blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 331 



Eniwetok Atoll: 1 station, 15 specimens, 21 to 31 ram. 

 Saipan: 1 lot, 1 specimen, 22.5 mm. 

 Guam: 1 lot, 4 specimens, 27 to 36 mm. 



Description.— Borssil rays XIII, 13 to 15, usually 14; anal II, 15 

 to 17, usually 16; pectoral 14; pelvics I, 4; branched caudal 5+4 

 (fewer on small specimens); orbital tentacle single, with 1 to 3 cirri 

 on inner edge, none on outer edge; nuchal tentacle present or absent; 

 nasal cirri 4 to 6. 



Head 3.8 to 4.1; greatest depth 4.9 to 5.1; longest pectoral ray 4.5 

 to 5.0; snout tip to anus 2.2; anal fin base 2.2 to 2.3; all in standard 

 length. Eye 3.9 to 4.4; snout 2.9 to 3.0; postorbital length of head 

 1.4 to 1.5; greatest depth of body 1.3; least depth 2.8 to 3.0; longest 

 pectoral ray 1.1 to 1.3; longest dorsal spine 1.9 to 2.1; all in length 

 of head. Fleshy interorbital space 2.5 to 2.9 in eye. 



Orbital tentacle slender, with 1 to 3 cirri on its inner edge and none 

 on the outer edge; its length about half eye diameter; a single simple 

 short nuchal cirrus on each side, often absent on one or both sides 

 (specimens from the Phoenix and Samoan Islands have a much better 

 developed nuchal cirrus); nasal flap with 4 to 6 short cirri; snout 

 profile rounded or nearly vertical; edges of both lips smooth; lateral 

 Hne arched over pectoral fm then descending to midlengthwise axis of 

 body and ending about opposite anal origin; vertical line through 

 dorsal origin passes a little behind pelvic bases; dorsal fin with a deep 

 notch over last dorsal spine; a membrane attaching last dorsal ray to 

 upper edge of caudal peduncle; anal origin under base of fourth from 

 last dorsal spine; last anal ray without membrane posteriorly; pectoral 

 fins reachmg about to anus; anal spines small, first embedded on 

 females; tips of anal spines of adult males swollen and the first two or 

 three soft rays a little swollen; posterior canines strong on lower jaw; 

 teeth fine, numerous, movable, of equal size in both jaws; distal 

 margin of caudal fin rounded; no cephalic crest. 



Color in alcohol. — Background coloration pale to very light tan, 

 with a few small patches along sides composed of some brown pigment 

 cells, or there may be no indication of such pigment on sides, although 

 nearly all the spechnens have a small pigmented area about opposite 

 tip of pectoral fin, some times represented by 1 to a few pigment cells; 

 dorsal fin rather finely barred with small dark spots and caudal fin 

 faintly so; anal fin dusky, swollen parts of anal rays of male white, 

 and usually tips of all anal rays white; breast lightly pigmented; a 

 transverse area across under side of head lightly pigmented with dark 

 areas forward and aft unpigmented; a small black spot a little behind 

 eye that is present in all our specimens; there is a tendency for the 

 dark pigment on lower front and lower sides of head to be arranged in 



