blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 339 



men, 59 mm.; USNM 115450, Swains Island, 1939, Schultz, 13 speci- 

 mens, 32 to 64 mm.; USNM 115452, Tau Island, Siulagi Point, 1939, 

 Schultz, 104 specimens, 22 to 73 mm.; USNM 115453, Canton Island, 

 ocean reef, 1939, Schultz, 27 specimens, 23 to 60 mm.; USNM 115448, 

 Canton Island, channel, 1939, Schultz, 1 specimen, 47 mm,; USNM 

 115451, Canton Island, lagoon, 1939, Schultz, 3 specimens; USNM 

 115455, Canton Island, channel, 1939, Schultz, 3 specimens, 41 to 49 

 mm.; USNM 124347, Rose Island, 1939, Schultz, 1 specimen, 21 mm.; 

 USNM 115458, Rose Island, 1939, Schultz, 5 specimens, 36 to 48 mm.; 

 USNM 115454, Hull Island, channel, 1939, Schultz, 5 specimens, 22 

 to 45 mm.; USNM 115449, Enderbury Island, reef, 1939, Schultz, 20 

 specimens, 38 to 73 mm. 



The following specimens from the Marianas Islands are identified as 

 this species but are not considered as paratopes : Guam, Apra Bay, 

 Nov. 19-21, 1907, Albatross, 1 specimen, 62 mm.; Guam, Oca Point, 

 June 26, 1945, McElroy and Markley, 1 specimen, 39 mm.; Guam, 

 Nov. 25, 1945, Frey, 20 specimens, 18 to 54 mm.; Tinian Island, July 

 10, 1945, Eugene Cypcrt, 4 specimens, 38 to 59 mm,; Saipan, June 

 1945, White and Schroyer, 6 specimens, 47 to 60 mm. 



Description. — Counts made on the holotype and one paratype are 

 respectively: Dorsal rays XIII, 16; XIII, 16; anal 11,17; 11,17; pectoral 

 always 14 with lower 5 rays enlarged; branched caudal 5+4; and 

 pelvics 1,4. Orbital tentacle single with 4 to 8 cirri on inner edge and 

 2 to 4 on outer edge; a single nuchal cirrus on each side; nasal flap 

 with 6-6 and 6-7 cirri. Measiu'ements made on the holotype and one 

 paratype are recorded in table 112. 



Head 3.6 to 4.2; greatest depth 4.8 to 5.2; longest pectoral ray 3.9 

 to 4.7; snout tip to anus 2.0 to 2.3; anal fin base 2.3 to 2.4; all in 

 standard length. Eye 3.5 to 4,9; snout 2.5 to 2.8; postorbital length 

 of head 1.5 to 1.6; greatest depth of body 1.3 to 1.4; least depth 2.4 

 to 3.0; longest pectoral ray 1.1 to 1.2; longest dorsal spine 2,0 to 2,6; 

 all in length of head. Fleshy interorbital space 2.3 to 2.5 in eye. 



Orbital tentacle single, thin, broad based, tapering to a point, with 

 several cirri on inner edge but usually about 2 or 3, or occasionally 4 

 small cirri on outer edge; length of orbital tentacle from half of to 

 equal to diameter of eye; a single nuchal cirrus on each side; nasal flap 

 short, with several cirri ; snout profile rounded but with a slight forward 

 slant of about 10 degrees from the vertical; edge of upper lip crenu- 

 late, that of lower lip smooth; lateral line arched over pectoral fin then 

 continuing along midlengthwise axis and ending over middle third of 

 length of anal fin base; vertical line through dorsal origin passes 

 through pelvic fin bases ; dorsal fin with a deep notch over last spine ; 

 membrane behind last soft dorsal ray attached to upper edge of caudal 

 peduncle but not to caudal fin; anal origin under base of fourth from 



