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66. No Flicking appendage behind lower lip. 

 7c. Pelvics 1,2 or 3; lateral line incomplete. 



Sa. Dorsal fin without notch or emargination over last dorsal spine; 

 last dorsal spine about same length as next to last; no minute 

 spine just in front of first soft dorsal ray; last anal ray 

 wholly or partly membranously attached to caudal pe- 

 duncle; last dorsal ray membranously attached as far 

 posteriorly as ba.se of upper caudal fin rays. 

 9a. Pectoral rays normally 15 or 16 without lower rays enlarged or 

 swollen; dorsal rays X,20 or 21; anal about 11,19; middle 

 caudal fin rays elongate and no caudal ray branched; 

 orbital, nuchal, and nasal cirri, single and simple; upper 

 lip with little lappetts as long as wide. (East Indies and 



Philippines to Red Sea.) Atrosalarias '* Whitley 



96. Pectoral raj's normally 14 or 15; lower rays somewhat swollen, 

 dorsal rays about XII,18 to 20, anal about 11,17 to 19; 

 middle caudal rays not notably elongate; branched caudal 

 rays 5 + 4, except in young; orbital tentacle simple or with 

 cirri on edges; nuchal tentacle broad based, palmate, with 

 cirri distally; nasal cirri nmltifid; upper lip smooth edged. 



Salarias Cuvier 



86. Dorsal fin with a deep notch or notable emargination over last 



dorsal spine; last dorsal spine short or minute, notably much 



shorter than first soft dorsal ray; dorsal spines XII to XV, 15 



to 23; anal 11,16 to 24; pectoral rays normally 14 and lower 



4 or 5 rays swollen; caudal fin truncate to rounded with 



branched rays 5 + 4 except in young; orbital tentacle simple 



or multifid; nuchal cirrus present or absent, variable; nasal 



cirri multifid; upper lip crenulate or smooth edged, but no 



lappetts. 



10a. Last anal ray without membranous attachment to caudal 



peduncle; anal ray of male notably elongate. 



Istiblennius Whitley 



106. Last anal ray wholly or partly membranously attached to 



caudal peduncle; first soft anal rays of male much longer 



than others; orbital, nuchal, and nasal cirri simple, single. 



Negoscartes ' Whitley 



76. Pelvics 1,4, the inner ray small but evident under magnification; 



last anal ray membranously free from caudal peduncle. 



11a. Dorsal rays XII, 10 or 11; anal 11,11 or 12; caudal fin normally 



with 5 + 4 branched rays except in immature; nuchal cirrus 



simple, single on each side; no orbital cirrus; nasal cirrus 



simple; pectoral rays normally 15; lateral line with a few 



pores over pectoral fin; edges of both lips smooth; angle of 



snout profile from nearly vertical to a forv/ard slant of as 



much as 30 degrees Fallacirripectes, new genus 



" AtTosalarias Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 19, p. 93, 1933 (type species, Salariat phalosoma 

 BlPeker=S. /!;«€«« Kiippell). 



• Negoscartes Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, p. 20, 1930 (type species, Salarias guttatus Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes). 



CrenaHicus Whitley, Mem. Qiieensland Mus., vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 20-21 , 1930 (type species, Salarias crenulatus 

 pallidus Whitley). 



