blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 307 



have an enlarged convolnted black dermal band distally; peritoneum 

 blackish; black spots on pectoral and caudal usually forming transverse 

 rows. 



Color when alive. — Background color pale, tinged with yellowish; 

 dorsal and caudal fins light yellowish; dark spots blackish, usually 

 surrounded by brownish. 



Ecology. — This rare species was found living mostly in the outer 

 edge of the reefs where the surf was strong and a Lithothamnium 

 "ridge" occurred. 



Remarks. — The pelagic Ophioblennius stage is black spotted and is 

 represented by Cirripeefes caninus Herre, 



Genus CIRRIPECTES Swainson 



Cirripectes Swainson, Natural history and classification of fishes . . . , vol. 2, pp. 

 182, 275 {Cirripectus on pp. 79-80), 1839 (tj^pe species, Salarias variolosus 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes). — Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 2, 

 p. 278, 1868. — Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, vol. 57, p. 539, 1913.— McCulloch 

 and McNeil, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 12, pp. 21-23, 1918. — Schultz, 

 Copeia No. 1, p. 18, 1941. 



Cirripectus Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 11, vol. 10, p. 810, 1943 (type 

 species, Salarias variolosus Cuvier and Valenciennes). — Chapman, in de 

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

 p. 246, 1951. — Strasburg and Schultz, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 

 vol. 43, No. 4, p. 128, 1953. 



The problem of the valid spelling of this genus has arisen perhaps as 

 the result of Norman's use of the spelling "Cirripectus" in 1943. 

 Previous to that date most authors spelled the genus Cirripectes. 



The rules of zoological nomenclature adopted by the 14th Inter- 

 national Congress of Zoology, Copenhagen, 1953, recommend in 

 paragraph 71 (laii) that, where more than one original spellmg 

 occurred, the spelling used by the "first subsequent user" should be 

 the "valid original spelling." Under Article 28, paragraphs 123 and 

 124, the rule of the first reviser is reinstated and is rigidly construed 

 (paragraph 124a), i. e., the first reviser must state that he is selecting 

 one of the names to the exclusion of others, when two or more spellings 

 occur for the same taxon. 



Although both Schultz (1941) and Norman (1943) in a broad sense 

 revised the genus, neither stated that they were selecting one spelling 

 and excluding the other. Schultz used "Cirripectes" because the 

 diagnosis actually appeared together with the description of the type 

 species on page 275, and because that spelling had been used since 

 1868. Norman apparently used "Cirripectus" because it had page 

 priority. In a still earher revision of the genus McCulloch and 

 McNeil (1918) selected the spelling "Cirripectes" and placed "Cir- 

 ripectus" as a synonym. 



