blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 361 



pattern; the three rows of pale spots on lower sides in alcohol are light 

 bluish, edged with light brownish; dorsal fin tinged with pinkish 

 distally. 



Ecology. — This new species was rather common along the open 

 ocean reef in surf and surflike conditions, where the reef was flat and 

 with little coral growth. The flat part of the reef usually was covered 

 with a sand and algal carpet a few inches thick. 



Remarks. — This new species is closest to /. gibbifrons and /. afilinu- 

 chalis, from which it may be separated by means of the key. 



Named rodenbaughi in honor of Dr. Frederick H. Rodenbaugh, Sr., 

 who assisted us m many ways at Bikini in 1946-47. 



Genus SALARIAS Cuvier 



Salarias Cuvier, Regne animal, ed. 1, vol. 2, p. 251, 1817 (type species, Salarias 



quadripennis Cuvier= Blennius fasciatus Bloch). 

 Erpichthys SwAiNsoK, Natural history' and classification of fishes . . ., vol. 2, 



pp. 79, 182, 275, 1839 (type species, Salarias quadripennis Cuvier.) 



SALARIAS fasciatus (Bloch) 



Plate 118,C,D 



Blenniun fasciatus Bloch, Naturgeschichte auslandischen Fische, vol. 1, p. 110, 

 1786 (.East Indies). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Guam: 2 lots, 4 specimens, 30 to 76 mm. in standard length. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XII, 19; anal 11,19 or 20, usually 11,20; 

 pectoral 14 or 15, usually 14; pelvics 1,2; orbital cirri 1 to 3; nuchal 

 flap with 5 to 12 cirri on its edges; nasal cirri 1 to 4. See table 113 

 for additional counts. 



Head 3.2 to 4.2; greatest depth 3.7 to 4.3; longest pectoral ray 4.5 

 to 4.8; snout tip to anus 1.9 to 2.0; anal fin base 2.1 to 2.2; all in 

 standard length. Eye 3.3 to 3.7; snout 2.5 to 3.0; postorbital length 

 of head 1.7; greatest depth of body 1.0 to 1.1; least depth 2.5 to 3.0; 

 longest pectoral ray 1.2; longest dorsal spine 1.7 to 2.1; all in length 

 of head. Fleshy interorbital space 2.0 to 2.1 in eye. 



Orbital tentacles branched to base, composed of 1 to 3 unbranched 

 cirri, usually only 1 cirrus in young, its length about 2/3 to 3/4 eye 

 diameter; nuchal dermal flap broad and thin, with numerous cirri on 

 its edges; nasal cirri short; snout profile nearly vertical; edges of both 

 lips smooth; lateral line over pectoral fin incomplete, ending about 

 opposite anus above midlengthwise axis of body; vertical line through 

 dorsal origin passes through pelvic bases; dorsal fin without notable 

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

 basal fifth of dorsal edge of caudal fin; anal origin under base of next 

 to last dorsal spine; last anal ray with a small membrane posteriorly 

 and basally connecting with caudal peduncle; pectoral fins not quite 



