blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 305 



116. Dorsal rays XII,17 to 23; anal 11,19 to 27; orbital tentacle 

 usually with cirri on its edges or basally. 

 12a. Pectoral rays normally 14; caudal fin normally with 5 + 4 

 branched rays, except in young; last dorsal fin ray mem- 

 branously attached to caudal peduncle; nasal flap multi- 

 cirrate; nuchal cirri in 1 or 2 patches, or a broad-based 

 palmatelike cirrus; lateral line complete; edge of upper 

 lip with distinct papillaelike lappetts that are as long as 

 broad; lower lip smooth edged; snout profile with a for- 

 ward slant of from 20 to 30 degrees; dorsal rays about 

 XII,17 or 18 and anal 11,18 or 19; dorsal fin notched. 



Scartichthys ^ Jordan and Evermann 



126. Pectoral rays normally 15; none of the caudal fin rays are 



branched even in adults; last dorsal fin ray membra- 



nously free from caudal peduncle; lateral line incomplete; 



snout profile rounded, with a slight forward slant. 



13a. Lateral line represented by about 1 to 3 pores; dorsal rays 



XIV,21 to 23; anal 11,24 to 27; edges of both lips cren- 



ulate Alticus Cuvier and Valenciennes 



136. Lateral line ending under middle of length of dorsal fin 

 base; dorsal rays XIII,17 to 21; anal 11,19 to 21; edges 

 of both lips smooth or crenulate. 



Praealticus, new genus 



Genus EXALLIAS Jordan and Evermann 



Exallias Jordan and evermann. Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23 (1903), p. 503, 



1905 (type species, Salarias hrevis Kner). 

 aioriella Schultz, Copeia, No. 1, p. 17, 1941 (type species, Cirripedes caninus 



Herre) . 



EXALLIAS BREVIS (Kner) 



Plate 113,A 



Salarias hrevis Kner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Vvlen, vol. 58, p. 42, pi. 6, fig. 18, 1868 

 (type locality, Savaii, Samoa).— Weber, Sz^ofira-Expeditie, vol. 57, p. 537, 

 1913 (Karakelang Island). 



Cirripectes hrevis Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 432, 1928 (Hawaii; 

 Marshall Islands). 



Salarias leopardus Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 518, 1869 (type locality, 

 Ceylon). 



Blennius leopardus Day, Fishes of India, vol. 2, p. 325, pi. 68, fig. 5, 1876 (Ceylon). 



Cirripectes leopardus Schultz, Copeia, No. 1, p. 19, 1941 (Oahu); U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. Bull. 180 pp. 272-273, 1943, (Oahu and Rose Island).— Chapman in de 

 Beaufort and Chapman, Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 9, 

 pp. 247-249, fig. 43, 1951 (Moluccas, Talaut, Marshalls, Hawaiian, and 

 Samoan Islands). 



» Scartes Jordan and Evermann, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish, vol. 21 (1895), p. 471. 1896 (preoccupied). 

 Scartichthys Jordan and Evermann, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 47, pt. 3, p. 2395, 1898 (type species, Salarian 

 rubropunctatug Cuvier and Valenciennes; replaces Scartes).— Cohen, Copeia, No. 4 (1956), pp. 246-248, 

 1957 (on synonymy of Scartichthys gigas Stelndaehner. 



