5c. 



blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 329 



8a. Caudal fin with 4 to 7 narrow dark bars, notably narrower than 



white interspaces; front of snout plain dusky, except edge of 



upper lip with traces of several transverse, alternating, very 



narrow pale and dark streaks; background coloration light 



brownish to whitish, sides with numerous small dark brown 



spots characteristically somewhat grouped to correspond with 



5 or 6 indistinct vertical bars; most characteristic mark an 



oblique black dash a little behind eye; head with brownish 



pigment and usually with numerous small white spots. 



9a. Anal rays usually, 11,17, occasionally 11,16; dorsal rays usually 



XIII, 15 or 16, occasionally XIV,15. (Guam; Phoenix and 



Samoan Islands.) 



E. plurifllis plurifilis, new species and subspecies 

 96. Anal rays usually 11,16 or 17; dorsal rays usually XIII,15, 

 often XIII,16. (Marshall Islands.) 



E. plurifllis marshallensis, new subspecies 

 86. Caudal fin with 4 dark bars as broad as or broader than pale 

 interspaces; front of snout, including upper lip, with numerous 

 vertical, narrow, alternating pale and dark streaks; sides 

 plain dusky, without dark spots on a light tan background; 

 characteristic black dash a little distance behind eye; head 



without white spots E. niuafoouensis (Fowler) 



Nuchal flap multicirrate from broad base; orbital tentacle single, edges 

 multicirrate; a dark dash behind eye. (Hawaiian Islands.) 



E. marmoratus (Bennett) 



Table 111. — Counts on certain species of Entomacrodus 



' Niuafoou Island and Guam. 



2 Samoan, Marshall, Marianas Islands. 



3 Swains and Tau Islands. 



* Phoenix, Samoan, Marshall, Marianas Islands. 



ENTOMACRODUS STELLIFER (Jordan and Snyder) 



Plate 115,C 



Scartichthys stellifer Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 461, 

 fig. 10, 1902 (type locality, Wakanoura, Japan). 



