blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 303 



26. No barbels on uuderside of head; teeth in both jaws very numerous, fine, 

 flexible, and of approximately the same size; one or tvv'o canines 

 present each side of lower jaw; least distance between eye and nuchal 

 fringe contained fewer than 2 times in postorbital length of head; 

 soft dorsal rays 14 to 16, anal 15 to 17; upper lip crenulate or nearly so. 



Cirripectes Swainson 

 16. No transverse fringe of cirri across nape. 



Sa. Teeth in lower jaw, excepting any canines that might be present, firm 



and mostly fixed in position (i. e., not freely movable); pelvics 1,2 



or 1,3; last dorsal and anal rays membranously attached to caudal 



peduncle; no teeth on vomer, except sometimes 2 or 3 on Rhabdoblen- 



nius; lateral line incomplete, ending under spiny dorsal fin; edges 



of both lips smooth. 



4a. Teeth in upper jaw 40 to 50, fixed or firm, not freely movable but 



similar to those in lower jaw, also numbering 40 to 50; branched 



caudal fin rays normally 5 + 4, except in young; nuchal, orbital, and 



nasal cirri, if present, always simple; pectoral rays normally 14; angle 



of snout profile from vertical to a backward slant of about 5 degrees 



Bhabdoblennius Whitley 



46. Teeth in upper jaw freely movable; no caudal fin rays branched, even 

 in adults; nuchal and orbital cirri always absent; nasal cirrus 

 always present, simple; pectoral rays normally 13 to 15; angle of 

 snout profile with a notable backward slant of from 15 to 45 degrees. 



Ecsenius McCulloch 



36. Teeth in both jaws very numerous, freely movable. 



5a. Vomer with a row of minute conical, blunt teeth across it (these are 

 diflScult to observe without adequate magnification); pelvics 1,4 

 (last soft ray usually difficult to observe without adequate magnifi- 

 cation); branched caudal fin rays normally 5 + 4, except in young; 

 orbital and nasal cirri present, usually with multifid cirri on edges; 

 nuchal cirrus present or absent, if present, always small and simple; 

 pectoral rays normally 14; lateral line arched over pectoral then 

 descending about opposite tip of pectoral fin to midlengthwise 

 axis and usually ending opposite middle third of anal base or con- 

 tinuing to caudal base as a series of isolated pores; angle of snout 

 profile from nearly vertical to a forward slant of up to about 

 15 degrees; dorsal rays XIII, 13 to 18, anal 11,14 to 18. 



Entomacrodus Gili 

 56. No teeth on vomer. 



6a. A prominent cup-shaped sucking disk or appendage behind lower lip; 

 pelvics 1,4; none of caudal fin rays branched; no nuchal cirrus; 

 orbital tentacle with cirri; nasal cirrus simple; pectoral rays 15; 

 last anal ray membranously attached to caudal peduncle, last 

 dorsal ray free from caudal peduncle; lateral line at)sent; both 

 lips with crenulate edges; dorsal rays XIV to XVII, 17 to 21; 

 anal 11,23 to 25. (Philippines; Indo-Australian Archipelago; 

 Andamans; Christmas Island of Indian Ocean.) 



Andamia '* Blyth 



9» Andamia Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 27, p. 270, 1858 (type species, Andamia expansa Blytli- 

 Salarias heteropierns Bleeker). 



