin with the caudal, and the absence of a nuchal tentacle. 



Three specimens from ZamlK)anga, Mindanao; length 2.10 to 2.85 

 inches. 



Type. — No. 55623, U.S.N.M., a specimen 2.85 inches long. Cotypes, 



No. 10007, Stanford Universit}-; and No. 1196, Bureau of Fisheries. 



